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August 29 is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 124 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 708 – ...
1843 – David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (d. 1910) 1861 – Byron G. Harlan , American singer (d. 1936) 1876 – Charles F. Kettering , American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics (d. 1958)
This is a list of selected August 29 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, ...
The U.S. and 97 other countries reach an agreement with the Taliban to continue evacuations past the August 31 withdrawal deadline. Drone strikes in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. A U.S. airstrike targets a vehicle driven by an aid worker for U.S. based Nutrition and Education International, who was bringing home water for his family. At ...
On August 29 of every year, nations are granted the ability to use nuclear weapons against each other, leading to a violent multifaceted nuclear war. This tradition started after the mini-games initial appearance on the site for April Fools' Day 2017, and subsequent user requests to make this a regular event.
The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on 29 August, on the birth anniversary of hockey player Major Dhyan Chand. [1] This day marks the birthday of Major Dhyan Chand Singh, the hockey player who won gold medals in Olympics for India in the years 1928, 1932 and 1936.
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The British dug in for a siege, but on the night of August 29–30, Washington evacuated the entire army to Manhattan without the loss of supplies or a single life. The Continental Army was driven out of Manhattan entirely after several more defeats and was forced to retreat through New Jersey to Pennsylvania.