What happend on 29th August

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1958

United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1952

Premiere of John Cage's 4'33" in Woodstock, New York.

1949

Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.

1944

Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazi rulers.

1943

German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves Danish government.

1930

The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to Scotland.

1922

Turkish forces set fire to Smyrna, in Asia Minor.

1911

Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with whites, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.

1910

Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.

1907

The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.