Today is Saturday, August 29, the 241st day of 2009. There are 124 days left in the year.
1758 _ First Indian reservation established
1854 _ Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)
1864 _ William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey
1896 _ Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
1929 _ German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight
1944 _ 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees
1949 _ USSR explodes its first atomic bomb
1953 _ USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb
1957 _ Sen. Strom Thurmond (D-S.C.) ends 24-hour filibuster against civil rights
1966 _ Beatles' last public concert, (Candlestick Park, S.F.)