August 29th, 1931

Born on August 29th, 1931

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, 1931

37

Ichikawa Raizō VIII

Japanese actor

*August 29th, 1931, Kyoto †July 17th, 1969, Tokyo

84

Barbara Orzechowska-Ryszel

Polish fencer

*August 29th, 1931, Warsaw †October 16th, 2015

90

Bernard Rancillac

French artist

*August 29th, 1931, 14th arrondissement of Paris †November 29th, 2021, Malakoff

78

Rafael Sanus Abad

Spanish bishop (1931-2010)

*August 29th, 1931, Alcoy †May 13th, 2010, Valencia

87

Lise Payette

Canadian politician

*August 29th, 1931, Montreal †September 5th, 2018, Montreal

70

Stelios Kazantzidis

Greek singer (1931-2001)

*August 29th, 1931, Athens †September 14th, 2001, Athens

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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

81

John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

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

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

59

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

58

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

80

Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian physicist

*August 29th, 1943, Sydney

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

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

90

Richard Attenborough

British actor (1923–2014)

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

74

Darnell Hillman

American basketball player

*August 29th, 1949, Sacramento

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

34

Charlie Parker

American jazz musician (1920–1955)

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

79

Lukas Hartmann

Swiss novelist and children's writers

*August 29th, 1944, Bern

73

James Brady

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

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

102

Iris Apfel

American interior designer and fashion icon (1921–2024)

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

91

Yves Velan

Swiss writer (1925-2017)

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

87

Gilbert Amy

French composer and conductor

*August 29th, 1936, Paris

82

Ole Ritter

Danish racing cyclist, born 1941

*August 29th, 1941, Slagelse Municipality

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Born in 1931

92

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

69

Gloria Talbott

American actress (1931-2000)

*February 7th, 1931, Glendale †September 19th, 2000, Glendale

91

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

*March 2nd, 1931, Privolnoye †August 30th, 2022, Central Clinical Hospital

88

Toni Morrison

African American novelist, essayist, and academic

*February 18th, 1931, Lorain †August 5th, 2019, The Bronx

80

Bernhard Schrader

German chemist (1931-2012)

*March 15th, 1931, Quedlinburg †January 8th, 2012, Essen

86

Sonja Sutter

German actress

*January 17th, 1931, Freiburg im Breisgau †June 2nd, 2017, Baden

24

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

*February 8th, 1931, Marion †September 30th, 1955, Cholame

93

William Shatner

Canadian actor

*March 22nd, 1931, Montreal

87

Lise Henningsen

Danish actress (1931-2019)

*September 5th, 1931, Copenhagen †January 28th, 2019, Copenhagen

84

William Bast

Author, screenwriter (1931-2015)

*April 3rd, 1931, Milwaukee †May 4th, 2015, Los Angeles

76

Boris Yeltsin

Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)

*February 1st, 1931, Butka †April 23rd, 2007, Moscow

72

Gerhard Rosenfeld

German composer

*February 10th, 1931, Königsberg †March 5th, 2003, Bergholz-Rehbrücke

85

Massimo Fagioli

Italian film director, screenwriter, author and psychiatrist

*May 19th, 1931, Monte Giberto †February 13th, 2017, Rome

93

Rupert Murdoch

Australian-born American media mogul (born 1931)

*March 11th, 1931, Melbourne

73

Anne Bancroft

American actress (1931–2005)

*September 17th, 1931, The Bronx †June 6th, 2005, New York City

81

Larry Hagman

American actor (1931–2012)

*September 21st, 1931, Fort Worth †November 23rd, 2012, Dallas

93

James Earl Jones

American actor

*January 17th, 1931, Arkabutla

89

John le Carré

British novelist and spy (1931-2020)

*October 19th, 1931, Poole †December 12th, 2020, Royal Cornwall Hospital

88

Rip Torn

American actor (1931–2019)

*February 6th, 1931, Temple †July 9th, 2019, Lakeville

92

Rita Moreno

Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress

*December 11th, 1931, Humacao

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No: With 365 days 1931 is a normal year and no leap year.

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