ON THIS DAY - 29 AUGUST 708 – Japan – Copper coins first minted. 1261 – Rome – Jacques Pantaléon became Pope Urban IV. 1484 – Rome – Cardinal Giovanni Battista Cybo became Pope Innocent VIII. 1644 – Rome – Pope Urban VIII died. 1741 – Japan – Volcano eruption on Oshima Island caused tsunami which hit western side of Hokkaido. 1758 – America – First “Indian Reservation” established at Indian Mills, New Jersey. 1778 – America – Battle of Rhode Island (American Revolutionary War). 1786 – America – Shay’s Rebellion began. 1799 – Rome – Pope Pius VI died in captivity in Valance, France. 1833 – British Empire – Legislation of Abolition of Slavery. 1835 – Australia – City of Melbourne founded by John Pascoe Fawkner party (or 8 June). 1842 – China – Treaty of Nanking, ended First Opium War. 1869 – USA – Mount Washington Cog Railway opened. 1898 – USA – Goodyear Tyre company founded. 1903 – Russia – Battle ship Slava launched. 1907 – Canada – Quebec Bridge collapsed, 76 killed. 1916 – USA – Philippine Autonomy Act passed. 1930 – Scotland – Last 36 inhabitants of St. Kilda voluntary evacuated. 1949 – Kazakhstan – USSR tested first atomic bomb at Semipalatinsk. 1996 – Spitnergen – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed, 14 killed. 1997 – Algeria – Rais Massacre, 98 killed. 2004 – Greece – XXVIII Summer Olympic Games Closing Ceremony in Athens. 2005 – USA – Hurricane Katrina hit Gulf Coast, 1836 + killed. 2012 – China – Explosion at Xiaojiawan coal mine, Panzhihua, 26 killed. 2012 – UK – Paralympic XIV Summer Games Opening Ceremony in London.
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:20:07 +0000
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