August 29th - Today's Highlights in History

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Saturday, August 29th
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Today's Highlights in History

   
   On Aug. 29, 1991, the Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution. (Go to article.)

On Aug. 29, 1915, Ingrid Bergman, the Swedish international film star, was born. Following her death on Aug. 29, 1982, her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
   On August 29, 1908, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the phonograph and the presidential election of 1908. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
On this date in:

1533    The last Incan king, Atahualpa, was murdered on orders from Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.

1632    English philosopher John Locke was born in Somerset.

1877    Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church, died in Salt Lake City at age 76.

1944    American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.

1957    Sen. Strom Thurmond, D-S.C., ended the longest filibuster in Senate history after talking for 24 hours, 18 minutes against a civil rights bill.

1965    Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles "Pete" Conrad, splashed down in the Atlantic after eight days in space.

1966    The Beatles performed their last concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

1996    President Bill Clinton's chief political strategist, Dick Morris, resigned amid a scandal over his relationship with a prostitute.

2000    Pope John Paul II endorsed organ donation and adult stem cell study but condemned human cloning and embryo experiments.

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Current Birthdays




John McCain turns 73 years old today.

AP Photo/Susan Walsh Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., turns 73 years old today.


86    Richard Attenborough
Actor, director

75    David Pryor
Former U.S. senator, D-Ark.

74    William Friedkin
Director

71    Elliott Gould
Actor

71    Robert Rubin
Former treasury secretary

70    Joel Schumacher
Director

68    Robin Leach
TV host ("Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous")

65    G.W. Bailey
Actor

62    Ray Wise
Actor

57    Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Actress

53    Mark Morris
Choreographer

53    Dan Truman
Country musician (Diamond Rio)

50    Rebecca DeMornay
Actress

40    Me'Shell NdegeOcello
R&B singer

39    Carl Martin
R&B singer (Shai)

38    Carla Gugino
Actress

34    Kyle Cook
Rock musician (Matchbox Twenty)

32    John Hensley
Actor

32    Roy Oswalt
Houston Astros pitcher

32    Aaron Rowand
Baseball player

29    David Desrosiers
Rock musician (Simple Plan)

27    A+
Rapper

26    Jennifer Landon
Actress

24    Jeffrey Licon
Actor

Historic Birthdays



Ingrid Bergman

8/29/1915 - 8/29/1982
Swedish motion-picture and stage actress
(Go to obit.)

64    Jean-Baptiste Colbert
8/29/1619 - 9/6/1683
French secretary under King Louis XlV

72    John Locke
8/29/1632 - 10/28/1704
English philosopher

86    Jean-Auguste Ingres
8/29/1780 - 1/14/1867
French Neoclassical painter

85    Oliver Wendell Holmes
8/29/1809 - 10/7/1894
American physician, poet, essayist and humorist

80    Albert Bartholome
8/29/1848 - 10/31/1928
French sculptor

86    Maurice Maeterlinck
8/29/1862 - 5/6/1949
Belgian Nobel Prize-winning poet, playwright and essayist (1911)

82    Charles Kettering
8/29/1876 - 11/25/1958
American automotive engineer

60    Preston Sturges
8/29/1898 - 8/6/1959
American film director, screenwriter and playwright

89    Lyman Lemnitzer
8/29/1899 - 11/12/1988
American army general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1960-62)

50    Michael Jackson
8/29/1958 - 06/25/2009
American pop singer

34    Charlie Parker
8/29/1920 - 3/12/1955
American jazz saxophonist and composer

39    Dinah Washington
8/29/1924 - 12/14/1963
American blues singer


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Let's not forget Michael Jackson and my second niece Trinity.

1958 - MJ

2001 - Trinity

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