On this day: August 29
Player Finished Game Unaware He Had Been Traded During Play
On Aug. 29, 1988, outfielder Max Venable finished a major-league game for the Boston Red Sox without knowing he had been traded earlier that day; reporting from the time shows he only learned of the deal after the contest concluded.
Allied tribunals begin war crimes trials for Japanese leaders
On August 29, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East opened proceedings to try Japanese political and military leaders for war crimes, marking a major postwar effort to address wartime atrocities in Asia under legal process.
Supreme Court Rejects Further Delays in School Desegregation Orders
On August 29, 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against tactics that prolonged school desegregation, reinforcing that federal courts must take effective steps to eliminate racial segregation in public schools rather than permit repeated postponements.