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Birthdates which occurred on August 29:
1632 John Locke, philosopher of liberalism whose ideas influenced the American founding fathers, famous for his treatise An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
1780 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French painter (Valpincon Bather)
1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes Cambridge, MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides)
1811 Henry Bergh 1st president of SPCA
1815 Anna Ella Carroll US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)
1862 Maurice Maeterlinck Belgium, Symbolist poet (Nobel 1911)
1876 Charles F Kettering Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)
1881 Valery Nicolas Larbaud France, novelist/translator (Enfantines)
1897 Charles Boyer Figeac France, actor (The Rogues)
1899 George Macready Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place)
1899 Lyman L Lemnitzer US Army General (WW II), Chief of Staff, US Army and Nato Commander
19-- Dick O'Neill Bronx NY, actor (Kaz, Empire, Better Days)
19-- Ellen Geer West Nyack NY, actress (Wendy-Jimmy Stewart Show)
1906 Lurene Tuttle Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia)
1909 Roy Reuther Wheeling WV, labor leader
1912 Barry Sullivan NYC, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man)
1915 Ingrid Bergman Sweden, actress (Casablanca, Cactus Flower)
1916 George Montgomery Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination)
1917 Isabel Sanford NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family)
1920 Charlie "Bird" Parker famous African-American jazzman
1922 Charles White Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Troublemaker)
1923 Sir Richard Attenborough actor/director (Gandhi, Young Winston)
1924 Dinah Washington Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes)
1925 Donald O'Connor Chicago Ill, dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain)
1928 Charles Gray Bournemouth England, actor (Clay-Rawhide)
1928 Thomas Stewart San Saba Texas, baritone (La Roche Capriccio)
1929 Thom Gunn Kent England, poet (The Wound)
1934 David Pryor (Sen-D-Ark)
1938 Elliott Gould Queens NY, actor (M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)
1938 Peter Jennings Canada, news anchor (ABC TV)
1939 William Friedkin US, dir (Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection)
1940 Wilhelm Ruska Holland, judo champ (Olympic-gold-1972)
1941 Robin Leach TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous)
1945 Wyomia Tyus US, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1948 Charles D Walker astronaut (STS 41D, STS 51D, STS 61B)
1954 Chet Catallo guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1958 Michael Jackson Gary Indiana, singer (Thriller, Bad)
1959 Eddi Reader rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
1961 Tony Macalpine heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity)
1962 Carl Banks NFL line backer (NY Giants)
1962 Rebecca De Mornay actress (And God Created Women)
1963 Greg Steele rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over)

Deaths which occurred on August 29:
29 John the Baptist beheaded ( Note: Actual date is questionable )
1533 Atahualpa last Incan King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors
1769 Edmond Hoyle games expert, dies (birth date unknown)
1877 Brigham Young 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies
1960 Alexander Gauge actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46
1960 Hazza el-Majali PM of Jordan is assassinated
1967 George Rockwell American nazi party leader, murdered
1975 Eamon de Valera Irish independence fighter, dies at 92
1976 Anissa Jones actress (Buffy-Family Affair), dies at 18
1981 Lowell Thomas newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY, at 89
1982 Ingrid Bergman academy award winning actress, dies on 67th birthday
1983 Simon Oakland actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61
1985 Evelyn Ankers actress, dies at 67
1985 Patrick Barr actor, dies at 77
1987 Lee Marvin dies in Tucson, Ariz at 63

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1965 BYRNE RONALD E. JR. GREAT NECK NY.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98
1965 MC WHORTER HENRY S. SAVANNAH GA.
[FLAK EJECTED NO PARA BEEP, REMAINS RETURNED 04/10/86]
1965 TAYLOR ED DAVID KENSETT AR.
[FIRE CRASH NO PARA SEEN]
1966 WELLS NORMAN L. ANNAPOLIS MD.
["03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1967 NEWBURN LARRY S. KOKOMO IN.
1968 ASHALL ALAN F. BILLINGS MT.
[SURVIVAL UNLIKELY]
1968 DUNCAN ROBERT R. WEST PALM BEACH FL.
1969 GRAF ALBERT STEPHEN BOGOTA NJ.
1969 ZIMMER JERRY ALLEN MAINE NY.

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

On this day...
70 The Temple of Jerusalem burns after a nine-month Roman siege.
284 Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs)
1178 Anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III
1526 Ottoman Suleiman the Magnificent crushes a Hungarian army under Lewis II at the Battle of Mohacs.
1708 Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians
1758 1st indian reservation established (New Jersey)
1776 Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester
1786 Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass
1844 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win
1854 Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)
1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins
1862 Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels
1862 US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation
1864 William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae
1883 Seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption create a rise in the English Channel 32 hrs after the explosion
1885 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle
1885 Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0
1885 Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey
1889 1st American Intl pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI)
1896 Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
1904 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis
1908 NY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London
1909 AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m
1909 World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins
1914 Arizonan is 1st vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal
1916 Steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown
1916 Congress creates US Naval reserve
1929 German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight
1937 Phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)
1939 Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II
1941 German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children
1944 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees
1949 USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb
1950 Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52
1953 USSR explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb
1954 SF International Airport (SFO) opens
1957 Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957
1957 Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights
1958 Air Force Academy opens
1962 US U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba
1964 Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released
1965 Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5
1966 Beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF)
1967 Final TV episode of "The Fugitive"
1967 Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours & 19 minutes
1970 Black Panthers confront cops in Phila (1 cop killed)
1975 Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky
1977 St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3
1985 Atlantis moves to launch pad for the 51-J mission
1986 Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21.71s)
1988 Macy's Tap-o-Mania sets Guiness record
1988 USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir
1990 C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13
1990 Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq
1990 Seattle Mariners become 1st team to have father-son teammates, signing Ken Griffey to play with son Ken Griffey Jr
1991 John F Kennedy Jr wins his 1st law case

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Czecoslovakia : Slovak National Uprising Day
England, Channel Is, Northern Ireland, Wales : Bank Holiday - - - - - ( Monday )
Hong Kong : Liberation Day (1945) - - - - - ( Monday )
Afghanistan : Jeshyn-Afghan Day/Independence Day (1920)
Be Kind to Humankind Week (Day 6)/Favors Granted Friday
National Plastic Surgery Day....(Michael Jackson b. 1958)

Religious Observances
RC : Memorial of the Beheading of St John the Baptist

Religious History
1792 Birth of Charles G. Finney, American revivalist and educator. Originally trained in law, he was converted to Christian faith at age 29, conducted revival services for eight years and, from 1835 until his death, maintained a close affiliation with Oberlin College in Ohio.
1852 The Latter Day Saints first published their doctrine of "celestial marriage," popularly known as polygamy. The Mormon Church maintained this teaching until the Manifest of 1890 (and later Congressional legislation) outlawed the practice.
1867 The Social Brethren were officially organized in Illinois. Today, there are about 1,000 total members of this small, evangelistic denomination, with most churches located in Illinois, Michigan and Indiana. Church doctrine is a blend of Methodist and Baptist polity.
1908 Death of Lewis H. Redner, 78, American Episcopal organist. Maintaining a keen interest in music all his life, Redner composed ST. LOUIS, the tune to which today is most commonly sung Phillips Brooks' Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem."
1917 Death of Ernest W. Shurtleff, 55, American Congregational clergyman and author of the hymn, "Lead On, O King Eternal." Shurtleff died during World War I, while doing relief work along with his wife.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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