Births on August 29

Mohamed Amin

Born on August 29, 1943

Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (d. 1996)

Mohamed "Mo" Amin (29 August 1943 – 23 November 1996) was a Kenyan photojournalist.

Amin's filming of Michael Buerk's report of the 1984 Ethiopian famine brought international attention to the crisis and eventually helped start the charity wave that resulted in Live Aid concerts.Amin died in November 1996 when his flight Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked and crashed into the Indian Ocean near Grande Comore.

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Events on 1943

11 Feb

Dwight D. Eisenhower
World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
30 May

Auschwitz concentration camp
The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
19 Jun

Pittsburgh Steelers
The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
6 Nov

Kiev
World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings.
4 Dec

Josip Broz Tito
World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.

Births on August 29

Mohamed Amin

Born on August 29, 1943

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Auschwitz concentration camp

Pittsburgh Steelers

Kiev

Josip Broz Tito