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Battle of Mohács / Hurricane Katrina / Ishi

On This Day (August 29): Your quick daily trip back in time.

Fatih Taskiran
August 29, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

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Good morning. It's —Happy—Friday, August 29, and we're exploring the Battle of Mohács, Hurricane Katrina, Brazil's independence, the encounter with Ishi, the Soviets' explosion of an atomic bomb, and much more.

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🚀 Time Machine

-1526

The Ottoman Empire conquered Hungary, led by Suleiman the Magnificent, in the Battle of Mohács.

-1786

More than 500 armed farmers and Revolutionary War vets block a county court in Western Massachusetts, over the state's failure to provide debt relief.

-1825

Portugal recognized the independence of its former colony, Brazil.

-1842

The United Kingdom and China signed the Treaty of Nanking, ending the First Opium War.

-1862

The Second Battle of Bull Run began in Manassas, Virginia, and resulted in a Confederate victory during the American Civil War.

-1911

When two butchers go outside to check on the dogs outside their slaughterhouse in Oroville, California, they encounter Ishi, the last surviving member of the Native American Yahi tribe.

-1914

Britain formed the Women's Defense Relief Corps at the end of the first month of World War I.

-1949

The Soviet Union secretly performs its first successful nuclear weapons test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan.

-2005

Over 1,836 people were killed and $115 billion in damage was caused by Hurricane Katrina, which made its second and third landfalls across the Gulf Coast, destroying Louisiana to Florida.

📷 Snapshot

The vulture is waiting for the girl to die, 1993. Kevin Carter, a South African photojournalist on assignment in Sudan, took this photograph. The depression led to his suicide a few months later.

💬 Final Words

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