| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| August 29, 1526 | Sunday | Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Moh cs |
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| August 29, 1533 | Tuesday | Last Incan King of Peru Atahualpa murdered by Spanish conquerors |
| August 29, 1708 | Wednesday | Haverhill Mass. destroyed by French & Indians |
| August 29, 1769 | Tuesday | Edmond Hoyle games expert dies (birth date unknown) |
| August 29, 1786 | Tuesday | Shay's Rebellion in Springfield Mass |
| August 29, 1864 | Monday | William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae |
| August 29, 1877 | Wednesday | 2nd president of the Mormon Church Brigham Young died. |
| August 29, 1896 | Saturday | Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador |
| August 29, 1914 | Saturday | Arizonan is 1st vessel to arrive in S.F. via the Panama Canal |
| August 29, 1949 | Monday | USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb |
| August 29, 1954 | Sunday | SF Intl Airport (SFO) opens |
| August 29, 1957 | Thursday | Strom Thurmond D-SC ends 24 hour filibuster against civil rights |
| August 29, 1964 | Saturday | Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" is released |
| August 29, 1965 | Sunday | Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5 |
| August 29, 1966 | Monday | Beatles public concert at Candlestick Park in SF. |
| August 29, 1967 | Tuesday | Yankees longest day The Red Sox take the 1st game 2-1 in 9 the Yanks win second game in 20 4-3 a total of 8 hours & 19 minutes |
| August 29, 1967 | Tuesday | Final television episode of The Fugitive |
| August 29, 1977 | Monday | Lou Brock - Cardinals - eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year old career stolen bases record to a total to 893. The Padres won game 4-3. |
| August 29, 1981 | Saturday | Broadcaster Lowell Thomas died in Pawling N.Y. at age 89 |