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Today In History - August 29 |
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284 General Gaius Aurelius V becomes the Emperor of Rome 284 Origin of the Era of Diocletian aka Martyrs 1178 Anti-Pope Callistus III gives the pope's title to Alexander III 1261 Jacques Pantaleon is elected as Pope Urban IV 1475 The Treaty of Picquigny 1484 Giovanni B. Cibo is elected as Pope Innocent VIII 1526 Hungary is conquered by the Turks in the Battle of Mohacs 1533 Francisco Pizarro orders the death of the last Incan King of Peru: Atahualpa 1612 Battle at Surat India 1640 English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland 1708 English troops occupy Menorca and Sardinia 1708 Haverhill, Massachusetts is destroyed by the French and Indians 1742 Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game Whist 1756 Prussian Libya occupies Saxson: beginning 7 years of war 1758 The New Jersey Legislature forms the first Indian Reservation 1776 Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester 1786 Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass 1792 The English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead and kills 900 people 1793 Slaves in the French colony of St. Domingue (now Haiti) are freed 1831 Michael Faraday (Faraday's Laws) demonstrates the first electric transformer 1842 Great Britain and China sign the Treaty of Nanking and end the Opium war 1844 The first white Vs Indian lacrosse game is played in Montreal: the Indians win 1854 The self-governing windmill is patented by Daniel Halladay 1862 The 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins 1862 The U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing begins operation 1864 William Huggins discovers the chemical composition of nebulae 1883 Seismic sea waves created by a Krakatoa eruption create a rise in the English Channel 32 hours after the explosion 1885 Gottlieb Daimler receives a German patent for a motorcycle 1889 The first American International pro lawn tennis contest is played in Newport, RI 1896 Chop Suey is invented in New York City by a chef visiting with the Chinese Ambassador 1904 The 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St. Louis, MO 1906 A bridge in St. Lawrence, Canada collapses and 70 people die 1913 Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms the Dutch government 1914 The Arizonian is first vessel to arrive in San Francisco via Panama Canal 1914 Battle at Saint Quentin 1916 Congress creates the U.S. Naval Reserve 1916 General Von Hindenburg becomes the German Chief of Staff 1916 The transport ship Hsin-Yu and the cruiser Hai-Yung collide and 1000 people die 1916 The U.S. Congress accepts the Jones Act 1929 The German airship, Graf Zeppelin, ends an around-the-world flight 1932 The International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam 1943 Denmark scuttles their own warships so they will not to be taken by Germany 1944 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 1944 Anti-German rebellion in Slovakia 1945 The British liberate Hong Kong from Japan 1945 General MacArthur is named Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers in Japan 1949 The U.S.S.R. explodes its first atomic bomb 1953 The U.S.S.R. explodes its first hydrogen bomb 1954 The San Francisco International Airport opens 1956 The French government routes troops to Cyprus near the growing Suez crisis 1957 US Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1957 1957 Strom Thurmond ends his 24-hour filibuster against civil rights 1958 The Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, CO 1958 George Harrison joins the Quarrymen 1962 A U.S. U-2 spy plane sees SAM launch pads in Cuba 1964 "Funny Thing Happened" closes at the Alvin Theater New York City after 965 performances 1964 Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" is released 1965 Astronauts Cooper and Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in the Gemini 5 1966 Beatles last public concert: Candlestick Park, San Francisco 1967 Final TV episode of the "Fugitive" 1968 The Democrats nominate Hubert H. Humphrey for president 1968 The first U.S. Open tennis match: Billie Jean King defeats Dr. Vija Vuskains 1970 The Black Panthers confront police in Philadelphia: 1 policeman is killed 1974 The U.S.S.R. performs an underground nuclear test 1975 A star in Cygnus goes nova 1978 The USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing, New York 1979 Great Britain performs a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site 1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic 1986 Morocco King Hassan II signs a unity treaty with Libya 1990 A C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany and kills 13 people 1990 Saddam Hussein declares that "America can't beat Iraq" 1991 John F. Kennedy, Jr. wins his first battle as an attorney 1991 The U.S.S.R. suspends Communist Party activities 1993 The 93rd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship is won by John Harris 1993 Actress Elke Sommer marries Wolf Walther 1993 Deaf actress Marlee Matlin marries Kevin Grandalski |
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1533 Francisco Pizarro orders the death of the last Incan King of Peru: Atahualpa… It was indeed a loss to the world when the Incan Empire (aka Tahuantinsuyo) was destroyed. And while the murder of the last king/emperor, Atahualpa, was noteworthy, it is only oone milestone in the destruction of this amazingly advanced and sophisticated culture. Of course the reason for the king's murder was simply so that the Spanish could seize the lands, buildings, and gold – the Incan people had lots of gold. Some of the most impressive facts about the Incas, who were viewed by the Spaniards as backwards – likely only because they were a different culture and spoke another (strange) language – include those in architecture, medicine, culture, astronomy, language, art, agriculture, and textiles. Surely the thing this culture will most be remembered for is the very well-preserved, pre-Columbian Inca ruin of Machu Picchu, frequently referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas." Located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru at an elevation of approximately 7,710, the construct is utterly amazing – as well as stunningly beautiful and functional. The Incas practiced very advanced medical techniques including brain surgery, and the use of natural medicines such as coca leaves. They also had a road system which could have been the envy of any European area at the time. The Incas are gone forever, but their legacy lives on in those who take some time to study them. |
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Famous Persons Born on This Date in History |
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1387 Henry V (King of England) 1434 Janus Pannonius 1476 Kano Motonobu 1561 Bartholomeus Pitiscus 1619 Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1632 John Locke 1686 Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel 1773 Raphael G. Kiesewetter 1780 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 1808 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch 1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1811 Henry Bergh 1815 Anna Ella Carroll 1842 Alfred Shaw 1844 Edward Carpenter 1851 Willem M. d'Ablaing 1855 Emil Pauer 1862 Maurice Maeterlinck 1874 Walter Field 1876 Charles F. Kettering 1879 Han Yong-woon 1880 Marie-Louise Meilleur 1881 Edvin Kallstenius 1881 Valery Nicolas Larbaud 1884 Ehm Welk 1891 Michael Chekhov 1894 E. Franklin Frazier 1898 Preston Sturges 1899 George Macready 1899 Lyman L. Lemnitzer 1900 Oscar Nitzchke 1903 Ernst Kreuder 1903 Olive Ann Beech 1904 Werner Forssman 1905 Lan Adomian 1905 Martinus A. Jansen 1906 Lurene Tuttle 1907 Joseph Wechsberg 1909 Francis Henry Smith 1909 Roy Reuther 1910 Robert Pineda-Duque 1912 Barry Sullivan 1912 Emil Schumacher 1913 Len Butterfield 1915 Denys Hay 1915 Ingrid Bergman 1916 George Montgomery 1916 Leo Horn 1917 Isabel Sanford 1918 Jelle Zijlstra 1920 Charles White 1920 Charlie "Bird" Parker 1920 Susan Damante Shaw 1922 Emile Habibi 1922 Yorgos Sicilianos 1923 Hirulal Gaekwad 1923 Lester Albert Trimble 1923 Reinier Braams 1923 Richard Attenborough 1924 Dinah Washington 1924 James W. Wood 1925 Donald O'Connor 1927 Marion Williams 1928 Charles Gray 1928 Thomas Stewart 1929 Thom Gunn 1934 Gene Allison 1934 Jean-Pierre Guezek 1934 John Guy 1935 Hugo Brandt Corstius 1936 Gilbert Amy 1936 John McCain 1937 James J. Floria 1938 Elliott Gould 1939 William Friedkin 1940 James Brady 1940 Wilhelm Ruska 1941 Robin Leach 1942 Holmes Sterling Morrison 1943 Mohamed Amin 1943 Richard Halligan 1945 Chris Copping 1945 Wyomia Tyus 1946 Bob Beamon 1948 Charles David Walker 1949 Peter John Wiegold 1950 Mark McHale 1953 Rick Downey 1954 Chet Catallo 1954 Julio Fernandez 1957 Therese Hession 1958 Michael Jackson 1959 Chris Hadfield 1959 Eddi Reader 1961 Rebecca De Mornay 1961 Tony MacAlpine 1962 Carl Banks 1963 Elizabeth Brown 1963 Greg Holmes 1963 Greg Steele 1964 Jordi Arrese 1965 Alphons Arts 1965 Will Perdue 1966 Dan Truman 1967 Shaun Van Allen 1968 Darren Joseph 1969 Amanda Hope 1969 Brady Katytman 1969 Jerry Simons 1970 Jacco Elringh 1973 Leigh Sherer 1974 Brad Boston 1976 Chris Renaud 1976 Kasia Kulesza 1976 Stephanie Worcester 1978 Aimee Michelle Voshell 1978 Larissa Meek 1979 Natasha Fisher |
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