August 29

Historic Events

2022

Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukraine begins its southern counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast, eventually culminating in the liberation of the city of Kherson. ›

2020

2020 Women's FA Community Shield. ›

2012

At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua, Sichuan Province. ›

2012

The XIV Paralympic Games open in London, England, United Kingdom. ›

2005

Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,392 people and causing $125 billion in damage. ›

2003

Sayed Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf. ›

2001

Four people are killed when Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 crashes into the N-340 highway near Málaga Airport. ›

1998

Eighty people are killed when Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 crashes during a rejected takeoff from the Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador. ›

1997

Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service. ›

1997

At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria. ›

1996

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard. ›

1991

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party. ›

1991

Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands. ›

1987

Odaeyang mass suicide: Thirty-three individuals linked to a religious cult are found dead in the attic of a cafeteria in Yongin, South Korea. Investigators attribute their deaths to a murder–suicide pact. ›

1982

Meitnerium, a synthetic chemical element with the atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. ›

1975

El Tacnazo: Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian Prime Minister carries out a coup d'état in the city of Tacna, forcing the sitting President of Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado, to resign and assuming his place as the new President. ›

1970

Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar. ›

1966

The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. ›

1966

Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. ›

1965

The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean. ›

1960

Air France Flight 343 crashes on approach to Yoff Airport in Senegal, killing all 63 aboard. ›

1958

United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado. ›

1952

American experimental composer John Cage's 4’33” premieres at Maverick Concert Hall, played by American pianist David Tudor. ›

1950

Korean War: British Commonwealth Forces Korea arrives to bolster the US presence. ›

1949

Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. ›

1948

Northwest Airlines Flight 421 crashes in Fountain City, Wisconsin, killing all 37 aboard. ›

1944

World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis. ›

1943

World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government. ›

1941

World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union. ›

1930

The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. ›

1918

World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive. ›

1916

The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act. ›

1915

US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident. ›

1914

World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne. ›

1912

A typhoon strikes China, killing at least 50,000 people. ›

1911

Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. ›

1911

The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy. ›

1910

The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea. ›

1907

The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers. ›

1903

The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched. ›

1898

The Goodyear tire company is founded in Akron, Ohio. ›

1885

Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle with an internal combustion engine, the Reitwagen. ›

1871

Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871). ›

1869

The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway. ›

1861

American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound. ›

1842

Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War. ›

1831

Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction. ›

1825

Portuguese and Brazilian diplomats sign the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro, which has Portugal recognise Brazilian independence, formally ending the Brazilian War of Independence. The treaty will be ratified by the King of Portugal three months later. ›

1807

British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge. ›

1786

Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens. ›

1779

American Revolutionary War: American forces battle and defeat the British and Iroquois forces at the Battle of Newtown. ›

1778

American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island. ›

1758

The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape. ›

1756

Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe. ›

1741

The eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a tsunami caused by the eruption of Oshima. ›

1728

The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss. ›

1604

The Guru Granth Sahib is fully compiled and completed by Guru Arjan. ›

1588

Toyotomi Hideyoshi issues a nationwide sword hunting ordinance, disarming the peasantry so as to firmly separate the samurai and commoner classes, prevent peasant uprisings, and further centralise his own power. ›

1541

The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom. ›

1526

Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia. ›

1521

The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade). ›

1498

Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to the Kingdom of Portugal. ›

1484

Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV. ›

1475

Hundred Years' War: The Treaty of Picquigny formally ends the war between the kingdoms of France and England. ›

1393

Timur takes Baghdad from Sultan Ahmad Jalayir for the first time. ›

1350

Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships. ›

1315

Battle of Montecatini: The army of the Republic of Pisa, commanded by Uguccione della Faggiuola, wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the Kingdom of Naples and the Republic of Florence despite being outnumbered. ›

1261

Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV, becoming the 182nd pope. ›

1219

The Battle of Fariskur occurs during the Fifth Crusade. ›

1167

King Amalric of Jerusalem marries Byzantine princess Maria Komnene in the cathedral of Tyre. ›

1009

Mainz Cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its inauguration. ›

870

The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine Malta. ›

708

Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). ›