August 29

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2017 (Tuesday)

2016 (Monday)

2015 (Saturday)

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August 29 is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 124 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
• 1261 – Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV as the 182nd pope.
• 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.
• 1350 – Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
• 1475 – The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between the kingdoms of France and England.
• 1484 – Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.
• 1498 – Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal.
• 1521 – The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade).
• 1526 – Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
• 1533 – Spaniard Francisco Pizarro executes Atahualpa, the last Sapa Inca (sovereign emperor) of the Inca Empire.
• 1541 – The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
• 1728 – The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.
• 1756 – Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War.
• 1758 – The first American Indian reservation is established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey.
• 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
• 1786 – Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
• 1807 – British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesly defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.
• 1825 – Kingdom of Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
• 1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
• 1842 – Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
• 1861 – American Civil War: United States Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
• 1869 – The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• 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).
• 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
• 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• 1903 – The Slava, the last of the five Template:Sclass-s, is launched.
• 1907 – The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
• 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.
• 1911 – Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
• 1914 – Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
• 1915 – US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
• 1916 – The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
• 1918 – Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
• 1922 – The first radio advertisement is broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City.
• 1930 – The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
• 1941 – Tallinn, the Capital of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
• 1943 – German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
• 1944 – Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
• 1946 – USS Nevada is decommissioned.
• 1949 – Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
• 1950 – Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
• 1958 – United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• 1965 – The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic ocean.
• 1966 – The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
• 1970 – Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
• 1982 – The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
• 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 Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
• 1996 – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
• 1997 – At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
• 2003 – Ayatollah Sayed 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.
• 2004 – Michael Schumacher wins his 5th consecutive Formula One Drivers' championship (and 7th overall) at the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix to beat the 47 year old record held by Juan Manuel Fangio.
• 2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing an estimated 1,836 people and causing over $108 billion in damage.
• 2007 – 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident: Six US cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads are flown without proper authorization from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base.
• 2012 – At least 26 miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, China.

Births

• 1434 – Janus Pannonius, Hungarian bishop and poet (d. 1472)
• 1619 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French politician, Controller-General of Finances (d. 1683)
• 1628 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1701)
• 1632 – John Locke, English physician and philosopher (d. 1704)
• 1724 – Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author (d. 1803)
• 1725 – Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1767)
• 1728 – Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (d. 1797)
• 1756 – Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1830)
• 1756 – Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician (d. 1845)
• 1777 – Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology (d. 1853)
• 1780 – Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (d. 1867)
• 1792 – Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author (d. 1875)
• 1805 – Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author (d. 1872)
• 1809 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and author (d. 1894)
• 1810 – Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian theorist and diplomat (d. 1884)
• 1811 – Henry Bergh, American activist, founded the ASPCA (d. 1888)
• 1842 – Alfred Shaw, English cricketer, rugby player, and umpire (d. 1907)
• 1843 – David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (d. 1910)
• 1844 – Edward Carpenter, English anthologist and poet (d. 1929)
• 1857 – Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)
• 1862 – Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)
• 1862 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
• 1871 – Albert François Lebrun, French politician, 15th President of France (d. 1950)
• 1875 – Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator (d. 1962)
• 1876 – Kim Gu, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949)
• 1876 – Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics (d. 1958)
• 1880 – Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian super-centenarian (d. 1998)
• 1881 – Albert Henderson, Canadian soccer player (d. 1947)
• 1883 – Muriel George, English actress and singer (d. 1965)
• 1887 – Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 1978)
• 1888 – Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician (d. 1964)
• 1891 – Marquis James, American journalist and author (d. 1955)
• 1898 – Preston Sturges, American director and producer (d. 1959)
• 1901 – Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
• 1905 – Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (d. 1979)
• 1905 – Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (d. 1941)
• 1910 – Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (d. 1985)
• 1912 – Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (d. 2002)
• 1912 – Barry Sullivan, American actor and director (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer
• 1913 – Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
• 1913 – K. Jeyakody, Sri Lankan politician
• 1915 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish-English actress and singer (d. 1982)
• 1915 – Endel Laas, Estonian scientist and academic (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist and author (d. 1985)
• 1916 – Luther Davis, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1916 – George Montgomery, American actor, stuntman, director, and producer (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1955)
• 1922 – Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (d. 2008)
• 1922 – John Edward Williams, American author and educator (d. 1994)
• 1923 – Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Hiralal Gaekwad, Indian cricketer (d. 2003)
• 1923 – Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley, English businessman (d. 2006)
• 1924 – María Dolores Pradera, Spanish singer and actress
• 1924 – Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (d. 1963)
• 1926 – Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and educator
• 1926 – Betty Lynn, American actress
• 1927 – Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Charles Gray, English actor and singer (d. 2000)
• 1928 – Herbert Meier, Swiss author and translator
• 1928 – Dick O'Neill, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1929 – Thom Gunn, English-American poet (d. 2004)
• 1930 – Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
• 1931 – Evelyn Robert de Rothschild, English banker and businessman
• 1931 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (d. 2001)
• 1931 – Lise Payette, Canadian journalist and politician
• 1932 – Lakis Petropoulos, Greek footballer and manager (d. 1996)
• 1933 – Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Arnold Koller, Swiss politician
• 1934 – John Guy, New Zealand cricketer
• 1934 – Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (d. 2004)
• 1935 – Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (d. 2014)
• 1935 – William Friedkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1935 – László Garai, Hungarian psychologist and scholar
• 1936 – John McCain, American captain and politician
• 1937 – James Florio, American politician, 49th Governor of New Jersey
• 1938 – Elliott Gould, American actor and producer
• 1938 – Angela Huth, English journalist and author
• 1938 – Christian Müller, German footballer and manager
• 1938 – Robert Rubin, American politician, 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1939 – Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian discus thrower
• 1939 – Joel Schumacher, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1940 – James Brady, American politician and activist, 15th White House Press Secretary (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984)
• 1940 – Wim Ruska, Dutch wrestler and martial artist (d. 2015)
• 1941 – Robin Leach, English-American journalist and television host
• 1942 – James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006)
• 1942 – Gottfried John, German actor (d. 2014)
• 1943 – Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (d. 1996)
• 1943 – Dick Halligan, American pianist and composer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1945 – Chris Copping, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Procol Harum)
• 1945 – Wyomia Tyus, American runner
• 1945 – Harry S. Morgan, German porn actor, director, and producer (d. 2011)
• 1946 – Bob Beamon, American long jumper
• 1946 – Francine D. Blau, American economist and academic
• 1946 – Demetris Christofias, Cypriot politician, 6th President of Cyprus
• 1946 – Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice
• 1947 – Temple Grandin, American ethologist, academic, and author
• 1947 – James Hunt, English race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1949 – Werner Kaiser, German footballer
• 1950 – Michael, American bishop
• 1950 – Doug DeCinces, American baseball player
• 1950 – Frank Henenlotter, American director and screenwriter
• 1950 – Dave Reichert, American soldier and politician
• 1951 – Geoff Whitehorn, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (IF, Crawler, and Procol Harum)
• 1952 – Karen Hesse, American author
• 1952 – Dave Malone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Radiators)
• 1952 – Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress
• 1953 – Doña Croll, Jamaican-English actress
• 1953 – James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic
• 1954 – Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American author
• 1955 – Diamanda Galás, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1955 – Frank Hoste, Belgian cyclist
• 1955 – Jack Lew, American lawyer and politician, 25th White House Chief of Staff
• 1956 – GG Allin, American singer-songwriter (The Murder Junkies and The Jabbers) (d. 1993)
• 1956 – Mark Morris, American dancer and choreographer
• 1956 – Charalambos Xanthopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1957 – Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey
• 1958 – Lenny Henry, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (The Jackson 5) (d. 2009)
• 1959 – Rebecca De Mornay, American actress and singer
• 1959 – Ramón Díaz, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1959 – Ray Elgaard, Canadian football player
• 1959 – Chris Hadfield, Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1959 – Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian actor and producer
• 1959 – Eddi Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fairground Attraction)
• 1959 – Timothy Shriver, American businessman and activist
• 1959 – Stephen Wolfram, English-American physicist and mathematician
• 1960 – Todd English, American chef and author
• 1960 – Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Planet X, CAB, Ring of Fire, and Seven the Hardway)
• 1961 – Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player
• 1961 – Rodney McCray, American basketball player
• 1962 – Carl Banks, American football player and sportscaster
• 1962 – Ian James Corlett, Canadian voice actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese game designer and composer
• 1962 – Lycia Naff, American dancer, actress, and journalist
• 1962 – Simon Thurley, English historian and academic
• 1963 – Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer (Cocteau Twins)
• 1964 – Zisis Tsekos, Greek footballer
• 1965 – Jeremy Applegate, American television and film actor (d. 2000)
• 1965 – Will Perdue, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1965 – Dina Spybey, American actress
• 1966 – Jörn Großkopf, German footballer and manager
• 1967 – Anton Newcombe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
• 1968 – Meshell Ndegeocello, German-American singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Lucero, Mexican singer and actress
• 1969 – Joe Swail, Irish snooker player
• 1971 – Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player and coach
• 1971 – Alex Griffin, English bass player (Ned's Atomic Dustbin)
• 1971 – Carla Gugino, American actress
• 1972 – Amanda Marshall, Canadian singer
• 1972 – Bae Yong-joon, South Korean actor
• 1973 – Vincent Cavanagh, English singer and guitarist (Anathema)
• 1973 – Olivier Jacque, French motorcycle racer
• 1973 – Adam Sessler, American television host and producer
• 1974 – Kumi Tanioka, Japanese keyboard player and composer
• 1975 – Dante Basco, American actor and producer
• 1975 – Juan Diego Botto, Argentinian-Spanish actor
• 1975 – Kyle Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Matchbox 20 and The New Left)
• 1976 – Stephen Carr, Irish footballer
• 1976 – Phil Harvey, English businessman
• 1976 – Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player
• 1976 – Georgios Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player
• 1976 – Pablo Mastroeni, Argentinian-American soccer player and manager
• 1976 – Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer and manager
• 1977 – Cayetano, Greek DJ and producer
• 1977 – Devean George, American basketball player
• 1977 – John Hensley, American actor
• 1977 – John Patrick O'Brien, American soccer player
• 1977 – Roy Oswalt, American baseball player
• 1977 – Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian and radio host
• 1977 – Aaron Rowand, American baseball player
• 1977 – Jo Weil, German actor
• 1978 – Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer
• 1979 – Stijn Devolder, Belgian cyclist
• 1979 – Kristjan Rahnu, Estonian decathlete
• 1979 – Ryan Shealy, American baseball player
• 1980 – David Desrosiers, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player (Simple Plan and Reset)
• 1980 – William Levy, Cuban-American actor
• 1980 – Mohammad Sheikh, Kenyan cricketer
• 1980 – Chris Simms, American football player
• 1980 – Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
• 1980 – David West, American basketball player
• 1981 – Geneviève Jeanson, Canadian cyclist
• 1981 – Dennis Oh, American-South Korean actor
• 1981 – Jay Ryan, New Zealand-Australian actor
• 1982 – Ruhila Adatia-Sood, Kenyan journalist and radio host (d. 2013)
• 1982 – Carlos Delfino, Argentinian-Italian basketball player
• 1982 – Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian footballer
• 1983 – Antti Niemi, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1984 – Alexander Hug, German rugby player
• 1985 – Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Greek trombonist (Canadian Brass)
• 1985 – Jeffrey Licon, American actor
• 1985 – Marc Rzepczynski, American baseball player
• 1985 – Héctor Sanabria, Argentinian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1986 – Lauren Collins, Canadian actress
• 1986 – Phakin Khamwilaisak, Thai actor and singer
• 1986 – Lea Michele, American actress and singer
• 1987 – Elliot Benyon, English footballer
• 1987 – Tony Kane, Irish footballer
• 1989 – Aleksandr Bebikh, Russian footballer
• 1989 – Karol Castillo, Peruvian model (d. 2013)
• 1990 – Nicole Gale Anderson, American actress
• 1990 – Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer
• 1990 – Julia Vlassov, American figure skater
• 1991 – Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer
• 1991 – Anikó Kovacsics, Hungarian handball player
• 1991 – Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player
• 1992 – Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1993 – Lucas Cruikshank, American actor
• 1994 – Courtney Stodden, American singer

Deaths

• 886 – Basil I, Byzantine emperor (b. 811)
• 979 – Abu Taghlib, Hamdanid ruler
• 1093 – Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)
• 1123 – Eystein I of Norway (b. 1088)
• 1315 – Peter Tempesta (b. 1261)
• 1315 – Charles of Taranto (b. 1296)
• 1395 – Albert III, Duke of Austria (b. 1349)
• 1442 – John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
• 1526 – Louis II of Hungary (b. 1506)
• 1526 – Pál Tomori Hungarian archbishop and soldier (b. 1475)
• 1533 – Atahualpa, Sovereign emperor (b. 1497)
• 1542 – Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese commander (b. 1516)
• 1543 – Maria of Jülich-Berg (b. 1491)
• 1657 – John Lilburne, English activist (b. 1614)
• 1712 – Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
• 1749 – Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
• 1769 – Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)
• 1780 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)
• 1799 – Pope Pius VI (b. 1717)
• 1844 – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 – Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author (b. 1778)
• 1866 – Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1846)
• 1877 – Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 – Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 – Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 – William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 – Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1917 – George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 – William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 – David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1935 – Astrid of Sweden (b. 1905)
• 1944 – Attik, Greek composer (b. 1885)
• 1945 – Constantin Tănase, Romanian actor and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1946 – Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 – John Steuart Curry, American painter (b. 1897)
• 1947 – Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)
• 1951 – Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 – Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer, son-in-law of Ferdinand Porsche (b. 1894)
• 1958 – Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1966 – Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
• 1968 – Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)
• 1971 – Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)
• 1972 – Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)
• 1975 – Éamon de Valera, Irish educator and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
• 1976 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, flute player, and philosopher (b. 1899)
• 1976 – Jimmy Reed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 1977 – Jean Hagen, American actress and singer (b. 1923)
• 1977 – Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (b. 1945)
• 1979 – Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author (b. 1890)
• 1981 – Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1982 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish-English actress and singer (b. 1915)
• 1982 – Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
• 1983 – Simon Oakland, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1984 – Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (b. 1890)
• 1985 – Evelyn Ankers, Chilean-English actress (b. 1918)
• 1987 – Archie Campbell, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 1987 – Lee Marvin, American actor and singer (b. 1924)
• 1989 – Peter Scott, English explorer and painter (b. 1909)
• 1990 – Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian-American mystic and author (b. 1901)
• 1991 – Libero Grassi, Italian businessman (b. 1924)
• 1992 – Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930)
• 1992 – Teddy Turner, English actor (b. 1917)
• 1995 – Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2000 – Shelagh Fraser, English actress (b. 1922)
• 2000 – Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (b. 1951)
• 2000 – Conrad Marca-Relli, American painter (b. 1913)
• 2001 – Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter (Skyhooks) (b. 1952)
• 2001 – Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2002 – Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi politician (b. 1939)
• 2003 – Michel Constantin, French actor (b. 1924)
• 2003 – Patrick Procktor, English painter (b. 1936)
• 2004 – Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)
• 2007 – James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand businessman (b. 1914)
• 2007 – Richard Jewell, American police officer (b. 1962)
• 2007 – Pierre Messmer, French politician, 154th Prime Minister of France (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Geoffrey Perkins, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1953)
• 2008 – Michael Schoenberg, American geophysicist and theorist (b. 1939)
• 2011 – David "Honeyboy" Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Valyra, English race horse (b. 2009)
• 2012 – Ruth Goldbloom, Canadian philanthropist, co-founded Pier 21 (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, English historian and author (b. 1953)
• 2012 – Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Anne McKnight, American soprano (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Les Moss, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1969)
• 2012 – Donald Edgar Tewes, American businessman and politician (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Jack Beal, American painter (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Peter Grzybowski, Polish painter (b. 1954)
• 2013 – Joan L. Krajewski, American politician (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Darren Manzella, American sergeant (b. 1977)
• 2013 – Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Zambian cardinal (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Cliff Morgan, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Bruce C. Murray, American geologist and academic, co-founded The Planetary Society (b. 1931)
• 2014 – David Bala, Singaporean comedian and actor (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Brasse Brännström, Swedish actor and screenwriter (b. 1945)
• 2014 – Octavio Brunetti, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975)
• 2014 – Ryūko Seihō, Japanese sumo wrestler and actor (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (b. 1943)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Beheading of St. John the Baptist
  • Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)
  • John Bunyan (Episcopal Church)
  • Sabina
  • August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest day on which Somers' Day can fall, while August 4 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in August. (Bermuda)
• International Day against Nuclear Tests (international)
• Miners' Day (Ukraine)
• Slovak National Uprising Anniversary (Slovakia)
• Telugu Language Day (India)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada