August 29th, 2008

Today in History

1996:
A Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.

1930:
The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to Scotland.

1895:
The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.

1541:
The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.

1526:
Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.