August 29

2024 Calendar

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

Events

Up to 1900

886 – Basil I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 811)
1093 – Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy
1123 – Eystein I of Norway (b. 1088)
1315 – Charles of Taranto (b. 1296)
1395 – Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)
1435 – Isabeau de Bavière, queen of Charles VI of France (b. 1371)
1442 – John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
1526 – King Louis II of Hungary (b. 1506)
1533 – Atahualpa, last Inca ruler of Peru (b. 1502)
1712 – Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver and statistician (b. 1648)
1749 – Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
1769 – Edmund Hoyle, English writer and teacher (b. 1672)
1780 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (b. 1713)
1799 – Pope Pius VI (b. 1717)
1816 – Johann Hieronymus Schroeter, German jurist and astronomer (b. 1745)
1853 – Charles James Napier, British general (b. 1782)
1856 – Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author (b. 1778)
1866 – Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1846)
1877 – Brigham Young, Mormon leader (b. 1801)
1889 – Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian military officer (b. 1815)
1891 – Pierre Lallement, French inventor (b. 1843)

1901 – 2000

1904 – Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
1918 – Max Dauthendey, German writer (b. 1867)
1930 – William Archibald Spooner, writer (b. 1844)
1931 – David T. Abercrombie, a founder of American clothing retailer Abercrombie and Fitch (b. 1867)
1935 – Queen Astrid of Belgium, mother of King Albert II of Belgium (b. 1905)
1946 – Grigory Semyonov, Russian general (b. 1890)
1947 – Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)
1966 – Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theoretician (b. 1906).
1972 – Lale Andersen, German singer (b. 1905)
1973 – Stringer Davis, English actor (b. 1899)
1975 – Éamon de Valera, Irish statesman and President of Ireland (b. 1882)
1976 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician and philosopher (b. 1899)
1981 – Lowell Thomas, travel writer (b. 1892)
1982 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915)
1982 – Nahum Goldmann, founder of the Jewish World Congress (b. 1895)
1984 – Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian politician and President of Egypt (b. 1901)
1984 – Pierre Gemayel, Lebanese politician (b. 1905)
1987 – Archie Campbell, American comedian, writer and actor (b. 1914)
1987 – Lee Marvin, actor (b. 1924)
1989 – Peter Scott, English explorer, naturalist and painter (b. 1909)
1992 – Teddy Turner, English actor (b. 1917)
1995 – Frank Perry, American director (b. 1930)

From 2001

2001 – Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2003 – Michel Constantin, French actor (b. 1924)
2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b.1939)
2004 – Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)
2007 – Pierre Messmer, Prime Minister of France (b. 1916)
2011 – David Honeyboy Edwards, American blues musician (b. 1915)
2013 – Cliff Morgan, Welsh rugby player (b. 1930)
2013 – Bruce C. Murray, American scientist (b. 1931)
2014 – Bjorn Waldegard, Swedish rally driver (b. 1943)
2014 – David Bala, Singaporean comedian and actor (b. 1947)
2015 – Kyle Jean-Baptiste, American actor (b. 1993)
2015 – Wayne Dyer, American self-help author and motivational speaker (b. 1940)
2016 – Gene Wilder, American actor (b. 1933)
2017 – Janine Charrat, French ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1924)
2017 – Dmitri Kogan, Russian violinist (b. 1978)
2017 – David Tang, Hong Kong businessman (b. 1954)
2018 – Stan Brock, English philanthropist (b. 1936)
2018 – James Mirrlees, Scottish economist (b. 1936)
2018 – Carilda Oliver Labra, Cuban poet (b. 1922)
2018 – Marie Severin, American comic book artist (b. 1929)
2018 – Paul Taylor, American choreographer (b. 1930)

Births

1901 – 1950

1904 – Werner Forssmann, German physician (d. 1979)
1905 – Al Taliaferro, American comic artist (d. 1969)
1907 – Takeo Wakabayashi, Japanese footballer (d. 1937)
1910 – Vivien Thomas, American surgical technician (d. 1985)
1912 – Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (d. 2002)
1912 – Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994)
1912 – Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-Polish cinematographer (d. 2016)
1913 – K. Jeyakody, Sri Lankan Tamil politician
1913 – Jan Ekier, Polish pianist and composer (d. 2014)
1915 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
1916 – Consuelo Velazquez, Mexican musician and composer (d. 2005)
1916 – George Montgomery, American actor (d. 2000)
1917 – Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)
1920 – Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)
1921 – Paddy Roy Bates, English founder of the Sealand micronation (d. 2012)
1922 – Arthur Anderson, American actor (d. 2016)
1923 – Richard Attenborough, English actor and movie director (d. 2014)
1924 – Maria Dolores Pradera, Spanish singer and actress
1924 – Dinah Washington, American singer (d. 1963)
1925 – Demetrio B. Lakas, 35th President of Panama (d. 1999)
1926 – Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic
1927 – Jimmy C. Newman, American singer (d. 2014)
1930 – Atef Sedki, Egyptian politician (d. 2005)
1931 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (d. 2001)
1932 – Shen Chun-shan, Taiwanese physicist and academic (d. 2018)
1933 – Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian artist, writer and philosopher (d. 2014)
1933 – Arnold Koller, Swiss politician
1934 – Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (d. 2009)
1935 – William Friedkin, American movie director
1935 – Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch writer (d. 2014)
1936 – John McCain, American pilot and politician, 2008 Presidential candidate (d. 2018)
1937 – James Florio, former Governor of New Jersey
1938 – Elliott Gould, American actor
1938 – Robert Rubin, American politician, former United States Secretary of the Treasury
1938 – Carlos Moreno, Argentine actor (d. 2014)
1939 – Joel Schumacher, American director
1940 – James Brady, American activist and 15th White House Press Secretary (d. 2014)
1940 – Wim Ruska, Dutch judoka (d. 2015)
1941 – Robin Leach, English writer and television host (d. 2018)
1942 – Gottfried John, German actor (d. 2014)
1943 – Peter von Bagh, Finnish movie historian (d. 2014)
1943 – Arthur B. McDonald, Canadian astrophysicist
1945 – Wyonia Tyus, American athlete
1946 – Demetris Christofias, Cypriot politician, former President of Cyprus
1946 – Bob Beamon, American long jumper
1946 – Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice
1947 – Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert
1947 – James Hunt, English racing driver (d. 1993)

1951 – 1975

1952 – Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress
1952 – Dave Malone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Jacob Lew, American politician
1956 – GG Allin, American musician (d. 1993)
1958 – Michael Jackson, American singer and entertainer (d. 2009)
1958 – Lenny Henry, English comedian, actor and writer
1959 – Stephen Wolfram, English mathematician
1959 – Rebecca De Mornay, American actress
1959 – Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut
1959 – Eddi Reader, Scottish singer
1959 – Ramon Diaz, Argentine footballer
1960 – Tony McAlpine, American guitarist, composer and producer
1961 – Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player
1962 – Jutta Kleinschmidt, German rally driver
1962 – Simon Thurley, English architectural historian
1963 – Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer
1963 – Steve Clarke, Scottish footballer and football manager
1964 – Zisis Tsekos, Greek footballer
1965 – Frances Ruffelle, English actress and singer
1967 – Neil Gorsuch, American judge, US Supreme Court Justice
1969 – Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player
1969 – Lucero, Mexican singer and actress
1971 – Carla Gugino, American actress
1972 – Kentaro Hayashi, Japanese footballer
1972 – Bae Yong-jeon, South Korean actor
1973 – Daniel Burman, Argentine movie director
1974 – Denis Caniza, Paraguayan footballer
1974 – Nicola Amoruso, Italian footballer
1975 – Kyle Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

From 1976

1976 – Pablo Mastroeni, American footballer
1976 – Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer
1976 – Stephen Carr, Irish footballer
1977 – Jo Weil, German actor
1977 – Roy Oswalt, American baseball player
1977 – John Hensley, American actor
1979 – Justine Pasek, Panamanian model
1980 – David Desrosiers, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
1980 – David West, American basketball player
1981 – Emilie Duquenne, Belgian actress
1982 – Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian footballer
1982 – A+, American rapper
1982 – Carlos Delfino, Argentine basketball player
1985 – Marc Rzepczynski, American baseball player
1986 – Lauren Collins, Canadian actress
1986 – Lea Michele, American actress and singer
1987 – Tony Kane, Irish footballer
1988 – Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, British athlete
1990 – Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer
1990 – Nicole Anderson, American actress
1990 – Julia Vlassov, American figure skater
1991 – Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player
1993 – Liam Payne, English singer (One Direction)
1993 – Lucas Cruikshank, American actor
1994 – Courtney Stodden, American television personality

Deaths

Observances

Anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising
Telugu language Day (India)