August 29th, 1961

Born on August 29th, 1961

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 22,000 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, 1961

62

Ahmed Aboutaleb

Dutch politician

*August 29th, 1961, Beni Sidel

62

Philipp Moog

German actor

*August 29th, 1961, Munich

62

Armando Martínez

Cuban boxer

*August 29th, 1961, Majagua

62

Rodney McCray

American basketball player

*August 29th, 1961, Mount Vernon

62

Carsten Fischer

Field hockey player

*August 29th, 1961, Duisburg

62

Hanna Antonieva

Ukrainian politician and businesswoman

*August 29th, 1961, Pomichna

62

Cássio Gabus Mendes

Brazilian actor

*August 29th, 1961, São Paulo

62

Geraldine Smith

British politician (born 1961)

*August 29th, 1961, Belfast

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

59

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

58

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

65

Lenny Henry

British comedian

*August 29th, 1958, Dudley

52

Carla Gugino

American actress

*August 29th, 1971, Sarasota

60

Elizabeth Fraser

Scottish singer (born 1963)

*August 29th, 1963, Grangemouth

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

74

Darnell Hillman

American basketball player

*August 29th, 1949, Sacramento

64

Stephen Wolfram

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

*August 29th, 1959, London

80

Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian physicist

*August 29th, 1943, Sydney

64

Ramón Díaz

Argentine association football player

*August 29th, 1959, La Rioja

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

30

Liam Pane

English singer

*August 29th, 1993, Wolverhampton

61

Jutta Kleinschmidt

German rally driver

*August 29th, 1962, Cologne

79

Lukas Hartmann

Swiss novelist and children's writers

*August 29th, 1944, Bern

77

Michael Harney

American actor

*August 29th, 1946, The Bronx

Same year
Born in 1961

62

Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

*August 4th, 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

63

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

63

Lothar Matthäus

German footballer, manager and pundit

*March 21st, 1961, Erlangen

63

Steven Weber

American actor

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

62

Jan-Eric Antonsson

Badminton player

*September 9th, 1961, Karlskrona

62

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

63

Eddie Murphy

American stand-up comedian and actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

36

Diana, Princess of Wales

Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

*July 1st, 1961, Sandringham †August 31st, 1997, Paris

63

Dirk Heidenblut

German politician

*April 21st, 1961, Essen

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

62

Florent Pagny

French recording artist; singer

*November 6th, 1961, Chalon-sur-Saône

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1961 is a normal year and no leap year.

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