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August 29th, 2007EventA United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident takes place at Minot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air Force Base.
August 29th, 2005EventHurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $115 billion in damage.
August 29th, 2003EventAyatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
August 29th, 1997EventAt least 98 villagers are killed by the GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
August 29th, 1996EventVnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
August 29th, 1995EventNATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
August 29th, 1991EventSupreme Soviet suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
August 29th, 1982EventThe synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
August 29th, 1970EventChicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar.
August 29th, 1966EventThe Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

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