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AUGUST 29 IN HISTORY
Christian Feast: Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
1829 - Birth of orthodox Metropolitan Iosif Gheorghian, honorary member of the Romanian Academy (d. January 24, 1909)
1832 - Birth of Neculai Culianu, mathematician and astronomer, corresponding member of the Romanian Academy (d. November 28, 1915)
1848 - Protest gathering in Orlat (near Sibiu) against the 'union' of Transylvania and Hungary
1938 - Birth of Dumitru Abrudan, orthodox priest and professor
1940 - Birth of university Professor Dr. Alexandru-Vladimir Ciurea, neurosurgeon, honorary member of the Romanian Academy
1943 - Birth of composer, publicist, instrumentalist, orchestra leader Petre Magdin
1944 - Death of engineer and collector Constantin C. Orghidan, honorary member of the Romanian Academy (b. June 22, 1874)
1945 - Death of actor Constantin Tanase, personality synonymous with vaudeville theater in the interwar period (b. July 5, 1880)
1952 - Birth of Ilinca Dumitrescu, piano player and musicologist
1961 - Death of poet George Margarit (b. January 27, 1923)
1971 - Death of jurist Anibal Teodorescu, corresponding member of the Romanian Academy (b. February 21, 1881)
1975 - Death of detective novel writer Theodor Constantin (b. November 21, 1910)
1994 - Birth of gymnast Amelia Racea, European champion at the balance beam event in Birmingham, May 2010
1998 - Inauguration of the International Ecumenical Center in Vulcana-Bai, Dambovita County, the first inter-religious complex in Romania, comprising symbolic places of worship for the large religions existent in Romania: Christianity, Judaism and Islam
2005 - Death of Antonie Plamadeala, archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Ardeal, Crisana and Maramures (b. November 17, 1926)
2005 - Death of Radu Anton Roman, writer, translator and TV producer, known especially for documenting the Romanian gastronomy (b. August 19, 1948)
2007 - At the Secu Monastery, in Neamt County, the canonization of Metropolitan Varlaam takes place, with the president of Romania, Traian Basescu, attending the ceremony
2016 - Death of writer, scenarist George Sovu (b. 30 January 1931).
