August 29th, 1933

Born on August 29th, 1933

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 33,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 894 days, exactly on September 30th, 2026, people who were born on August 29th, 1933 will be 34,000 days old!

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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, 1933

90

Arnold Koller

Member of the Swiss Federal Council

*August 29th, 1933, St. Gallen

26

Alan Stacey

British racecar driver (1933-1960)

*August 29th, 1933, Essex †June 19th, 1960, Spa-Francochamps Circuit

80

Sorel Etrog

Canadian sculptor and writer (1933-2014)

*August 29th, 1933, Iași †February 26th, 2014, Toronto

81

Loek Alflen

Dutch sportsperson (1933-2015)

*August 29th, 1933, Utrecht †August 17th, 2015

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

81

John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

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

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

59

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

80

Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian physicist

*August 29th, 1943, Sydney

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

58

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

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

87

Gilbert Amy

French composer and conductor

*August 29th, 1936, Paris

90

Richard Attenborough

British actor (1923–2014)

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

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

73

James Brady

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

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

79

Lukas Hartmann

Swiss novelist and children's writers

*August 29th, 1944, Bern

82

Ole Ritter

Danish racing cyclist, born 1941

*August 29th, 1941, Slagelse Municipality

34

Charlie Parker

American jazz musician (1920–1955)

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

87

William Friedkin

American director and producer

*August 29th, 1935, Chicago †August 7th, 2023, Los Angeles

52

Carla Gugino

American actress

*August 29th, 1971, Sarasota

Same year
Born in 1933

70

Stan Brakhage

American filmmaker and writer (1933–2003)

*January 14th, 1933, Kansas City †March 9th, 2003, Victoria

84

Richard Schickel

American film scholar

*February 10th, 1933, Milwaukee †February 18th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Giuliano Sarti

Italian footballer (1933-2017)

*October 2nd, 1933, Castello d'Argile †June 5th, 2017, Rome

82

Charlie Hodge

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 28th, 1933, Lachine †April 16th, 2016, Vancouver

88

Jean-Paul Belmondo

French actor (1933–2021)

*April 9th, 1933, Neuilly-sur-Seine †September 6th, 2021, 7th arrondissement of Paris

86

Kadir Mısıroğlu

Turkish lawyer and writer

*January 24th, 1933, Akçaabat †May 5th, 2019, Istanbul

90

David McCallum

Scottish actor (1933-2023)

*September 19th, 1933, Maryhill †September 25th, 2023, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

91

Michael Caine

English actor (born 1933)

*March 14th, 1933, Rotherhithe

81

Joan Rivers

American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)

*June 8th, 1933, Brooklyn †September 4th, 2014, Mount Sinai Hospital

84

Mieczysław Kalenik

Polish actor

*January 1st, 1933, Międzyrzec Podlaski †June 16th, 2017, Międzyrzec Podlaski

83

Elaine Fantham

British classical philologist

*May 25th, 1933, Liverpool †July 11th, 2016, Toronto

90

Joan Collins

English actress, author and columnist

*May 23rd, 1933, London

83

Beppo Mauhart

Austrian manager (1933-2017)

*September 14th, 1933, Enns †May 7th, 2017, Vienna

90

Akihito

Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019

*December 23rd, 1933, Tokyo Imperial Palace

84

Peter Ehlers

German footballer and coach (1933-2017)

*January 22nd, 1933, Kiel †June 5th, 2017

83

Gene Wilder

American actor (1933–2016)

*June 11th, 1933, Milwaukee †August 29th, 2016, Stamford

34

Jayne Mansfield

American actress and Playmate

*April 19th, 1933, Bryn Mawr †June 29th, 1967, Slidell

82

Oliver Sacks

British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)

*July 9th, 1933, Willesden †August 30th, 2015, Greenwich Village

79

Heinrich Rohrer

Swiss physicist (1933-2013)

*June 6th, 1933, Buchs †May 16th, 2013, Wollerau

90

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1933 is a normal year and no leap year.

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