Friday, August 29, 2025 is a Friday. It is day 241 of 2025 (66% through the year), ISO week 35, in Q3.
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Friday, August 29, 2025 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2016: Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, and in that role later oversaw the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to August 29.
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Historical Milestones
Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, and in that role later oversaw the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.
Chen Quanguo →Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident →Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board.
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 →Italian businessman Libero Grassi was killed by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo after taking a public stand against their extortion demands.
Libero Grassi →Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (pictured) began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.
Rajneesh →Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.
Air France Flight 343 →Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club with a performance by the Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles.
Mona Best →The Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear weapons test, detonating the 22-kiloton RDS-1.
List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union →Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.
United States Congress →Due to price increases on macaroni products, rioting occurred in the Little Italy area of Providence, Rhode Island.
Macaroni Riots →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Questions & Answers
Friday, August 29, 2025 falls on a Friday.
388 days ago (1 year, 23 days ago). It is day 241 of 2025 with 124 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Friday, August 29, 2025 is written as XXIX.VIII.MMXXV (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is First Quarter (approx. 31% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Virgo.