1778 — The Battle of Rhode Island: Sullivan’s Stand on Aquidneck Island
On August 29, 1778, Continental Army and militia forces under Major General John Sullivan fought British and Hessian troops at the Battle of Rhode Island, also known as the Battle ...
1962 — The George Washington Bridge Lower Level: Double-Decker Architecture over the Hudson
On August 29, 1962, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey opened the six-lane lower level of the George Washington Bridge. Added beneath the bridge’s original roadway, the ...
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1866 — President Johnson’s Reconstruction Tour Reaches New York City Hall
On August 29, 1866, President Andrew Johnson arrived in New York City for a major civic reception at City Hall during the early stages of his controversial “Swing Around the ...
1813 — Henry Bergh: Protecting Horses During the Great Epizootic
Pioneering animal-welfare advocate Henry Bergh was born on August 29, 1813, in New York City. After experiences abroad helped sharpen his opposition to cruelty, Bergh returned to the United States ...
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1809 — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.: A Boston Mind in Medicine and Letters
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.—physician, poet, essayist, and influential public intellectual—was born on August 29, 1809, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Raised amid New England’s elite intellectual culture, he developed an unusually wide-ranging ...
1926 — Betty Lynn: Mayberry’s Thelma Lou
American actress Betty Lynn was born on August 29, 1926, in Kansas City, Missouri. A performer from an early age, she studied dance as a child and, by her teens, ...
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1876 — Charles F. Kettering: Making the Automobile Easier to Use
Inventor and industrial research leader Charles F. Kettering was born on August 29, 1876, on a farm near Loudonville, Ohio. Over a career spanning automotive engineering, household technology, and industrial ...
1607 — The Popham Colony Landing: The Forgotten English Outpost in Maine
On August 29, 1607, English colonists aboard the Gift of God and Mary and John stepped ashore near the mouth of the Kennebec River in present‑day Maine to establish the ...
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1786 — Shays’ Rebellion: The Ominous Mutterings of a Post‑Revolutionary Crisis
In late August 1786, rural protest in western Massachusetts escalated when armed groups prevented the county court in Northampton from sitting, an action commonly treated as the opening of Shays’ ...
1944 — The 28th Infantry Division in Paris: The Liberation Parade Down the Champs‑Élysées
On August 29, 1944, soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 28th Infantry Division marched through Paris in the Victory Parade held days after the city’s liberation from German occupation. The “Keystone ...
