Today in History for 29th August 2026

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Historical Events

1540 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles V deprives the city Ghent of its definitive rights and privileges
1822 - Domitila de Castro meets her long-term lover Dom Pedro I, then Prince of Portugal and later Emperor of Brazil, for the first time in São Paulo
1906 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: William Clothier beats defending champion Beals Wright 6-3, 6-0, 6-4
1992 - Largest wrestling crowd outside the US: 75,000 at Wembley Stadium, London
2007 - 64th Venice Film Festival: "Lust, Caution" directed by Ang Lee wins Golden Lion

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Famous Birthdays

1899 - George Macready, American actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1973)
1917 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family), born in New York City (d. 2004)
1920 - Joseph Lesniewski, American Easy Company, soldier in 101st Airborne, born in Erie, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
1968 - Darren Joseph, Canadian football fullback (Saskatchewan Roughriders), born in Ottawa, Canada
1989 - Charlotte Richie, English actress (Call the Midwives; Ghosts; You) and singer, born in Clapham, London

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Famous Deaths

1940 - Arthur De Greef, Belgian composer, dies at 77
1973 - Stringer Davis, English actress (Mouse on the Moon; Miranda), dies at about 77
1980 - Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, French politician and Nazi collaborator (anti-Semite minister in WWII Vichy government), dies at 92
1983 - William Goyen, American writer, dies at 68
2021 - Ed Asner, American Emmy Award-winning actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Mr. Grant"; Lou Grant, Roots; Up), and activist, dies at 91

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