August 29

1916:

British capture of German prisoners since the beginning of the British offensive July 1st, 266 officers, 15,203 men, 86 guns and 160 machine guns

1943:

German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves Danish government.

1949:

Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.

1958:

United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.