Today in History
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1988 Abdul Mohmand becomes the first person from Afghanistan to Visit Space
Mohmand, an Afghan Air Force pilot was a crew member of the Soyuz TM-6, a Soviet spacecraft. He was
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1982 Meitnerium is Synthesized for the First time
The radioactive synthetic element with an atomic number of 109 and the symbol Mt was first created a
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1966 Beatles’ Last Commercial Performance
Popular British rock group, the Beatles, played their last live concert in front of a paying public
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1949 Soviet Union Tests its First Atomic Bomb
Code named Izdeliye 501 or First Lightening, the 22 kiloton atomic bomb was detonated at the Semipa
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1831 Michael Faraday Discovers Electromagnetic Induction
Michael Faraday experimentally demonstrated that a changing magnetic field can induce a voltage in a
Births On This Day,
August, 29
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1958 Michael Jackson
American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, actor
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1936 John McCain
American politician
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1923 Richard Attenborough
English director
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1915 Ingrid Bergman
Swedish actress
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1632 John Locke
English philosopher, physician
Deaths On This Day,
August, 29
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1982 Ingrid Bergman
Swedish actress
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1976 Kazi Nazrul Islam
Indian flute player, poet
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1975 Éamon de Valera
Irish politician, 3rd President of Ireland
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1966 Sayyid Qutb
Egyptian theorist, author, poet
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1877 Brigham Young
American religious leader 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of