What Happened on this Date in history – August 29th
1533 — Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador, strangles the last Inca emperor Atahuallpa.
1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
1862 – Battle of Bull Run
1914 — Women’s Defense Relief Corps is formed in Britain – women join the war effort
1949 – USSR detonates its first atomic bomb
1966 — Beatles last commercial performance takes place at Candlestick Park in San Francisco
1982 – Actress Ingrid Bergman dies on her 67th birthday
2005 – Hurricane Katrina slams into the Gulf Coast