At this time is Thursday, Aug. 29, the 242nd day of 2024. There are 124 days left within the yr.
At this time in historical past:
On Aug. 29, 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 operating mate.
Additionally on this date:
In 1814, through the Warfare of 1812, Alexandria, Virginia, formally surrendered to British army 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 Warfare of Independence.
In 1862, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing started operations at the US Treasury.
In 1944, 15,000 American troops of the twenty eighth Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris because the French capital continued to rejoice 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 2004, marathoner Vanderlei de Lima was attacked by a spectator through the operating 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.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast close to Buras-Triumph, Louisiana, breaching levees and spurring floods that devastated New Orleans. The most costly storm in U.S. historical past, Katrina brought on almost 1,400 deaths and an estimated $200 billion in harm.
In 2013, in a sweeping new coverage assertion, the Justice Division stated it will not stand in the best way of states that needed to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana so long as there have been efficient controls to maintain marijuana away from youngsters, the black market and federal property.
In 2021, Hurricane Ida blasted ashore in Louisiana as one of the highly effective storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out energy to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the stream of the Mississippi River.
At this time’s Birthdays:
- Actor Elliott Gould is 86.
- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin is 86.
- Olympic gold medal sprinter Wyomia Tyus is 79.
- Olympic gold medal lengthy jumper Bob Beamon is 78.
- Animal behaviorist and autism educator Temple Grandin is 77.
- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is 69.
- Dancer-choreographer Mark Morris is 68.
- Actor Rebecca De Mornay is 65.
- Supreme Court docket Justice Neil Gorsuch is 57.
- Singer Me’Shell NdegeOcello (n-DAY’-gay-OH’-chehl-oh) is 56.
- Actor Carla Gugino is 53.
- Actor-singer Lea Michele is 38.
- MLB pitcher Noah Syndergaard (SIHN’-dur-gahrd) is 32.
- Rock singer Liam Payne (One Course) is 31.