August 29th, 1843

Born on August 29th, 1843

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on August 29th, 1843

72

Alfred Agache

French painter (1843–1915)

*August 29th, 1843, Lille †September 3rd, 1915, Cour-sur-Loire

67

David B. Hill

American politician (1843-1910)

*August 29th, 1843, Elmira †October 20th, 1910, Albany

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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

59

Apolinário Porto-Alegre

Brazilian journalist

*August 29th, 1844, Rio Grande †March 23rd, 1904, Porto Alegre

86

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949)

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

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

86

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

French painter (1780-1867)

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

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

81

John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

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

60

Wilhelm Rimpau

German farmer and naturalist

*August 29th, 1842, Schlanstedt †May 20th, 1903, Sobieradz

72

John Locke

English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)

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

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

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

73

Juan Bautista Alberdi

Argentinian politician

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

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

30

Liam Pane

English singer

*August 29th, 1993, Wolverhampton

74

Darnell Hillman

American basketball player

*August 29th, 1949, Sacramento

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Born in 1843

75

Hermann Hitzig

Swiss classical philologist (1843-1918)

*May 9th, 1843, Zürich †August 27th, 1918, Zürich

72

Henry James

American and British writer (1843–1916)

*April 15th, 1843, New York City †February 28th, 1916, Chelsea

58

William McKinley

President of the United States from 1897 to 1901

*January 29th, 1843, Niles †September 14th, 1901, Buffalo

66

Robert Koch

German physician, bacteriologist

*December 11th, 1843, Clausthal †May 27th, 1910, Baden-Baden

64

Edvard Grieg

Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907)

*June 15th, 1843, Bergen †September 4th, 1907, Bergen

82

Camillo Golgi

Italian physician, pathologist, scientist, and Nobel laureate (1843-1926)

*July 7th, 1843, Corteno Golgi †January 21st, 1926, Pavia

71

Bertha von Suttner

Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor

*June 9th, 1843, Prague †June 21st, 1914, Vienna

94

Stefan Drzewiecki

Polish inventor and engineer

*July 26th, 1843, Kunka †April 23rd, 1938, Paris

76

Benito Pérez Galdós

Spanish realist novelist (1843–1920)

*May 10th, 1843, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria †January 4th, 1920, calle de Hilarión Eslava

70

Charles Albert Gobat

Swiss politician and lawyer (1843-1914)

*May 21st, 1843, Tramelan †March 16th, 1914, Bern

74

Louis Renault

French jurist (1843–1918)

*May 21st, 1843, Autun †February 8th, 1918, Barbizon

52

Richard Avenarius

German philosopher (1843-1896)

*November 19th, 1843, Paris †August 18th, 1896, Zürich

62

Victor Schlegel

German mathematician (1843-1905)

*March 4th, 1843, Frankfurt (Oder) †November 22nd, 1905, Hagen

42

Lydia Koidula

Estonian poet

*December 12th, 1843, Vändra †July 30th, 1886, Kronstadt

78

Georg Treu

German archaeologist (1843-1921)

*March 29th, 1843, Saint Petersburg †October 5th, 1921, Dresden

62

William Forbes Gatacre

British Army general (1843–1906)

*December 3rd, 1843, Herbertshire Castle †January 18th, 1906, Gambela

60

Karl Koester

German pathologist

*April 2nd, 1843, Bad Dürkheim †November 30th, 1903, Bonn

61

Mauro Fernández Acuña

Government minister of Costa Rica (1843–1905)

*December 19th, 1843, San José †July 16th, 1905, San José

30

Heinrich Schaumberger

German writer (1843-1874)

*December 15th, 1843, Neustadt bei Coburg †March 16th, 1874, Davos

72

John Downer

Australian politician

*July 6th, 1843, Adelaide †August 2nd, 1915, North Adelaide

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1843 is a normal year and no leap year.

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