August 29 in history
Events on August 29
Notable events that happened on August 29 in past years.
- 2022
Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukraine begins its southern counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast, eventually culminating in the liberation of the city of Kherson.
Wikipedia article: Russo-Ukrainian war - 2003
Sayed Ayatollah 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.
Wikipedia article: Sayyid - 1996
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
Wikipedia article: Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 - 1975
El Tacnazo: Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian Prime Minister carries out a coup d'état in the city of Tacna, forcing the sitting President of Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado, to resign and assuming his place as the new President.
Wikipedia article: Tacnazo - 1958
United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Wikipedia article: United States Air Force Academy - 1944
World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
Wikipedia article: Slovak National Uprising - 1916
The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
Wikipedia article: Jones Law (Philippines) - 1911
The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
Wikipedia article: Royal Canadian Navy - 1885
Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle with an internal combustion engine, the Reitwagen.
Wikipedia article: Gottlieb Daimler - 1831
Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
Wikipedia article: Michael Faraday - 1778
American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
Wikipedia article: American Revolutionary War - 1588
Toyotomi Hideyoshi issues a nationwide sword hunting ordinance, disarming the peasantry so as to firmly separate the samurai and commoner classes, prevent peasant uprisings, and further centralise his own power.
Wikipedia article: Toyotomi Hideyoshi - 1484
Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.
Wikipedia article: Pope Innocent VIII - 1261
Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV, becoming the 182nd pope.
- 708
Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
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