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Anniversaries in American history that fall on August 29.

2005 · Events / Disasters
Hurricane Katrina
The 2005 storm and flood that devastated New Orleans and exposed a broken federal safety net
Hurricane Katrina
1949 · Eras
Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb
U.S. nuclear monopoly ends; arms race accelerates
The Cold War