History for August 29 - On-This-Day.com
John Locke 1632, Oliver Wendell Holmes 1809, Ingrid Bergman 1915
Charlie "Bird" Parker 1920, John McCain 1936 - Prisoner of war in Vietnam from October 1967-1973, U.S. Senater from Arizona, U.S. Presidential nominee, Robin Leach 1941 - Television host ("Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous")
1842 - The Treaty of Nanking was signed by the British and the Chinese. The treaty ended the first Opium War and gave the island of Hong Kong to Britain.
1886 - In New York City, Chinese Ambassador Li Hung-chang's chef invented chop suey.
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