1533 : The last Incan king, Atahualpa, was murdered on orders from Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro. 1632 : English philosopher John Locke was born in Somerset. 1780 : Jean-Auguste Ingres, French Neoclassical painter, was born. 1862 : Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Nobel Prize-winning poet, playwright and essayist, was born. 1915 : Ingrid Bergman, the Swedish international film star, was born. 1920 : Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophonist and composer, was born. 1991 : the Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/29/default.stm, http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20070829.html?th&emc=th)
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