Historical events on August 29
AUGUST 29, 1984
Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (pictured) began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.
Rajneesh, also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and later as Osho, was an Indian godman, philosopher, mystic and founder of
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AUGUST 29, 1475
France signed the Treaty of Picquigny with England, freeing Louis XI to deal with the threat posed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
The Treaty of Picquigny was a peace treaty negotiated on 29 August 1475 between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of
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AUGUST 29, 1916
Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including
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AUGUST 29, 1842
Under the Treaty of Nanking, an "unequal treaty" that ended the First Opium War, the Chinese island from which Hong Kong would grow was ceded to Britain.
The Treaty of Nanking was the peace treaty which ended the First Opium War (1839–1842) between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty
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AUGUST 29, 1350
Hundred Years' War: Led by King Edward III, a fleet of 50 English ships captured at least 14 Castilian vessels and sank several more at the Battle of Winchelsea.
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the
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AUGUST 29, 1831
Michael Faraday (pictured) first experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of the law of induction named after him.
Michael Faraday was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. His main discoveries include the
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AUGUST 29, 1960
Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.
Air France Flight 343 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris, France, to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with scheduled stopovers at Dakar,
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AUGUST 29, 1911
The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi, emerged from the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European American society.
The Yana are a group of Native Americans indigenous to Northern California in the central Sierra Nevada, on the western side of
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AUGUST 29, 2007
Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
On 29 August 2007, six AGM-129 ACM cruise missiles, each loaded with a W80-1 variable yield nuclear warhead, were mistakenly loaded onto
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AUGUST 29, 1885
Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler was a German engineer, industrial designer and industrialist. He was a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development. He
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AUGUST 29, 1914
Due to price increases on macaroni products, rioting occurred in the Little Italy area of Providence, Rhode Island.
The Macaroni Riots were a series of civil disturbances that took place in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, in
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AUGUST 29, 1930
The last 36 residents of St Kilda, Scotland, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its natural and cultural qualities, voluntarily evacuated to Morvern.
St Kilda is a remote archipelago situated 35 nautical miles west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean. It contains the
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AUGUST 29, 1903
Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.
Slava was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships. Completed too late to participate
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AUGUST 29, 2016
Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, and in that role later oversaw the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.
Chen Quanguo is a Chinese retired politician who was the Party Secretary of Tibet from 2011 to 2016 and the Party Secretary
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AUGUST 29, 1996
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board.
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 was an international charter flight from Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, to Svalbard Airport on Spitsbergen, in
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AUGUST 29, 1949
The Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear weapons test, detonating the 22-kiloton RDS-1.
The nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union were performed between 1949 and 1990 as part of the nuclear arms race. The
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AUGUST 29, 1786
Angered by high tax burdens and disfranchisement, farmers in western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays began an armed uprising against the U.S. federal government.
Disfranchisement, also disenfranchisement or voter disqualification, is the restriction of suffrage of a person or group of people, or a practice that
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