This day in history

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August 29
1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes
physician, author: The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, Elsie Venner; poet: Old Ironsides; died Oct 7, 1894
1912 - (Patrick) Barry Sullivan
actor: The Bad and the Beautiful, The Road West, Oh, God! , Earthquake, The Bastard; died June 6, 1994

1915 - Ingrid Bergman
Academy Award-winning actress: Gaslight <1944>, Anastasia <1966>, Murder on the Orient Express <1974>; Casablanca; Emmy Award-winner: The Turn of the Screw <1959-60>, A Woman Called Golda <1981-82>; died Aug 29, 1982

1916 - George Montgomery (Letz)
actor: Battle of the Bulge, The Texas Rangers, Young People, Cimarron City; died Dec 12, 2000

1919 - Billy (William Richard) Cox
baseball: Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers , Baltimore Orioles; died Mar 30, 1978

1920 - Charlie (Charles Christopher) Parker Jr.
‘The Bird’: musician: saxophone: Now’s the Time, Yardbird Suite Confirmation, Relaxin’ at Camarillo; died Mar 12, 1955

1923 - Sir Richard Attenborough
actor: Jurassic Park, Miracle on 34th Street, Dr. Dolittle, The Great Escape; director: Chaplin, Ghandi, A Bridge Too Far

1924 - Dinah Washington (Ruth Lee Jones)
singer: What A Diff’rence a Day Makes, It Could Happen to You, Our Love is Here to Stay, For All We Know, Baby , A Rockin’ Good Way , Baby Get Lost, This Bitter Earth; w/Lionel Hampton band <1943-46>; died Dec 14, 1963

1935 - William Friedkin
Academy Award-winning director: The French Connection <1971>; The Exorcist, To Live & Die in LA, The Boys in the Band

1938 - Elliott Gould (Goldstein)
actor: Bob & Carol, Ted & Alice, M*A*S*H, The Long Good-Bye, The Night They Raided Minsky’s

1940 - JamesBrady
Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary to Ronald Reagan; seriously wounded when John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Reagan; Brady gun law named for him

1941 - Ellen Geer
actress: Hard Traveling, Harold and Maude, The Jimmy Stewart Show, Beauty and the Beast

1941 - Robin Leach
TV host: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

1942 - Sterling Morrison
musician: bass, guitar, singer: group: The Velvet Underground: Heroin, I’m Waiting for the Man, Venus in Furs, I’ll Be Your Mirror, Sister Ray

1946 - Bob Beamon
U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame long jumper: gold medal: 1968/Mexico City: 29 feet, two-and-one-half inches

1947 - Bob Lutz
tennis: Univ. Southern Cal, Davis Cup champ : 1968

1949 - Tony Greene
football: Buffalo Bills

1950 - Doug (Douglas Vernon) DeCinces
baseball: Baltimore Orioles , California Angels , SL Cardinals

1958 - Michael Jackson
See King of Pop Day

1962 - Rebecca De Mornay
actress: Risky Business, The Three Musketeers, Guilty as Sin, Backdraft

Chart Toppers
August 29
1948A Tree in the Meadow - Margaret Whiting
You Call Everybody Darlin’ - Al Trace (vocal: Bob Vincent)
It’s Magic - Doris Day
Bouquet of Roses - Eddy Arnold

1956My Prayer - The Platters
Hound Dog/Don’t Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
Allegheny Moon - Patti Page
I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash

1964Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
C’mon and Swim - Bobby Freeman
I Guess I’m Crazy - Jim Reeves

1972Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O’Sullivan
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) - The Hollies
If You Leave Me Tonight I’ll Cry - Jerry Wallace

1980Magic - Olivia Newton-John
Sailing - Christopher Cross
Take Your Time (Do It Right) - The S.O.S. Band
Drivin’ My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt

1988Monkey - George Michael
I Don’t Wanna to Go on with You like That - Elton John
I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love - Chicago
The Wanderer - Eddie Rabbitt