Today in History
29 August
219 births · 104 deaths · 71 events recorded
Notable Births
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Rio Ngumoha
b. 2008
English footballer (born 2008)
Daryll Neita
b. 1996
British sprinter (born 1996)
Ysaline Bonaventure
b. 1994
Belgian tennis player (born 1994)
Lucas Cruikshank
b. 1993
American YouTuber (born 1993)
Liam Payne
b. 1993
English singer and songwriter (1993–2024)
Mallu Magalhães
b. 1992
Musical artist
Noah Syndergaard
b. 1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Francine D. Blau
b. 1946
American economist
Notable Deaths
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Johnny Gaudreau
d. 2024
American ice hockey player (1993–2024)
Mike Enriquez
d. 2023
Filipino broadcast journalist and television presenter (1951–2023)
Ed Asner
d. 2021
American actor (1929–2021)
Lee "Scratch" Perry
d. 2021
Jamaican reggae singer and producer (1936–2021)
Jacques Rogge
d. 2021
President of the IOC from 2001 to 2013
David "Honeyboy" Edwards
d. 2011
American blues guitarist and singer (1915–2011)
Sydney Chapman (economist)
d. 1951
English economist and civil servant
Brigham Young
d. 1877
American religious leader (1801–1877)
On This Day in History
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2022
Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukraine begins its southern counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast, eventually culminating in the liberation of the city of Kherson.
Russo-Ukrainian war
2020
2020 Women's FA Community Shield.
2020 Women's FA Community Shield
2012
At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua, Sichuan Province.
Xiaojiawan coal mine disaster
2012
The XIV Paralympic Games open in London, England, United Kingdom.
2012 Summer Paralympics
2005
Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,392 people and causing $125 billion in damage.
Hurricane Katrina
2003
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.
Sayyid
2001
Four people are killed when Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 crashes into the N-340 highway near Málaga Airport.
Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261
1998
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.
Cubana de Aviación Flight 389