Today's Holidays in August 29

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2012 — At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua, Sichuan Province. ↗
• 2005 — Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing an estimated 1,836 people and... ↗
• 2003 — Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100... ↗
• 1997 — At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria. ↗
• 1996 — Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1993 — Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter
• 1992 — Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1992 — Noah Syndergaard, American baseball player
• 1991 — Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer
• 1991 — Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player