Right this moment is Friday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2025. There are 124 days left within the yr.
Right this moment in historical past:
On Aug. 29, 2004, marathoner Vanderlei de Lima was attacked by a spectator in the course of the working of the Olympic marathon in Athens; de Lima, who was main the race on the time, ultimately completed third and obtained the Pierre de Coubertin medal for sportsmanship along with his bronze medal.
Additionally on this date:
In 1814, in the course of the Conflict of 1812, Alexandria, Virginia, formally surrendered to British navy forces, which occupied the town till September 3.
In 1825, the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro was signed by Portugal and Brazil, formally ending the Brazilian Conflict of Independence.
In 1862, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing started operations at america Treasury.
In 1944, 15,000 American troops of the twenty eighth Infantry Division marched down the Champs-Élysées in Paris because the French capital continued to have fun its liberation from the Nazis.
In 1958, the U.S. Air Drive Academy opened in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
In 1966, the Beatles concluded their fourth American tour with their final public live performance, held at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in southeast Louisiana, breaching levees and spurring floods that devastated New Orleans. Katrina brought about almost 1,400 deaths and an estimated $200 billion in harm.
In 2008, Republican presidential nominee John McCain picked Sarah Palin, a maverick conservative who had been governor of Alaska for lower than two years, to be his working mate.
In 2013, in a sweeping new coverage assertion, the Justice Division mentioned it might not stand in the best way of states that wished to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana so long as there have been efficient controls to maintain marijuana away from kids, the black market and federal property.
In 2021, Hurricane Ida blasted ashore in Louisiana as one of the crucial highly effective storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out energy to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and briefly reversing the movement of the Mississippi River.
Right this moment’s Birthdays:
- Actor Elliott Gould is 87.
- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin is 87.
- Olympic gold medal sprinter Wyomia Tyus is 80.
- Olympic gold medal lengthy jumper Bob Beamon is 79.
- Animal behaviorist and autism educator Temple Grandin is 78.
- Dancer-choreographer Mark Morris is 69.
- Actor Rebecca De Mornay is 66.
- Supreme Court docket Justice Neil Gorsuch is 58.
- Singer Me’Shell NdegeOcello (n-DAY’-gay-OH’-chehl-oh) is 57.
- Actor Carla Gugino is 54.
- Actor-singer Lea Michele is 39.
- MLB pitcher Noah Syndergaard (SIHN’-dur-gahrd) is 33.