29 August

Notable Births

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)

Néstor Araujo

b. 1991

Mexican footballer (born 1991)

Deshaun Thomas

b. 1991

American basketball player (born 1991)

Jakub Kosecki

b. 1990

Polish footballer (born 1990)

Chris Taylor (baseball)

b. 1990

American baseball player (born 1990)

Patrick van Aanholt

b. 1990

Dutch footballer (born 1990)

Hajime Isayama

b. 1986

Japanese manga artist (born 1986)

Lea Michele

b. 1986

American actress and singer (born 1986)

Antti Niemi (ice hockey)

b. 1983

Finnish ice hockey player (born 1983)

Anthony Recker

b. 1983

American baseball player (born 1983)

Carlos Delfino

b. 1982

Argentine basketball player (born 1982)

Yakhouba Diawara

b. 1982

French basketball player (born 1982)

Vincent Enyeama

b. 1982

Nigerian footballer (born 1982)

Martin Erat

b. 1981

Czech ice hockey player (born 1981)

Notable Deaths

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

James Mirrlees

d. 2018

British economist and Nobel Laureate (1936–2018)

Paul Taylor (choreographer)

d. 2018

American choreographer (1930–2018)

Gene Wilder

d. 2016

American actor (1933–2016)

Björn Waldegård

d. 2014

Swedish rally driver (1943–2014)

Joan L. Krajewski

d. 2013

Bruce C. Murray

d. 2013

American geologist and planetary scientist (1931–2013)

Ruth Goldbloom

d. 2012

Canadian philanthropist (1923–2012)

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

d. 2012

British historian (1953–2012)

Shoshichi Kobayashi

d. 2012

Japanese mathematician

Anne McKnight

d. 2012

Operatic soprano

Les Moss

d. 2012

American baseball player and manager (1925–2012)

David "Honeyboy" Edwards

d. 2011

American blues guitarist and singer (1915–2011)

Junpei Takiguchi

d. 2011

Japanese actor (1931–2011)

Geoffrey Perkins

d. 2008

British comedy writer, producer and actor

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

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2020

2020 Women's FA Community Shield.

2020 Women's FA Community Shield

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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

1997

Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.

Netflix

1997

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

Armed Islamic Group of Algeria

1996

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

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801

1991

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

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union

1991

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

Libero Grassi

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1987

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.

Evangelical Baptist Church of Korea

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1982

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

Meitnerium

1975

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.

Tacnazo