This Day in History – August 29, 2011

1758 1st Indian reservation established 1776 Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester 1786 Shays’ Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens. 1831 Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction. 1844 1st White-Indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win 1854 Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins 1862 US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation 1864 William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae 1883 Seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption create a rise in the English Channel 32 hrs after the explosion 1885 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle 1885 Boxing’s 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey 1896 Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador 1898 The Goodyear tire company is founded. 1908 NY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London 1909 World’s 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins 1910 Japan changes Korea’s name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony. 1911 Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. 1914 Arizonan is 1st vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal 1944 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 1949 USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb 1953 USSR explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb 1957 Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 1957 Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights 1958 United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1964 Walt Disney’s “Mary Poppins” released 1965 Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5 1966 Beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF) 1970 Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar. 1975 Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky 1982 The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. 1990 Saddam Hussein declares America can’t beat Iraq 1990 Seattle Mariners become 1st team to have father-son teammates, signing Ken Griffey to play with son Ken Griffey Jr 1991 John F Kennedy Jr wins his 1st law case 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage. 2007 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident: six US cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads are flown without proper authorization from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base.]]]]> ]]>