Events That Happened on August 29

Russo-Ukrainian War: Ukraine begins its southern counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast, eventually culminating in the liberation of the city of Kherson.

2020 Women's FA Community Shield.

At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua, Sichuan Province.

The XIV Paralympic Games open in London, England, United Kingdom.

Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125 billion in damage.

Sayed Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.

Four people are killed when Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 crashes into the N-340 highway near Málaga Airport.

Eighty people are killed when Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 crashes during a rejected takeoff from the Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador.

Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.

At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.

Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.

Odaeyang mass suicide: Thirty-three individuals linked to a religious cult are found dead in the attic of a cafeteria in Yongin, South Korea. Investigators attribute their deaths to a murder-suicide pact.

Meitnerium, a synthetic chemical element with the atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.

El Tacnazo: Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian Prime Minister carries out a coup d'état in the city of Tacna, forcing the sitting President of Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado, to resign and assuming his place as the new President.

Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.

The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.

Air France Flight 343 crashes on approach to Yoff Airport in Senegal, killing all 63 aboard.

United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

American experimental composer John Cage's 4’33” premieres at Maverick Concert Hall, played by American pianist David Tudor.

Korean War: British Commonwealth Forces Korea arrives to bolster the US presence.

Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.

Northwest Airlines Flight 421 crashes in Fountain City, Wisconsin, killing all 37 aboard.

World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.

World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.

World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.

The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.

World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.

The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.

US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.

A typhoon strikes China, killing at least 50,000 people.

Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.

The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.

The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.

The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.

The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.

The Goodyear tire company is founded in Akron, Ohio.

Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle with an internal combustion engine, the Reitwagen.

Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).

The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.

American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.

Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.

Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.

Portuguese and Brazilian diplomats sign the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro, which has Portugal recognise Brazilian independence, formally ending the Brazilian war of independence. The treaty will be ratified by the King of Portugal three months later.

British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.

Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.

American Revolutionary War: American forces battle and defeat the British and Iroquois forces at the Battle of Newtown.

American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.

The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.

Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.

The eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a tsunami caused by the eruption of Oshima.

The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.

The Guru Granth Sahib is fully compiled and completed by Guru Arjan.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi issues a nationwide sword hunting ordinance, disarming the peasantry so as to firmly separate the samurai and commoner classes, prevent peasant uprisings, and further centralise his own power.

The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.

Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.

The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade).

Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to the Kingdom of Portugal.

Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.

The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between the kingdoms of France and England.

Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.

Battle of Montecatini: The army of the Republic of Pisa, commanded by Uguccione della Faggiuola, wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the Kingdom of Naples and the Republic of Florence despite being outnumbered.

Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV, becoming the 182nd pope.

The Battle of Fariskur occurs during the Fifth Crusade.

Mainz Cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its inauguration.

The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine Malta.

Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).

Daryll Neita, British sprinter

Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgian tennis player

Lucas Cruikshank, American YouTuber and actor

Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter from One Direction (died 2024)

Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter

Noah Syndergaard, American baseball player

Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer

Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player

Jakub Kosecki, Polish footballer

Chris Taylor, American baseball player

Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer

Charlotte Ritchie, English actress

Tony Kane, Irish footballer

Hajime Isayama, Japanese illustrator

Lea Michele, American actress and singer

Jennifer Landon, American actress

Antti Niemi, Finnish ice hockey player

Anthony Recker, American baseball player

Ruhila Adatia-Sood, Kenyan journalist and radio host (died 2013)

Carlos Delfino, Argentine–Italian basketball player

Yakhouba Diawara, French basketball player

Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian footballer

Martin Erat, Czech ice hockey player

Geneviève Jeanson, Canadian cyclist

Jay Ryan, New Zealand-Australian actor and producer

Chris Simms, American football player

David West, American basketball player

Stijn Devolder, Belgian cyclist

Kristjan Rahnu, Estonian decathlete

Ryan Shealy, American baseball player

Volkan Arslan, German-Turkish footballer

Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer

Cayetano, Greek DJ and producer

Devean George, American basketball player

John Hensley, American actor

John Patrick O'Brien, American soccer player

Roy Oswalt, American baseball player

Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian and radio host

Aaron Rowand, American baseball player and sportscaster

Stephen Carr, Irish footballer

Phil Harvey, English manager

Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player

Georgios Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player

Pablo Mastroeni, Argentine-American soccer player and manager

Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer and manager

Dante Basco, American actor

Kyle Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kumi Tanioka, Japanese keyboard player and composer

Vincent Cavanagh, English singer and guitarist

Olivier Jacque, French motorcycle racer

Amanda Marshall, Canadian singer-songwriter

Bae Yong-joon, South Korean actor

Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player and coach

Alex Griffin, English bass player

Carla Gugino, American actress

Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player

Jennifer Crittenden, American screenwriter and producer

Lucero, Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, and television host

Meshell Ndegeocello, German-American singer-songwriter

Neil Gorsuch, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Anton Newcombe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jörn Großkopf, German footballer and manager

Will Perdue, American basketball player and sportscaster

Geir-Inge Sivertsen, Norwegian politician and engineer, Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Seafood

Perri "Pebbles" Reid, American dance-pop and urban contemporary singer-songwriter

Zisis Tsekos, Greek footballer

Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer-songwriter

Carl Banks, American football player and sportscaster

Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese game designer and composer

Ian James Corlett, Canadian voice actor, writer, producer and author

Simon Thurley, English historian and academic

Richard Angelo, American serial killer and poisoner

Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player

Rodney McCray, American basketball player

Todd English, American chef and author

Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Rebecca De Mornay, American actress

Ramón Díaz, Argentine footballer and manager

Ray Elgaard, Canadian football player

Chris Hadfield, Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut

Eddi Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Timothy Shriver, American businessman and activist

Stephen Wolfram, English-American physicist and mathematician

Nagarjuna, Indian film actor, Producer and Businessman

Lenny Henry, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (died 2009)

Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey and sportscaster

Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer (died 2001)

Mark Morris, American dancer and choreographer

Eddie Murray, American football player

Charalambos Xanthopoulos, Greek footballer

Steve Yarbrough, American novelist and short story writer

Diamanda Galás, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Jack Lew, American lawyer and politician, 25th White House Chief of Staff

Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American journalist, author, and academic

David Boaz, American businessman and author

Richard Harding, English rugby union player

James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic

Karen Hesse, American author and poet

Dave Malone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Don Schlitz, American Hall of Fame country music songwriter

Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress

Geoff Whitehorn, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Doug DeCinces, American baseball player

Frank Henenlotter, American director and screenwriter

Dave Reichert, American soldier and politician

Aki Yashiro, Japanese singer (died 2023)

Stan Hansen, American wrestler and actor

Darnell Hillman, American basketball player

Robert S. Langer, American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic

Temple Grandin, American ethologist, academic, and author

James Hunt, English race car driver and sportscaster (died 1993)

Bob Beamon, American long jumper

Francine D. Blau, American economist and academic

Demetris Christofias, Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th President of Cyprus (died 2019)

Warren Jabali, American basketball player (died 2012)

Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice

Chris Copping, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Wyomia Tyus, American sprinter

Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (died 1996)

Dick Halligan, American pianist and composer (died 2022)

Arthur B. McDonald, Canadian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

James Glennon, American cinematographer (died 2006)

Gottfried John, German actor (died 2014)

Sterling Morrison, American singer and guitarist (died 1995)

Robin Leach, English journalist and television host (died 2018)

James Brady, American politician and activist, 15th White House Press Secretary (died 2014)

Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (died 1984)

Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter (died 2022)

Joel Schumacher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020)

Elliott Gould, American actor and producer

Angela Huth, English journalist and author

Christian Müller, German footballer and manager

Robert Rubin, American lawyer and politician, 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury

James Florio, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th Governor of New Jersey (died 2022)

John McCain, American captain and politician (died 2018)

Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (died 2014)

William Friedkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)

László Garai, Hungarian psychologist and scholar (died 2019)

Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (died 2004)

Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (died 2014)

Arnold Koller, Swiss politician

Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (died 2001)

Lise Payette, Canadian journalist and politician (died 2018)

Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (died 2006)

Carlos Loyzaga, Filipino basketball player and coach (died 2016)

Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic (died 2004)

Herbert Meier, Swiss author and translator (died 2018)

Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)

Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic

René Depestre, Haitian writer

Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (died 2016)

Betty Lynn, American actress (died 2021)

Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (died 1963)

Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer (died 2014)

Arthur Anderson, American actor (died 2016)

Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (died 2008)

John Edward Williams, American author and educator (died 1994)

Iris Apfel, American businesswoman, interior designer, and philanthropist (died 2024)

Otis Boykin, American inventor and engineer (died 1982)

Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (died 1955)

Herb Simpson, American baseball player (died 2015)

Isabel Sanford, American actress (died 2004)

Luther Davis, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2008)

Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (died 1982)

Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist and author (died 1985)

Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (died 1999)

Jackie Mitchell, American baseball pitcher (died 1987)

Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (died 2002)

Barry Sullivan, American actor (died 1994)

Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (died 2016)

John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon (died 1982)

Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (died 1985)

Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (died 1979)

Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (died 1941)

Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)

Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (died 1986)

Preston Sturges, American director and producer (died 1959)

Marquis James, American journalist and author (died 1955)

Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (died 1975)

Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician (died 1964)

Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat (died 1978)

Han Yong-un, Korean independence activist, reformer, and poet (died 1944)

Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics (died 1958)

Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (died 1949)

Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator (died 1962)

Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (died 1950)

Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1928)

Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)

Byron G. Harlan, American singer (died 1936)

Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (died 1937)

William C. White, American Seventh-day Adventist Church minister (died 1937)

Edward Carpenter, English anthologist and poet (died 1929)

David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (died 1910)

Alfred Shaw, English cricketer, rugby player, and umpire (died 1907)

Henry Bergh, American activist, founded the ASPCA (died 1888)

Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentine theorist and diplomat (died 1884)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author (died 1894)

Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author (died 1872)

Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author (died 1875)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (died 1867)

Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology (died 1853)

James Finlayson, Scottish Quaker (died 1852)

Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer (died 1830)

Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician (died 1845)

Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, electress of Bavaria (died 1797)

Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1767)

Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author (died 1803)

John Locke, English physician and philosopher (died 1704)

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1701)

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (died 1683)

Henry Gage, Royalist officer in the English Civil War (died 1645)

Nicholas Pieck, Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (died 1572)

García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca, Spanish noble and admiral (died 1577)

Janus Pannonius, Hungarian bishop and poet (died 1472)

John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (died 1375)

John of Artois, French nobleman (died 1387)

Otto (or Eudes), French nobleman (died 1045)

Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player (born 1993)

Mike Enriquez, Filipino broadcaster (born 1951)

Ed Asner, American actor (born 1929)

Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican reggae producer (born 1936)

Jacques Rogge, French orthopedic surgeon, Olympic sailor and the 8th President of the International Olympic Committee (born 1942)

James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)

Paul Taylor, American choreographer (born 1930)

Gene Wilder, American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (born 1933)

Octavio Brunetti, Argentine pianist and composer (born 1975)

Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (born 1943)

Joan L. Krajewski, American lawyer and politician (born 1934)

Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Zambian cardinal (born 1931)

Bruce C. Murray, American geologist and academic, co-founded The Planetary Society (born 1931)

Ruth Goldbloom, Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded Pier 21 (born 1923)

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, English historian and author (born 1953)

Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician and academic (born 1932)

Anne McKnight, American soprano (born 1924)

Les Moss, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1925)

Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (born 1969)

Honeyboy Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1915)

Junpei Takiguchi, Japanese voice actor (born 1931)

Geoffrey Perkins, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1953)

Michael Schoenberg, American geophysicist and theorist (born 1939)

James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand businessman (born 1914)

Richard Jewell, American police officer (born 1962)

Pierre Messmer, French civil servant and politician, 154th Prime Minister of France (born 1916)

Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (born 1920)

Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (born 1942)

Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi politician (born 1939)

Patrick Procktor, English painter and academic (born 1936)

Lance Macklin, English race car driver (born 1919)

Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter & television personality (born 1952)

Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)

Shelagh Fraser, English actress (born 1922)

Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (born 1951)

Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (born 1913)

Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)

Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist (born 1930)

Libero Grassi, Italian businessman (born 1924)

Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian-American mystic and author (born 1901)

Peter Scott, English explorer and painter (born 1909)

Archie Campbell, American actor and screenwriter (born 1914)

Lee Marvin, American actor (born 1924)

Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (born 1918)

Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (born 1915)

Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (born 1910)

Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (born 1892)

Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (born 1890)

Jean Hagen, American actress (born 1923)

Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (born 1945)

Éamon de Valera, Irish soldier and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (born 1882)

Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (born 1905)

Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (born 1904)

Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (born 1881)

Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (born 1906)

Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (born 1897)

Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (born 1894)

Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (born 1871)

Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (born 1891)

John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (born 1897)

Attik, Greek pianist and composer (born 1885)

Raymond Knister, Canadian poet and author (born 1899)

David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (born 1867)

William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (born 1844)

George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (born 1833)

Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (born 1866)

Murad V, Ottoman sultan (born 1840)

William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (born 1809)

Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (born 1843)

Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (born 1815)

Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1801)

Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (born 1846)

Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (born 1778)

Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (born 1762)

Pius VI, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1717)

Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (born 1713)

Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (born 1672)

Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (born 1684)

Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (born 1648)

John Lilburne, English activist (born 1614)

Hamida Banu Begum, Mughal empress (born 1527)

Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese commander (born 1516)

Atahualpa, Inca emperor (born 1497)

Louis II, king of Hungary and Croatia (born 1506)

Pál Tomori Hungarian archbishop and soldier (born 1475)

Ulrich von Hutten, Lutheran reformer (born 1488)

Alesso Baldovinetti, Florentine painter (born 1427)

John V, duke of Brittany (born 1389)

Albert III, duke of Austria (born 1349)

Peter Tempesta, Italian nobleman (born 1291)

Charles of Taranto, Italian nobleman (born 1296)

Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar, English princess (born 1269)

Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine empress

Al-Mustarshid, Abbasid caliph (born 1092)

Eystein I, king of Norway (born 1088)

Hugh I, duke of Burgundy (born 1057)

Gerard of Csanád Venetian monk and Hungarian bishop (born980)

Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Japanese nobleman (born 948)

Abu Taghlib, Hamdanid emir

Fu the Elder, Chinese empress

Wang Jipeng, Chinese emperor of Min

Li Chunyan, Chinese empress

Theodora of Thessaloniki, Byzantine nun and saint (born 812)

Basil I, Byzantine emperor (born 811)

Christian feast day: Adelphus of Metz

Christian feast day: Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Christian feast day: Eadwold of Cerne

Christian feast day: Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: John Bunyan (Episcopal Church)

Christian feast day: Sabina

Christian feast day: Vitalis, Sator and Repositus

Christian feast day: August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

International Day against Nuclear Tests

Miners' Day (Ukraine)

Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine (Ukraine)

Municipal Police Day (Poland)

National Sports Day (India)

Slovak National Uprising Anniversary (Slovakia)

Telugu Language Day (India)