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Events on 29 August

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Birthdays

Hajime Isayama [1986]
Japanese manga artist famous
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner [1967]
Co-founder of Opera Software and Vivaldi Technologies
Hiroki Kikuta [1962]
Japanese video game designer
Stephen Wolfram [1959]
British mathematician known for developing Wolfram Language and WolframAlpha search engine

Death Anniversaries

David A. Hargrave [1988]
American game designer known for 'The Arduin Trilogy'
Pierre Lallement [1891]
Inventor of the world's first pedal bicycle

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