On this day: August 29
Events
Habsburg monarchyAugust 29, 1526 – November 12, 1918 · World History
Battle of MohácsAugust 29, 1526 · Wars & Conflicts
Siege of ToulonAugust 29, 1793 – December 19, 1793 · Wars & Conflicts
Founding of Goodyear Tire and Rubber CompanyAugust 29, 1898 · Companies
1929 Arab riots in PalestineAugust 29, 1929 · World History- Release of Lust for LifeAugust 29, 1977 · Music
- Release of AAugust 29, 1980 · Music
- Discovery of meitneriumAugust 29, 1982 · Science
- Release of The VanishingAugust 29, 1988 · Film
- Release of Steel WheelsAugust 29, 1989 · Music
- Release of Definitely MaybeAugust 29, 1994 · Music
- Release of The Holy BibleAugust 29, 1994 · Music
Release of Mafia (video game)August 29, 2002 · Gaming
Release of SkypeAugust 29, 2003 · Technology- Release of Tales of SymphoniaAugust 29, 2003 · Gaming
Launch of LibraryThingAugust 29, 2005 · Internet- Release of Saints RowAugust 29, 2006 · Gaming
- Release of Disaster MovieAugust 29, 2008 · Film
Founding of CrowdStrikeAugust 29, 2011 · Companies- Release of Under the SkinAugust 29, 2013 · Film
- Release of Ark: Survival EvolvedAugust 29, 2017 · Gaming
- Release of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom BattleAugust 29, 2017 · Gaming
Release of DondaAugust 29, 2021 · Music
Born on this day
John LockeAugust 29, 1632 – October 28, 1704 · Culture
AleijadinhoAugust 29, 1730 – November 18, 1814 · Art
Jan ŚniadeckiAugust 29, 1756 – November 1830 · Science
Aimé BonplandAugust 29, 1773 – May 1858 · Exploration
Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresAugust 29, 1780 – January 14, 1867 · Culture
Léon CognietAugust 29, 1794 – November 20, 1880 · Art
Juan Bautista AlberdiAugust 29, 1810 – June 19, 1884 · Music
Edward CarpenterAugust 29, 1844 – June 28, 1929 · Culture
Maurice MaeterlinckAugust 29, 1862 – May 6, 1949 · Culture
Albert LebrunAugust 29, 1871 – March 6, 1950 · Politics
Jack Butler YeatsAugust 29, 1871 – March 28, 1957 · Art
Vladimir ArsenyevAugust 29, 1872 – September 4, 1930 · Exploration
Leonardo De LorenzoAugust 29, 1875 – July 29, 1962 · Music
Charles F. KetteringAugust 29, 1876 – November 25, 1958 · Technology
Dmytro DontsovAugust 29, 1883 – March 30, 1973 · Culture
Michael ChekhovAugust 29, 1891 – September 30, 1955 · Film- Alexandre KoyréAugust 29, 1892 – April 28, 1964 · Culture
Oleksandr DovzhenkoAugust 29, 1894 – November 25, 1956 · Film
Preston SturgesAugust 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959 · Technology
Semyon LavochkinAugust 29, 1900 – June 9, 1960 · Technology
Werner ForssmannAugust 29, 1904 – June 1, 1979 · Science
Ingrid BergmanAugust 29, 1915 – August 29, 1982 · Film
Consuelo VelázquezAugust 29, 1916 – January 22, 2005 · Music
Charlie ParkerAugust 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955 · Music
Richard AttenboroughAugust 29, 1923 – August 24, 2014 · Film
William FriedkinAugust 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023 · Film
Hermann NitschAugust 29, 1938 – April 18, 2022 · Music
Joel SchumacherAugust 29, 1939 – June 22, 2020 · Film
Arthur B. McDonaldAugust 29, 1943 – present · Science
Robert S. Langer, Jr.August 29, 1948 – present · Technology
Diamanda GalásAugust 29, 1955 – present · Music- GG AllinAugust 29, 1956 – June 28, 1993 · Music
Michael JacksonAugust 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009 · Music
Stephen WolframAugust 29, 1959 – present · Science
Chris HadfieldAugust 29, 1959 – present · Space
Thomas MarshburnAugust 29, 1960 – present · Space
Tony MacAlpineAugust 29, 1960 – present · Music
Karl MarkovicsAugust 29, 1963 – present · Film
Tom SixAugust 29, 1973 – present · Film
Dante BascoAugust 29, 1975 – present · Film
Juan Diego BottoAugust 29, 1975 – present · Film
Liam PayneAugust 29, 1993 – October 16, 2024 · Music