About August 29

August 29, 2025 is the 241st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 124 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

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Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 172 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On August 29

  • 708 –
    Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
  • 1475 –
    The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
  • 1521 –
    The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.
  • 1655 –
    Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.
  • 1825 –
    Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
  • 1831 –
    Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
  • 1842 –
    Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
  • 1871 –
    Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
  • 1907 –
    The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • 1911 –
    Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
  • 1922 –
    The first radio advertisement is broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City.
  • 1930 –
    The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
  • 1943 –
    German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
  • 1944 –
    Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
  • 1950 –
    Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
  • 1958 –
    United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • 1965 –
    The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic ocean.
  • 1966 –
    The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
  • 1991 –
    Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo is killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
  • 2007 –
    2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident: six US cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads are flown without proper authorization from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base.

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