Historical Events
- Palestinians attack orthodox Jews in Jerusalem
- Turkey & Persia sign friendship treaty
US Open Women's Tennis
US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Helen Wills Moody beats England's Phoebe Holcroft Watson 6-4, 6-2 for her 3rd straight and 6th overall US singles title
Famous Birthdays
- Willie Winfield, American doo-wop singer (Harptones - "Life Is But A Dream"; “A Sunday Kind of Love”), born in Surrey, Virginia (d. 2021)
Yasser Arafat (1929-2004)
Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004) and 1994 Nobel peace prize winner, born in Cairo, Egypt
Born in 1929
Famous Deaths
- Karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer and poet (God at Sea), dies at 51
1929 Highlights
About August 24, 1929
Day of the Week: Saturday
How Long Ago? 94 years, 7 months and 25 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Snake
Star Sign: Virgo
