August 29th, 1094

Born on August 29th, 1094

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 339,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 431 days, exactly on July 19th, 2025, people who were born on August 29th, 1094 will be 340,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 29th?

August 29th, 2016

Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, later overseeing the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.

August 29th, 2007

Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.

August 29th, 1996

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board.

August 29th, 1991

Italian businessman Libero Grassi was killed by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo after taking a public stand against their extortion demands.

August 29th, 1984

Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (pictured) began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.

August 29th, 1960

Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.

August 29th, 1959

Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club with a performance by the Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles.

August 29th, 1930

The last 36 residents of St Kilda, Scotland, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its natural and cultural qualities, voluntarily evacuated to Morvern.

August 29th, 1916

Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.

August 29th, 1911

The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi, emerged from the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European American society.

August 29th, 1903

Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.

August 29th, 1885

Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

August 29th, 1842

Under the Treaty of Nanking, an "unequal treaty" that ended the First Opium War, the Chinese island from which Hong Kong would grow was ceded to Britain.

August 29th, 1831

Michael Faraday (pictured) first experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of the law of induction named after him.

August 29th, 1786

Farmers in western Massachusetts angered by high tax burdens and disfranchisement began an armed uprising led by Daniel Shays against the U.S. federal government.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 29th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 29th?

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

72

John Locke

English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)

*August 29th, 1632, Wrington †October 28th, 1704, High Laver

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

59

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

58

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

86

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

French painter (1780-1867)

*August 29th, 1780, Montauban †January 14th, 1867, Paris

81

John McCain

American politician, military officer, and presidential candidate (1936–2018)

*August 29th, 1936, Coco Solo †August 25th, 2018, Cornville

30

Liam Pane

English singer and songwriter

*August 29th, 1993, Wolverhampton

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

80

Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian physicist

*August 29th, 1943, Sydney

52

Carla Gugino

American actress

*August 29th, 1971, Sarasota

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

74

Darnell Hillman

American basketball player

*August 29th, 1949, Sacramento

86

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949)

*August 29th, 1862, Ghent †May 6th, 1949, Nice

65

Lenny Henry

British comedian

*August 29th, 1958, Dudley

73

Juan Bautista Alberdi

Argentinian politician

*August 29th, 1810, San Miguel de Tucumán †June 19th, 1884, Neuilly-sur-Seine

89

Richard Challoner

Roman Catholic bishop (1691-1781)

*August 29th, 1691, Lewes †January 12th, 1781, London

34

Charlie Parker

American jazz musician (1920–1955)

*August 29th, 1920, Kansas City †March 12th, 1955, New York City

90

Richard Attenborough

British actor (1923–2014)

*August 29th, 1923, Cambridge †August 24th, 2014, Greater London

79

Lukas Hartmann

Swiss novelist and children's writers

*August 29th, 1944, Bern

86

Léon Cogniet

French painter (1794-1880)

*August 29th, 1794, Paris †November 20th, 1880, 10th arrondissement of Paris

102

Iris Apfel

American interior designer and fashion icon (1921–2024)

*August 29th, 1921, Queens †March 1st, 2024, Palm Beach

77

Michael Harney

American actor

*August 29th, 1946, The Bronx

37

Andrey Amador

Costa Rican road bicycle racer

*August 29th, 1986, San José

73

James Brady

White House Press Secretary under Ronald Reagan (1940-2014)

*August 29th, 1940, Centralia †August 3rd, 2014, Alexandria

82

Ole Ritter

Danish racing cyclist, born 1941

*August 29th, 1941, Slagelse Municipality

30

Jacopo Mosca

Italian cyclist

*August 29th, 1993, Savigliano

37

Lea Michele

American actress and singer

*August 29th, 1986, The Bronx

37

Hajime Isayama

Japanese manga artist

*August 29th, 1986, Hita

91

Yves Velan

Swiss writer (1925-2017)

*August 29th, 1925, Saint-Quentin †May 6th, 2017, La Chaux-de-Fonds

64

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

French statesman (1619-1683)

*August 29th, 1619, Reims †September 6th, 1683, Paris

60

Elizabeth Fraser

Scottish singer (born 1963)

*August 29th, 1963, Grangemouth

60

Preston Sturges

Film director, screenwriter (1898-1959)

*August 29th, 1898, Chicago †August 6th, 1959, New York City

80

Michèle Vergne

French mathematician

*August 29th, 1943, L'Isle-Adam

87

Gilbert Amy

French composer and conductor

*August 29th, 1936, Paris

68

Diamanda Galás

American singer-songwriter

*August 29th, 1955, San Diego

64

Stephen Wolfram

British-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, writer and businessman (born 1959)

*August 29th, 1959, London

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Public holidays on August 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 29th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1094 is a normal year and no leap year.

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