Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of August 29:
1632 John Locke England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance
1780 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French painter (Valpincon Bather)
1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes Cambridge, MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides)
1811 Henry Bergh 1st president of SPCA
1815 Anna Ella Carroll US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)
1862 Maurice Maeterlinck Belgium, Symbolist poet (Nobel 1911)
1876 Charles F Kettering Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)
1881 Valery Nicolas Larbaud France, novelist/translator (Enfantines)
1897 Charles Boyer Figeac France, actor (The Rogues)
1899 George Macready Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place)
1899 Lyman L Lemnitzer US Army General (WW II), Chief of Staff, US Army and Nato Commander
19-- Dick O'Neill Bronx NY, actor (Kaz, Empire, Better Days)
19-- Ellen Geer West Nyack NY, actress (Wendy-Jimmy Stewart Show)
1906 Lurene Tuttle Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia)
1909 Roy Reuther Wheeling WV, labor leader
1912 Barry Sullivan NYC, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man)
1915 Ingrid Bergman Sweden, actress (Casablanca, Cactus Flower)
1916 George Montgomery Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination)
1917 Isabel Sanford NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family)
1920 Charlie "Bird" Parker famous African-American jazzman
1922 Charles White Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Troublemaker)
1923 Sir Richard Attenborough actor/director (Gandhi, Young Winston)
1924 Dinah Washington Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes)
1925 Donald O'Connor Chicago Ill, dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain)
1928 Charles Gray Bournemouth England, actor (Clay-Rawhide)
1928 Thomas Stewart San Saba Texas, baritone (La Roche Capriccio)
1929 Thom Gunn Kent England, poet (The Wound)
1934 David Pryor (Sen-D-Ark)
1938 Elliott Gould Queens NY, actor (M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)
1938 Peter Jennings Canada, news anchor (ABC TV)
1939 William Friedkin US, dir (Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection)
1940 Wilhelm Ruska Holland, judo champ (Olympic-gold-1972)
1941 Robin Leach TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous)
1945 Wyomia Tyus US, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1948 Charles D Walker astronaut (STS 41D, STS 51D, STS 61B)
1954 Chet Catallo guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1958 Michael Jackson Gary Indiana, singer (Thriller, Bad)
1959 Eddi Reader rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
1961 Tony Macalpine heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity)
1962 Carl Banks NFL line backer (NY Giants)
1962 Rebecca De Mornay actress (And God Created Women)
1963 Greg Steele rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over)
Deaths which occurred on August 29:
29 John the Baptist beheaded ( Note: Actual date is questionable )
1533 Atahualpa last Incan King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors
1769 Edmond Hoyle games expert, dies (birth date unknown)
1877 Brigham Young 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies
1960 Alexander Gauge actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46
1960 Hazza el-Majali PM of Jordan is assassinated
1967 George Rockwell American nazi party leader, murdered
1975 Eamon de Valera Irish independence fighter, dies at 92
1976 Anissa Jones actress (Buffy-Family Affair), dies at 18
1981 Lowell Thomas newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY, at 89
1982 Ingrid Bergman academy award winning actress, dies on 67th birthday
1983 Simon Oakland actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61
1985 Evelyn Ankers actress, dies at 67
1985 Patrick Barr actor, dies at 77
1987 Lee Marvin dies in Tucson, Ariz at 63
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
1965 BYRNE RONALD E. JR. GREAT NECK NY 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1965 MC WHORTER HENRY S. SAVANNAH GA FLAK EJECTED NO PARA BEEP REMAINS RETURNED 04/10/86
1965 TAYLOR EDD DAVID KENSETT AR FIRE CRASH NO PARA SEEN
1966 WELLS NORMAN L. ANNAPOLIS MD "03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV (UNIONVILLE, VA)" ALIVE IN 98
1967 NEWBURN LARRY S. KOKOMO IN
1968 ASHALL ALAN F. BILLINGS MT SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1968 DUNCAN ROBERT R. WEST PALM BEACH FL
1969 GRAF ALBERT STEPHEN BOGOTA NJ
1969 ZIMMER JERRY ALLEN MAINE NY