What to remember about August 29th…
- 1862 After days of maneuvering the 2nd Battle of Bull Run begins; Confederates win a path to invade the north
- 1945 President Truman orders the U.S. Navy to seize control of oil refineries and transportation to break strike by union workers
- 1949 Soviet Union successfully detonates its 1st atomic bomb at test site in Kazakhstan
- 1958 Pop musician, songwriter Michael Jackson is born in Gary, Indiana
- 2005 Hurricane Katrina comes ashore for the second time; worst natural disaster in U.S. history
- 2007 Hero security guard Richard Jewel dies; discovered bomb planted by Eric Robert Rudolph in Centennial Olympic Park; saves hundreds of lives but is falsely accused of planting device
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