Today in History - History - August 29th

1929Aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh makes her first solo flight

201062nd Emmy Awards: Mad Men, Modern Family, Bryan Cranston & Kyra Sedgwick win

200421st MTV Awards: OutKast, Beyoncé & Usher f/ Lil Jon & Ludacris wins

1533Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa

1350Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.

1987Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time

1945Gen MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan

1982George Brett gets his 1,500th hit

1990Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq

19681st US Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr Vija Vuskains)

1958Michael Jackson, Gary Indiana, recording artist and King of Pop (Thriller, Bad), (d. 2009)

1632John Locke, Wrington England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance

1974Jay Onrait, Athabasca Alberta, Canadian sports broadcaster (TSN, Fox Sports 1)

1959Chris Hadfield, Sarnia Ontario Canada, RCAF/astronaut (STS 74, sk: 99)

1862Maurice Maeterlinck, Ghent Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911), (d. 1949)

1915Ingrid Bergman, Stockholm, actress (Casablanca, Cactus Flower), (d. 1982)

1993Actress Marlee Matlin (28) weds Kevin Grandalski (28) in New York City

196446th US Vice President Dick Cheney (23) weds Lynne Ann Vincent (23) at the First Presbyterian Church of Casper in Wyoming

1877Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies of peritonitis at 76

1987Lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies in Tucson Ariz at 63