August 29 - This Day in History

August 29: General Interest
2005: Hurricane Katrina slams into Gulf Coast

Hurricane Katrina makes landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, as a Category 4 hurricane on this day in 2005. Despite being only the third most powerful storm of the 2005 hurricane season, Katrina was the worst natural disaster... read more


American Revolution
1779 : Battle of Chemung or Newtown, New York
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-chemung-or-newtown-new-york


Automotive
1876 : Charles F. Kettering, inventor of electric self-starter, is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/charles-f-kettering-inventor-of-electric-self-starter-is-born


Civil War
1862 : North and South clash at the Second Battle of Bull Run
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-second-bull-run


Cold War
1950 : State Department official discusses "captive populations"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/state-department-official-discusses-captive-populations


Crime
2007 : Hero security guard wrongly accused as bombing suspect dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hero-security-guard-wrongly-accused-as-bombing-suspect-dies


Disaster
1960 : Hurricane Donna is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hurricane-donna-is-born

2005 : Hurricane Katrina wreaks havoc on Gulf Coast
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hurricane-katrina-wreaks-havoc-on-gulf-coast


General Interest
1533 : Pizarro Executes Last Inca Emperor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pizarro-executes-last-inca-emperor

1949 : Soviets explode atomic bomb
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb

1968 : Humphrey nominated in Chicago
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/humphrey-nominated-in-chicago

1975 : Eamon de Valera dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eamon-de-valera-dies


Hollywood
1982 : Actress Ingrid Bergman dies on her birthday
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/actress-ingrid-bergman-dies-on-her-birthday


Literary
1962 : Robert Frost leaves for a goodwill tour of U.S.S.R.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/robert-frost-leaves-for-a-goodwill-tour-of-ussr


Music
1958 : Michael Jackson is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/michael-jackson-is-born

1987 : "La Bamba" is a #1 hit for Los Lobos and, posthumously, Ritchie Valens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/quotla-bambaquot-is-a-1-hit-for-los-lobos-and-posthumously-ritchie-valens


Old West
1911 : Ishi discovered in California
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ishi-discovered-in-california


Presidential
1945 : Truman orders Navy to seize control of petroleum refineries
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-orders-navy-to-seize-control-of-petroleum-refineries



Sports
2004 : Marathoner assaulted at Olympics
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marathoner-assaulted-at-olympics


Vietnam War
1964 : Khanh steps down
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khanh-steps-down

1971 : President Nguyen Van Thieu retains control of National Assembly
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-nguyen-van-thieu-retains-control-of-national-assembly

1972 : Nixon announces another troop reduction
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-announces-another-troop-reduction


World War I
1914 : Women join British war effort
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/women-join-british-war-effort


World War II
1942 : Red Cross announces Japan refuses passage of supplies for U.S. POWs
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/red-cross-announces-japan-refuses-passage-of-supplies-for-us-pows