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- August 1, 1929 (Thursday)
- August 2, 1929 (Friday)
- August 3, 1929 (Saturday)
- August 4, 1929 (Sunday)
- August 5, 1929 (Monday)
- August 6, 1929 (Tuesday)
- August 7, 1929 (Wednesday)
- August 8, 1929 (Thursday)
- August 9, 1929 (Friday)
- August 10, 1929 (Saturday)
- August 11, 1929 (Sunday)
- August 12, 1929 (Monday)
- August 13, 1929 (Tuesday)
- August 14, 1929 (Wednesday)
- August 15, 1929 (Thursday)
- August 16, 1929 (Friday)
- August 17, 1929 (Saturday)
- August 18, 1929 (Sunday)
- August 19, 1929 (Monday)
- August 20, 1929 (Tuesday)
- August 21, 1929 (Wednesday)
- August 22, 1929 (Thursday)
- August 23, 1929 (Friday)
- August 24, 1929 (Saturday)
- August 25, 1929 (Sunday)
- August 26, 1929 (Monday)
- August 27, 1929 (Tuesday)
- August 28, 1929 (Wednesday)
- August 29, 1929 (Thursday)
- August 30, 1929 (Friday)
- August 31, 1929 (Saturday)
- References
{{Events by month|1929}}{{calendar|year=1929|month=August}}The following events occurred in August 1929: August 1, 1929 (Thursday)- International Red Day passed with only isolated reports of violence. Riots were limited to Chișinău, Romania and Helsinki, Finland. 300,000 participated in an anti-war demonstration on Berlin marking the fifteenth anniversary of the outbreak of the World War.[1][2]
- The Graf Zeppelin airship left its hangar at Friedrichshafen as it began another attempt to fly to the United States.[3]
- The first-ever congress on radiation therapy opened in Paris.[4]
- The Nazi Party opened its 4th Party Congress in Nuremberg. 60,000 paraded during the four-day event.[5]
August 2, 1929 (Friday)- Boxing's world lightweight champion Sammy Mandell retained the title with a 10-round split decision over Tony Canzoneri in Chicago Stadium.[6]
- Fats Waller recorded his classic song "Ain't Misbehavin'".[7]
August 3, 1929 (Saturday)- The 16th World Zionist Congress passed a resolution authorizing a delegation to approach the British government on the matter of Jewish rights at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Muslims had been erecting buildings near the sacred site, which Jewish organizations in the region held to be in disregard of guarantees made to the Jewish people by the British government.[8]
- The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd signed a treaty of friendship with Turkey.[9]
- Jiddu Krishnamurti, believed likely to be the messianic Maitreya (by Charles Webster Leadbeater), shocked the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star in the East, the organisation established to support him.
- Died: Emile Berliner, 78, German-born American inventor; Thorstein Veblen, 72, Norwegian-American economist
August 4, 1929 (Sunday)- The Graf Zeppelin arrived in Lakehurst, New Jersey, completing its third transatlantic flight.[10]
- Jones Beach State Park opened on Jones Beach Island in New York.
- The first Challenge International de Tourisme, a tourist plane contest, began in Paris.
- Died: Franz Matt, 68, German politician
August 5, 1929 (Monday)- King Albert of Belgium decreed that Albert National Park in the Belgian Congo would be expanded and the land set aside for preservation and scientific study. Severe penalties were imposed on anyone harming or otherwise interfering with the flora or fauna of the region.[11][12]
- The Lupeni Strike began in Lupeni, Romania.
- Died: Dame Millicent Fawcett, 82, English suffragist
August 6, 1929 (Tuesday)- An international conference opened in The Hague to finalize the Young Plan.[13]
- Great Britain signed a treaty with Egypt ending British occupation and replacing it with a military alliance allowing Britain to station troops along the Suez Canal.[9]
- In the Lupeni Strike, troops were called in after the miners seized a local power plant and fighting broke out. The number of miners reported killed ranged from 15 to 58.[14][15]
- The musical drama film Say It with Songs, starring Al Jolson, was released.
August 7, 1929 (Wednesday)- The Antioquia Railway in Colombia was finally finished after 55 years of construction in difficult terrain when the first train passed through the 3,742-meter tunnel from El Limón to Santiago.[16][17]
- Born: Don Larsen, baseball player, in Michigan City, Indiana
- Died: Victor L. Berger, 69, Austro-Hungarian-born American socialist journalist and politician
August 8, 1929 (Thursday)- Arabs in Palestine conducted widespread attacks against Jews for the first time due to the Wailing Wall dispute.[9]
- At 12:40 a.m., the Graf Zeppelin departed Lakehurst, New Jersey for Europe as it began an attempt to fly around the world.[18][19]
- Born: Ronnie Biggs, thief, in Stockwell, London, England (d. 2013)
August 9, 1929 (Friday)- 2 were killed in fighting between communists and police in east Berlin after more than 1,000 communists, waving red flags and singing "The Internationale", refused a police order to disperse.[20]
August 10, 1929 (Saturday)- The Graf Zeppelin returned to its home hangar at Friedrichshafen.[21]
- U.S. President Herbert Hoover celebrated his 55th birthday at the presidential camp in Madison County, Virginia; Charles and Anne Lindbergh were among the guests.[22]
August 11, 1929 (Sunday)- Persia formally recognized Iraq and signed a treaty of friendship.[9]
- On the tenth anniversary of the Weimar Republic, new three- and five-mark silver coins were issued bearing the profile of President Paul von Hindenburg.[23]
- In Cleveland, Babe Ruth hit the 500th major league home run of his career and became the first member of the 500 home run club.[24]
- Born: Earl Brooks, racing driver, in Lynchburg, Virginia (d. 2010)
August 12, 1929 (Monday)- Hungarian police made 13 more arrests in the Angel Makers of Nagyrév case as sensational reports of widespread husband poisoning centered around the village of Nagyrév, Hungary drew worldwide attention.[25]
- The Italian government began to redistribute 3,500 acres of unused land belonging to the Doria family that had been seized by the state as part of national policy that land must be cultivated in order to increase the country's agricultural output. Over the next two days, a lottery system was used to grant 230 parcels of land to peasant farmers.[26]
- Britain refused a Chinese demand to give up its extraterritoriality rights to China.[27]
- RCA lost a lawsuit charging the company with patent infringement and were ordered to pay over $20 million in back royalties to three plaintiffs.[28]
August 13, 1929 (Tuesday)- At the Hague conference, the Allies agreed to reduce their troop presence in the Rhineland by September 1.[29]
- The Pedestrians Association, advocating for road safety and the rights of pedestrians, was formed in London.
August 14, 1929 (Wednesday)- The Graf Zeppelin left its hangar at Friedrichshafen and departed for Tokyo.[30]
- Ohio State University professor of veterinary medicine James H. Snook was convicted of murdering his mistress and sentenced to death in the electric chair. The jury returned its verdict in just 28 minutes.[31]
- Border clashes between Chinese and Soviet troops were reported from the border city of Manzhouli as peace talks faltered.[32]
- Born: Kinnaird R. McKee, admiral, in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2013)
- Died: Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne, 68, British general
August 15, 1929 (Thursday)- The British cotton workers' strike ended when both sides agreed to resume work on Monday at pre-strike wages until a court of arbitration could deliver a judgement on the application of the employers to reduce wages.[33]
- During a speech in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Winston Churchill said that no worthwhile naval agreement could be reached between Britain and the United States until the Americans recognized certain fundamental differences in the circumstances of the two nations. "To apply a rigid plan of numerical equality to conditions that are markedly unequal will be extremely difficult in reaching the true goal that Britain and the United States shall be equal powers on the sea", Churchill stated.[34]
August 16, 1929 (Friday)- Muslims looted and vandalized a Jewish temple near the Wailing Wall as violence in Jerusalem continued.[35]
- The General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes went into effect.
- Born: Fritz Von Erich, professional wrestler, in Jewett, Texas (d. 1997)
August 17, 1929 (Saturday)- 16 were killed in a coal mine explosion near Katowice, Poland.[36]
August 18, 1929 (Sunday)- The Women's Air Derby – the first all-women's race in aviation history – began in Santa Monica, California. 20 pilots competed in the race to Cleveland, Ohio for $24,000 in prize money.[37]
- 1 was killed and 65 injured in the Austrian village of Sankt Lorenzen-Sankt Marein in Styria during fighting between socialists and fascists.[38]
- Born: Joan Taylor, actress, in Geneva, Illinois (d. 2012)
August 19, 1929 (Monday)- The Graf Zeppelin reached Tokyo, flying over the city and then landing at Kasumigaura airport.[39]
- The metal-skinned airship ZMC-2 was first flown.
- At least 18 Romanian soldiers were killed in an ammunition explosion at a fort in Bucharest.[40]
- The central portion of the French ocean liner SS Paris was heavily damaged by a mysterious fire while docked at Le Havre.[41]
- Died: Marvel Crosson, 25, American aviator (plane crash during Women's Air Derby); Sergei Diaghilev, 57, Russian ballet impresario
August 20, 1929 (Tuesday)- The King Vidor-directed musical film Hallelujah!, with music by Irving Berlin and starring Daniel L. Haynes and Nina Mae McKinney, was released.[42]
- Died: Albert Parker Niblack, 70, U.S. admiral
August 21, 1929 (Wednesday)- Mahatma Gandhi was elected president of the Indian National Congress, but he refused to accept the post.[4]
- Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera were married in Kahlo's hometown of Coyoacán.[43]
- Born: Marie Severin, comics artist, in East Rockaway, New York (d. 2018)
- Died: James Parks, 85 or 86, freed American slave
August 22, 1929 (Thursday)- The Graf Zeppelin had to delay the next leg of its round-the-world journey to Los Angeles when two struts broke on the rear gondola as it was leaving the hangar at Kasumigaura airport in Japan.[44]
- The Music Box Theatre opened in Chicago.
- Died: Otto Liman von Sanders, 74, German general
August 23, 1929 (Friday)- The U.S. Department of War made an exception to its rule against civilian burials in Arlington National Cemetery so that freed slave James Parks could be interred on the grounds where he was born and worked.[45]
- The repaired Graf Zeppelin left Japan for Los Angeles.[46]
- The Palestine riots began.
- Born: Vera Miles, actress, in Boise City, Oklahoma
August 24, 1929 (Saturday)- Martial law was declared in Jerusalem due to rioting as Arabs killed 67 Jews in the Hebron massacre.[47][48]
- Born: Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, in Cairo, Egypt (d. 2004)
August 25, 1929 (Sunday)- The New York Giants used the first public address system in baseball history during a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. In addition to player at-bats and substitutions being announced to the crowd without the use of a megaphone, umpire Cy Rigler had a microphone inside his mask to amplify his calls at the plate. Though the experiment was a success, the use of electronic public address systems at games did not become widespread until the 1940s.[49]
August 26, 1929 (Monday)- The Graf Zeppelin sailed over Los Angeles at 1:16 a.m. as it completed the first non-stop flight ever made across the Pacific Ocean.[50]
- Louise Thaden won the Women's Air Derby.[51]
- Died: Sir Ernest Satow, 86, British diplomat and scholar
August 27, 1929 (Tuesday)- The Graf Zeppelin took off from Mines Field at 12:14 a.m. on the final leg of its round-the-world journey.[52]
- The trial of 250 members of the Sicilian Mafia for minor offenses ended in Italy. 43 were given prison terms of up to three years, 168 were acquitted and a new trial was ordered for the remaining 39.[53]
- Born: Ralph T. Coe, American art collector and scholar (d. 2010)
- Died: Herman Potočnik Noordung, 36, Slovenian rocket engineer (pneumonia); James Knox Taylor, 71, American architect
August 28, 1929 (Wednesday)- In Charlotte, North Carolina, jury selection began in the trial of 16 members of the National Textile Workers Union who were accused of murdering a police chief during June 7 rioting related to the Loray Mill Strike.[54]
August 29, 1929 (Thursday)- The Safed riots killed 18 Jewish residents of Safed and wounded about 40 as 200 houses were burned and looted.[55]
- At 8:13 a.m. the Graf Zeppelin completed its round-the-world trip back where it started in Lakehurst, New Jersey, a little over 21 days since it began. The airship only made three stops the entire journey and was in the air for less than 12 days.[18][56]
- The passenger steamship SS San Juan sank off the coast of San Francisco in a collision with an oil tanker. The ship sank in only five minutes and 69 drowned.[57][58]
August 30, 1929 (Friday)- The Young Plan conference at The Hague formally ended with an exchange of signed conventions agreeing to end the occupation of the Rhineland.[59]
- The Technicolor musical comedy film Gold Diggers of Broadway premiered.
- Died: William Menzies Alexander, 91, Scottish medical and theological writer; Peng Pai, 32, Chinese revolutionary (executed)
August 31, 1929 (Saturday)- The Soviet Union accepted Chinese proposals for settlement of the Sino-Soviet conflict.[60]
- Northern Rhodesia held general elections for seven seats on the Legislative Council. Voters essentially rejected a proposed amalgamation with Southern Rhodesia as pro-merger candidates only won a single seat while anti-merger candidates won three.[61]
- Born: Ken MacAfee, American football player, in North Easton, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
- Died: Morton Prince, 74, American physician
- Foshay Tower is opened
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2. ^{{cite news |last=Wales |first=Henry |date=August 2, 1929 |title=Red Riots Flop |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=6 |accessdate= }}
3. ^{{cite news |last=Schultz |first=Sigrid |authorlink=Sigrid Schultz |date=July 1, 1929 |title=Zeppelin Over France on Trip to U.S. |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
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8. ^{{cite news|last=Weisgal|first=Meyer W.|date=August 3, 1929|title=Zionist Congress Demands Rights at Wailing Wall|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|page=1}}
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10. ^{{cite news |last=Harvey |first=Fred |date=August 5, 1929 |title=Zep Docks; Cuts Flying Time |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
11. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 5, 1929 |title=Belgian King Dedicates Congo Area to Scientific Research |url= | work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |publisher= |page=2 |accessdate= }}
12. ^{{cite book |last=Chester |first=Charles C. |date=2006 |title=Conservation Across Borders: Biodiversity in an Interdependent World |url= |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Island Press |page=22 |isbn=978-1-59726-849-3 |accessdate= }}
13. ^{{cite news |last=Wales |first=Henry |date=August 7, 1929 |title=England Rejects Debt Cut |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
14. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 7, 1929 |title=15 Miners Dead as Troops Fire in All Day Riot |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=16 |accessdate= }}
15. ^"Other Reports Have 58 Killed", The New York Times, August 7, 1929, p. 9.
16. ^{{cite book |last=Parsons |first=James J. |date=1968 |title=Antiqueno Colonization in Western Colombia (2nd Ed.) |url= |location=Berkeley and Los Angeles |publisher=University of California Press |page=169 |isbn= |accessdate= }}
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18. ^1 {{cite news |last=Rogers |first=Wilbur E. |date=August 29, 1929 |title=Zeppelin's Record |url= |journal=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |publisher= |page=1 |accessdate= }}
19. ^{{cite journal |last= |first= |date=August 8, 1929 |title=Zep Sails to Circle Globe |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
20. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 10, 1929 |title=Reds and Police Battle in Berlin; 2 Die, Many Hurt |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=2 |accessdate= }}
21. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 10, 1929 |title=Zep Back Home in 55 Hours |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
22. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 11, 1929 |title=Lindys, Others Help Hoover Eat Birthday Cake |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=3 |accessdate= }}
23. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=June 23, 1929 |title=Hindenburg's Face Will Adorn New German Coin |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=4 |accessdate= }}
24. ^{{cite web |url=http://americansportshistory.com/2013/08/11/on-this-day-in-1929-babe-ruth-hit-his-500th-home-run/ |title=Babe Ruth's 500th Home Run |last= |first= |date=August 11, 2013 |website=American Sports History |publisher= |accessdate=March 18, 2015 }}
25. ^{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Jay |date=August 13, 1929 |title=Jail 98 Women in Wholesale Hubby Poisoning |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=2 |accessdate= }}
26. ^{{cite news |last=Darrah |first=David |date=August 14, 1929 |title=Il Duce Divides Unused Estates Among Farmers |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=2 |accessdate= }}
27. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=September 5, 1929 |title=Britain Refuses China's Plea to Remove Courts |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=12 |accessdate= }}
28. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 13, 1929 |title=Radio Corpn. Loses Rights to A.C. Receiver |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
29. ^{{cite news |last=Wales |first=Henry |date=August 14, 1929 |title=Allies Agree to Evacuate Rhineland |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
30. ^{{cite news |last=Schultz |first=Sigrid |authorlink=Sigrid Schultz |date=August 15, 1929 |title=Zeppelin Flying for Tokyo |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
31. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 15, 1929 |title=Snook is Given Death Penalty in 28 Minutes |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
32. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 15, 1929 |title=Russia and China in Open Warfare at Border Town |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=9 |accessdate= }}
33. ^{{cite news |last=Steele |first=John |date=August 16, 1929 |title=English Cotton Mills Will Hum Again on Monday |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=4 |accessdate= }}
34. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 16, 1929 |title=Churchill Sees Peril in Big U.S., British Navies |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=8 |accessdate= }}
35. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 17, 1929 |title=Moslems Loot Jewish Temple at Wailing Wall |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=4 |accessdate= }}
36. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 18, 1929 |title=Sixteen Killed in Polish Coal Mine Explosion |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=10 |accessdate= }}
37. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 19, 1929 |title=Women Flyers Race 60 Miles, Land for Night |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=5 |accessdate= }}
38. ^{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Jay |date=August 19, 1929 |title=1 Dead, 65 Hurt in Red Battle with Fascists |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=3 |accessdate= }}
39. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 20, 1929 |title=Groom Zeppelin for Pacific Flight |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
40. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 20, 1929 |title=18 Soldiers Killed by Blast in Bucharest Fort |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=2 |accessdate= }}
41. ^{{cite news |last=Sage |first=Robert |date=August 20, 1929 |title=Raging Fire Guts Center Part of Liner S.S. Paris |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=3 |accessdate= }}
42. ^{{cite book |last=Bradley |first=Edwin M. |date=1996 |title=The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 Through 1932 |url= |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |page=244 |isbn=978-0-7864-2029-2 |accessdate= }}
43. ^{{cite book |last=Morrison |first=John |date=2003 |title=Frida Kahlo |url= |location= |publisher=Chelsea House Publishers |page=36 |isbn=978-1-4381-0678-6 |accessdate= }}
44. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 22, 1929 |title=Accident Halts Zep at Moment of Pacific Hop |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
45. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 24, 1929 |title=Former Slave's Wish for Arlington Grave is Granted by U.S. |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=4 |accessdate= }}
46. ^{{cite news |last=M'Kelway |first=St. Clair |date=August 23, 1929 |title=Zep Sets Sail for America |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
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49. ^{{cite book |last=Morris |first=Peter |date=2010 |title=A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball |url= |location=Chicago |publisher=Ivan R. Dee |pages=405–406 |isbn=978-1-56663-954-5 |accessdate= }}
50. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 26, 1929 |title=Zep Moored at Los Angeles |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
51. ^{{cite news |last=Wood |first=Robert |date=August 27, 1929 |title=Louise Thaden Wins Women's Flying Derby |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=3 |accessdate= }}
52. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 27, 1929 |title=Zep Starts Hop Across U.S. |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
53. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 28, 1929 |title=Mussolini Crushes Last of Mafia; 43 Imprisoned |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=5 |accessdate= }}
54. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 28, 1929 |title=Gastonia Death Trial Speeds Up; 2 Jurors Chosen |url= | work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |publisher= |page=2 |accessdate= }}
55. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.safed.co.il/safed-massacre-of-1929.html |title=Safed Massacre of 1929 |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |accessdate=March 18, 2015 }}
56. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 29, 1929 |title=Zep Ends World Trip |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
57. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 31, 1929 |title=Tell of Ship Crash; 68 Die |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=1 |accessdate= }}
58. ^{{cite web |url=http://nl.canadagenweb.org/dailynews_dis1929.htm |title=Year End Review 1929 – Disasters |last= |first= |date= |website=CanadaGenWeb.org |publisher= |accessdate=March 18, 2015 }}
59. ^{{cite news |last=Wales |first=Henry |date=August 31, 1929 |title=Germany Given Allied Pledges for Free Rhine |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=5 |accessdate= }}
60. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=September 1, 1929 |title=Russia Eager to Resume Chinese Trade Relations |url= | work=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=2 |accessdate= }}
61. ^"North And South Rhodesia: Conflicting Views On Union", The Times, 16 November 1929, p 15, Issue 45370
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