MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2011

Today is Monday, August 29, the 241st day of 2011. There are 124 days left in the year.

1758 ― First Indian reservation established

1854 ― Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)

1885 ― Boxing's first heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey

1896 ― Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese ambassador

1944 ― 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees

1949 ― USSR explodes its first atomic bomb

1950 ― International Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan in 1952

1953 ― USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb

1957 ― Strom Thurmond (Sen.-D-SC) ends 24-hour filibuster against civil rights

1966 ― Beatles’ last public concert, (Candlestick Park, S.F.)