On This Day: Monday August 29, 2005 This is the 241st day of the year, with 124 days remaining in 2005. Fact of the Day: radio commercial In 1922, the first radio commercial was broadcast on WEAF in New York. Broadcasters realized that radio could earn profits from the sale of advertising time. The first "spot" was sponsored by the Queensboro Realty Corporation of Jackson Heights to promote Hawthorne Court, a group of apartment buildings in Queens. This first commercial cost $100 for 10 minutes. Holidays Feast Day of St. Sabina of Rome, St. Edwold of Cerne, and St. Medericus or Merry. Slovakia: National Day. Events 1533 - Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, died by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro's Spanish conquistadors. His death marked the end of 300 years of Inca civilization. 1831 - Michael Faraday successfully demonstrated the first electrical transformer. 1835 - The city of Melbourne, Australia, was founded. 1839 - Fifty-three Africans were seized near modern-day Sierra Leone, taken to Cuba and sold as slaves. On this day, the slaves, led by Cinque, seized control of the ship, asking to be taken back to Africa. The crew secretly changed course and took them back to Long Island, where they stood trial. 1896 - The Chinese-American dish chop suey was invented in New York City by the chef to visiting Chinese Ambassador Li Hung-chang. 1966 - At Candlestick Park, San Francisco, the Beatles played their last live concert. 1991 - The Supreme Soviet voted to suspend formally all activities of the Communist Party. Births 1632 - John Locke, English philosopher. 1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, American physician, author, poet. 1915 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress. 1920 - Charlie "Bird" Parker, American jazz saxophonist. Deaths 1877 - Brigham Young, American religious leader and second president of the Mormon church. 1982 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress. 1987 - Lee Marvin, American tough guy actor.