Once Upon A Time – August 29 – 1911 – Ishi, Considered Last Native American To Make Contact With European Americans

1526 Battle of Mohács: In a decisive battle the Hungarian Empire is conquered by the Ottoman Empire led by Suleiman the Magnificent

1825 Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil

1842 Great Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ending the Opium war

1862 Second Battle of Bull Run, fought in Manassas, Virginia begins, Confederate victory (US Civil War)

1949 USSR performs its first nuclear test at Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR

2005 Hurricane Katrina makes 2nd and 3rd landfall as a category 3 hurricane, devastating much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida Panhandle. Kills more than 1,836, causes over $115 billion in damage.

HISTORICAL EVENTS TODAY

TODAY IN FILM & TV

1967 Final TV episode of “The Fugitive” starring David Janssen watched by 78 million people

TODAY IN MUSIC

1958 Cliff Richard and the Drifters release single “Move It”, Richards debut single. Credited as 1st British Rock n Roll song.

TODAY IN SPORT

1882 Australia beat England by 7 runs – “Death of English cricket”

MORE FACTS…

1883 Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hrs after explosion

1911 Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.

FAMOUS WEDDINGS

1885 Pulitzer Prize-winning American author (Age of Innocence) Edith Jones (23), marries Edward “Teddy” Wharton (36)

1955 American “Untamed Youth” actress Mamie Van Doren (24) weds American trumpeter and actor Ray Anthony (33); divorce 1961

1964 46th US Vice President Dick Cheney (23) weds Lynne Ann Vincent (23) at the First Presbyterian Church of Casper in Wyoming