Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date
Friday, August 29, 2025
Today is the 241st day of 2025. There are 124 days left in this year.
Notable Events
1526
Ottoman Suleiman the Magnificent crushed the Hungarian army under Lewis II at the Battle of Mohacs.
1533
The last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa, was murdered on orders from Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.
1776
General George Washington retreated during the night from Long Island to New York City.
1793
Slavery was abolished in Santo Domingo.
1862
Union General John Pope‘s army was defeated by a smaller Confederate force at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1896
The Chinese-American dish chop suey was invented in New York City by the chef to visiting Chinese Ambassador Li Hung-chang.
1942
The American Red Cross announced Japan had refused to allow safe conduct for the passage of ships with supplies for American prisoners of war.
1943
Responding to a clampdown by Nazi occupiers, Denmark managed to scuttle most of its naval ships.
1944
American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.
1945
U.S. airborne troops landed in transport planes at Atsugi airfield, southwest of Tokyo, beginning the occupation of Japan.
1949
The USSR exploded its first atomic bomb, "First Lightning."
1950
The International Olympic Committee voted to allow West Germany and Japan to compete in the 1952 games.
1952
In the largest bombing raid of the Korean War, 1,403 planes of the Far East Air Force bombed Pyongyang, North Korea.
1957
South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond, then a Democrat, ended a filibuster against a civil rights bill after talking for more than 24 hours.
1960
A US U-2 spy plane spots SAM (surface-to-air) missile launch pads in Cuba.
1964
Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record of 1,330.
1965
Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles (''Pete'') Conrad, splashed down in the Atlantic after eight days in space.
1966
The Beatles performed their last concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1968
Democrats nominate Hubert H Humphrey for president at their Chicago convention.
1977
Lou Brock (St Louis Cardinals) breaks Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893.
1986
Morocco's King Hassan II signs a unity treaty with Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, strengthening political and economic ties and creating a mutual defense pact.
1991
The Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution.
1992
Thousands of Germans demonstrate against a wave of racist attacks aimed at immigrants.
1995
NATO launched Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
1996
President Clinton's chief political strategist, Dick Morris, resigned amid a scandal over his relationship with a prostitute.
1997
Hooded men killed more than 300 people in an Algerian farm village in the worst carnage since an Islamic insurgency began.
2000
Pope John Paul II laid down moral guidelines for medical research in the 21st century, endorsing organ donation and adult stem cell study, butcondemning human cloning and embryo experiments.
2003
A terrorist bomb kills Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, and nearly 100 worshipers as they leave a mosque in Najaf where the ayatollah had called for Iraqi unity.
2005
Rains from Hurricane Katrina caused a levee breach at the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, causing severe flooding.
2012
The Egyptian Army Operation Eagle resulted in the deaths of 11 suspected terrorists and the arrest of another 23.
Notable Births
1632
English philosopher John Locke was born in Somerset.
1809
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet, essayist and father of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
1898
Preston Sturges, screenwriter, film director and playwright.
1915
Ingrid Bergman, Oscar winning actress whose famous films include Casablanca and Anastasia.
1920
Charlie "Bird" Parker, self-taught jazz saxophonist, pioneer of the new "cool" movement.
1923
Richard Attenborough, actor, (The Great Escape, Jurassic Park) Academy Award–winning director and producer (Gandhi)
1924
Dinah Washington, singer known in the 50s as "The Queen of the Harlem Blues."
1927
Marion Williams, gospel singer.
1933
Jehan Sadat, First Lady of Egypt (1970–1981); widow of president Anwar Sadat of Egypt.
1935
William Friedkin, director, producer, writer (The Exorcist, The French Connection).
1936
John McCain, Republican Senator and US presidential nominee (2008).
1938
Elliott Gould, actor (M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice).
1940
James Brady, press secretary who was severely wounded during John Hinckley Jr.'s attempt to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan.
1941
Robin Leach, TV host (Life Styles of the Rich and Famous).
1943
Richard Halligan, vocalist with band Blood Sweat & Tears.
1958
Michael Jackson, pop singer, entertainer.
Notable Deaths
1877
The second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young, died in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1975
Irish statesman Eamon de Valera died near Dublin at age 92.
1981
Broadcaster and world traveler Lowell Thomas died in Pawling, N.Y., at age 89.
2006
Jumpin' Gene Simmons, American rockabilly singer-songwriter, Musician. Born in Itawamba County, Mississippi, he began his career signing a recording contact with Sun Records in 1958.