Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 29
August 29, 2024 is the 242nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 124 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Virgo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 29
- 1350 –Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
- 1498 –Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Portugal.
- 1655 –Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.
- 1778 –American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
- 1835 –The city of Melbourne, Australia is founded.
- 1941 –Tallinn, the Capital of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
- 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.
- 1982 –The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
- 2005 –Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage.
Who were born on August 29?
- 1876 –Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (d. 1958)
- 1904 –Werner Forssmann, German physician Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
- 1910 –Vivien Thomas, African American surgeon (d. 1985)
- 1937 –James Florio, American politician
- 1939 –Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian athlete
- 1947 –James Hunt, English racing driver (d. 1993)
- 1958 –Lenny Henry, British writer, comedian and actor
- 1963 –Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer
- 1981 –Dennis Oh, Korean-American actor
- 1982 –Carlos Delfino, Argentine basketball player
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