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August 29
1533Atahualpa, the last ruler of the Incas, was murdered as Francisco Pizarro completed his conquest of Peru. 1786Shays's rebellion, an insurrection of Massachusetts farmers against the state government, began. 1842The Treaty of Nanking was signed, ending the Opium Wars and ceding the island of Hong Kong to Britain. 1877Brigham Young died in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1949The U.S.S.R. tested their first atomic bomb. 1957Strom Thurmond ended the longest filibuster in U.S. Senate history. He spoke for more than 24 hours against a civil rights bill; the bill passed. 1966The Beatles played their last major live concert at Candlestick Park, California. 1991The Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution. 2005Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast, destroying beachfront towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, displacing a million people, and killing more than 1,000. 
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