^B{^#!16!29 August^N! Feast day of St Sabina of Rome, St Edwold of Cerne, and St Medericus or Merry.
^B{1526^B} The Hungarians were defeated by the Turks at the Battle of Mohacs. ^B{1831^B} Michael Faraday successfully demonstrated the first electrical transformer at the Royal Institute, London, UK. ^B{1835^B} The city of Melbourne, Australia, was founded. ^B{1842^B} The Treaty of Nanking was signed between the British and the Chinese, ending the Opium War, and leasing the Hong Kong territories to Britain. ^B{1848^B} The Boers were defeated by the British army at Boomplatz. ^B{1882^B} Australia defeated England at cricket for the first time; the ^I{Sporting Times^I} published an 'obituary' for English cricket. ^B{1895^B} The Rugby League (called the 'Northern Union' until 1922) was formed from 21 clubs in the North of England. ^B{1904^B} The third Olympic Games opened at St Louis, Missouri. ^B{1953^B} The USSR exploded a hydrogen bomb. ^B{1966^B} At Candlestick Park, San Francisco, the Beatles played their last live concert. ^B{1991^B} The Supreme Soviet voted to suspend formally all activities of the Communist Party.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}John Locke, English philosopher, ^B{1632^B}; Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter, ^B{1780^B}; Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress, ^B{1915^B}; Charlie Parker, US jazz saxophonist, ^B{1920^B}; Richard Attenborough, English actor and director, ^B{1923^B}; Richard Gere, US actor, ^B{1949^B}; Michael Jackson, US pop singer, ^B{1958^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Brigham Young, US Mormon leader, ^B{1877^B}; Cesare Pavese, Italian novelist, ^B{1950^B}; ╔amon de Valera, Irish nationalist politician, ^B{1975^B}; Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress, ^B{1982^B}; Lee Marvin, US actor, ^B{1987^B}.
