Odaeyang mass suicide: Thirty-three individuals linked to a religious cult are found dead in the attic of a cafeteria in Yongin, South Korea. Investigators attribute their deaths to a murder-suicide pact. Date: August 29, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On…
Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands. Date: August 29, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party. Date: August 29, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard. Date: August 29, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria. Date: August 29, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service. Date: August 29, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eighty people are killed when Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 crashes during a rejected takeoff from the Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador. Date: August 29, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
Four people are killed when Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 crashes into the N-340 highway near Málaga Airport. Date: August 29, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sayed Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf. Date: August 29, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day…
Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,392 people and causing $125 billion in damage. Date: August 29, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)