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AUG 29

1526 Battle of Mohács: In a decisive battle, the Kingdom of Hungary is conquered by the Ottoman Empire led by Suleiman the Magnificent 

1825 Portugal recognizes the independence of its former colony Brazil 

1842 United Kingdom and China sign the Treaty of Nanking, ending the First Opium War

1862 Second Battle of Bull Run begins in Manassas, Virginia, leading to a Confederate victory in the US Civil War 

1882 Australia beats England by 7 runs in a match dubbed the "Death of English cricket" as Australian fast bowler Fred Spofforth takes 14-90 (7-46 and 7-44)

1833 Britain’s first Factory Act came into law on this day. It was passed mainly to save children from the dreadful conditions that they endured in their workplace

1883 Seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption cause a rise in the English Channel 32 hours after the explosion 

1949 Soviet Union secretly performs its first successful nuclear weapons test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan

1958 Cliff Richard and the Drifters release their debut single "Move It," credited as the first British rock 'n' roll song

1967 Final episode of television drama series "The Fugitive" starring David Janssen is watched by 78 million people

2005 Hurricane Katrina makes its second and third landfalls as a Category 3 hurricane, devastating much of the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 people and causing over $115 billion in damage