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Events on Sunday 29 August 2021 2
1929 – 2021Ed Asner (1929-2021)Died 29 August 2021, aged 91American actor whose Lou Grant won seven Emmy Awards across a comedy and a drama.
2021Hurricane Ida strikes Louisiana and then the NortheastFlash flooding kills dozens a thousand miles inlandHurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on 29 August 2021 and its remnants caused deadly flash flooding in New York and New Jersey three days later, killing more than 90 people in total.