Born on August 29
August 29 birthdays & history
If you were born on August 29, you share a birthday with Michael Jackson, John Locke and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. August 29 babies are Virgo, with peridot as their birthstone and the gladiolus as their birth flower. August 29 is the 242nd day of the year in leap years (241st in other years).
Famous people born on August 29
- 1958Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor
- 1632John Locke, English physician and philosopher
- 1780Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator
- 1862Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1936John McCain, American captain and politician
- 1915Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress
- 1923Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer
- 1920Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer
- 1993Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter from One Direction
- 1943Arthur B. McDonald, Canadian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on August 29
- 1475France signed the Treaty of Picquigny with England, freeing Louis XI to deal with the threat posed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
- 1831Michael Faraday first experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of the law of induction named after him.
- 1869The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
- 1885Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
- 1898The Goodyear tire company is founded in Akron, Ohio.
- 1911The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi, emerged from the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European American society.
- 1916Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.
- 1952American experimental composer John Cage's 4’33” premieres at Maverick Concert Hall, played by American pianist David Tudor.
- 1959Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club with a performance by the Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles.
- 1965The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1966The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
- 1997Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
Also observed on August 29
- Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine (Ukraine)
- National Sports Day (India)
Questions, answered
What star sign is August 29?
People born on August 29 are Virgo. Their birthstone is peridot and their birth flower is the gladiolus.
Which famous people were born on August 29?
Michael Jackson (1958), John Locke (1632), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780), Maurice Maeterlinck (1862), John McCain (1936), Ingrid Bergman (1915) were all born on August 29.
What happened on August 29 in history?
Among other things: in 1965, The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean; in 1966, The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco; in 1997, Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
Can I get a newspaper front page from August 29?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any August 29 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “August 29”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.