August 29
1533 - Atahualpa, the last ruler of the Incas, was murdered as Francisco Pizarro completed his conquest of Peru.
1786 - Shays's Rebellion, an insurrection of Massachusetts farmers against the state government, began.
1814 - During the War of 1812, Alexandria, Virginia formally surrendered to British forces, which occupied the city until September 3.
1825 - The Treaty of Rio de Janeiro was signed by Portugal and Brazil, officially ending the Brazilian War of Independence.
1842 - The Treaty of Nanking was signed, ending the Opium Wars and ceding the island of Hong Kong to Britain.
1877 - Brigham Young died in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1944 - More than 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from Nazi occupation during World War II.
1949 - The Soviet Union conducted their first test of an atomic bomb.
1957 - Sen. Strom Thurmond ended the longest filibuster in U.S. Senate history, speaking for more than 24 hours against a civil rights bill. (The bill ultimately passed.)
1958 - The United States Air Force Academy opened in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1966 - The Beatles played their last major live concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.
1991 - The Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the Soviet Union, suspended all activities of the Communist party, bringing an end to the institution.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, destroying beachfront towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, displacing a million people and killing more than 1,000. The storm would become the costliest in U.S. history with an estimated $200 billion in damages.
2008 - Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain selected Sarah Palin, a maverick conservative who had been governor of Alaska for less than two years to be his running mate.
2013 - In a sweeping new policy statement, the Justice Department said it would not stand in the way of states that wanted to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana as long as there were effective controls to keep marijuana away from children, the black market and federal property.
2021 - Hurricane Ida blasted ashore in Louisiana as one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River.
Birthdays
28 - Kinsey Wolanski (model)
29 - Montana Brown (reality star)
31 - Liam Payne (singer)
32 - Noah Syndergaard (baseball player)
38 - Lea Michele (actress/singer)
43 - Jay Ryan (actor)
44 - William Levy (actor)
53 - Carla Gugino (actress)
57 - Neil Gorsuch (Supreme Court justice)
65 - Rebecca De Mornay (actress)
78 - Bob Beamon (track and field athlete)
86 - Elliott Gould (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 29
1885 - The first prizefight under the Marquis of Queensberry Rules was held in Cincinnati, OH. John L. Sullivan defeated Dominick McCaffery in six rounds.
1971 - Hank Aaron became the first baseball player in the National League to hit 100 or more runs in each of 11 seasons.
1977 - Lou Brock broke Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record with his 893rd.
1987 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros records 200 strikeouts in a season for a record 11th time.
1994 - Mario Lemieux announced that he would be taking a medical leave of absence due to fatigue, an aftereffect of his 1993 radiation treatments. He would sit out the National Hockey Leagues (NHL) 1994-95 season.
2004 - Marathoner Vanderlei de Lima was attacked by a spectator during the running of the Olympic marathon in Athens; de Lima, who was leading the race at the time, eventually finished third and received the Pierre de Coubertin medal for sportsmanship in addition to his bronze medal.
2012 - The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announces it is stripping Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France championships.
2018 - Quarterback Aaron Rodgers signs a record 4-year contract with the Green Bay Packers, worth as much as $180 million with $103 million in guarantees.
2022 - Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals hits his 694th career home run off of a record 450th different pitcher.
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