Tuesday, August 29, 2017

History for August 29 - On-This-Day.com

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History for August 29 - On-This-Day.com
John Locke 1632, Oliver Wendell Holmes 1809, Ingrid Bergman 1915
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John McCain 1936 - Prisoner of war in Vietnam from October 1967-1973, U.S. Senater from Arizona, U.S. Presidential nominee, Elliott Gould 1938, Robin Leach 1941 - Television host ("Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous")
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1842 - The Treaty of Nanking was signed by the British and the Chinese. The treaty ended the first Opium War and gave the island of Hong Kong to Britain.
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1886 - In New York City, Chinese Ambassador Li Hung-chang's chef invented chop suey.
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1944 - During the continuing celebration of the liberation of France from the Nazis, 15,000 American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris.
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1945 - U.S. General Douglas MacArthur left for Japan to officially accept the surrender of the Japanese.
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1949 - At the University of Illinois, a nuclear device was used for the first time to treat cancer patients.
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1957 - Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina set a filibuster record in the U.S. when he spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
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1965 - Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles ("Pete") Conrad, splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean after eight days in space.
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1990 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in a television interview, declared that America could not defeat Iraq.
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