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Events

Births

Deaths

Holidays and observances

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Events

★ 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.

★ 61 BC - Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph, for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.

★ 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated after landing in Egypt on his 58th birthday (records are unclear, may have occurred September 28).

★ 440 - Leo I becomes pope.

★ 855 - Benedict III becomes pope.

★ 1066 - William the Conqueror invades England.

★ 1364 - Battle of Auray: English forces defeat French at Brittany; end of the Breton War of Succession.

★ 1567 - The second War of Religion in France breaks out.

★ 1567 - At a dinner, the Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Horne for treason.

★ 1650 - Henry Robinson opens his ''Office of Addresses and Encounters'' - the first historically documented dating service - in Threadneedle Street, London.

★ 1789 - The U.S. War Department first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.

★ 1789 - The first U.S. Congress adjourns.

★ 1829 - The Metropolitan Police of London, also known as ''the Met'', is founded.

★ 1850 - The Roman Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.

★ 1864 - American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.

★ 1885 - The first practical public electric tramway in the world was opened in Blackpool, England.

★ 1907 - The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.

★ 1911 - Italy declares war to the Ottoman Empire.

★ 1918 - The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces during World War I. Bulgaria signed an armistice.

★ 1924 - Plutarco Elías Calles is proclaimed President of Mexico.

★ 1938 - Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

★ 1939 - World War II: capitulation of Poland to Germany.

★ 1941 - Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C starts Babi Yar massacre. According to the Einsatzgruppen Operational Situation Report No. 101, at least 33,771 Jews from Kiev and its suburbs were killed at Babi Yar on September 29 - 30, 1941.

★ 1943 - U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the British ship ''Nelson'' off the shore of Malta.

★ 1954 - The convention establishing CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.

★ 1954 - Major League Baseball: Willie Mays of the then New York Giants makes "The Catch" at The Polo Grounds in game one of the World Series.

★ 1957 - 20 MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk.

★ 1962 - ''Alouette 1,'' the first Canadian satellite, is launched.

★ 1963 - The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.

★ 1964 - The Argentine comic strip Mafalda is published for the first time.

★ 1965 - The NSA memorial lists ten agents lost on this date.

★ 1971 - Oman joins the Arab League.

★ 1972 - Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.

★ 1975 - WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, becomes the world's first black-owned-and-operated television station.

★ 1975 - Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush becomes American television's first African-American weathercaster.

★ 1979 - Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to set foot on Irish soil with his pastoral visit to the Republic of Ireland.

★ 1988 - NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the ''Challenger'' disaster, with STS-26.


★ 1990 - Washington National Cathedral finished.

★ 1991 - Military coup in Haiti.

★ 1992 - Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello resigns.

★ 1992 - Erotica (song) released by Madonna

★ 1995 - Khaled Kelkal is killed by the French Police.

★ 1995 - The United States Navy disestablishes Fighter Squadron #84 (VF-84), the celebrated Jolly Rogers.

★ 1996 - Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64 in North America.

★ 2001 - The ''Syracuse Herald-Journal'', a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication.

★ 2003 - Hurricane Juan makes landfall at Nova Scotia.

★ 2004 - The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.

★ 2004 - The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry ''SpaceShipOne'' performed a successful spaceflight, the first of two needed to win the prize.

★ 2005 - US Senate confirms John Roberts to be the next Chief Justice of the United States.

★ 2005 - Amnesty referendum in Algeria.

★ 2006 - US Representative Mark Foley resigns after allegations of inappropriate emails to house pages were introduced.

Births

★ 106 BC - Pompey the Great, consul of Rome (d. 48 BC)

★ 1321 - John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)

★ 1328 - Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385)

★ 1388 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)

★ 1511 - Miguel Servet, Spanish humanist (d. 1553)

★ 1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (d. 1616)

★ 1548 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)

★ 1561 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (d. 1615)

★ 1571 - Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)

★ 1636 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)

★ 1639 - Lord William Russell, English politician (d. 1683)

★ 1640 - Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720)

★ 1678 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)

★ 1691 - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)

★ 1703 - François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)

★ 1725 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (d. 1774)

★ 1758 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral (d. 1805)

★ 1786 - Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)

★ 1803 - Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (d. 1850)

★ 1803 - Mercator Cooper, American sea captain (d. 1872)

★ 1808 - Henry Bennett, American politician (d. 1868)

★ 1810 - Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist (d. 1865)

★ 1842 - Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)

★ 1843 - Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882)

★ 1853 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1933)

★ 1863 - Hugo Haase, German politician and jurist (d. 1919)

★ 1864 - Alexandra Kitchin, British model for Lewis Carroll (d. 1925)

★ 1864 - Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and philosopher (d. 1936)

★ 1881 - Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist

★ 1895 - J.B. Rhine, American parapsychologist (d. 1980)

★ 1895 - Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (d. 1970)

★ 1897 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (d. 1980)

★ 1898 - Trofim Lysenko, Stalinist biologist (d. 1976)

★ 1901 - Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1954)

★ 1900 - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)

★ 1901 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and activist (d. 1981)

★ 1904 - Greer Garson, British actress (d. 1996)

★ 1907 - Gene Autry, American actor and businessman (d. 1998)

★ 1908 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (d. 1967)

★ 1910 - Virginia Bruce, American actress (d. 1982)

★ 1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (d. 2007)

★ 1913 - Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)

★ 1913 - Stanley Kramer, American film director (d. 2001)

★ 1920 - Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, Nobel laureate

★ 1922 - Lizabeth Scott, American actress

★ 1923 - Stan Berenstain, American children's author (d. 2005)

★ 1924 - Steve Forrest, American actor

★ 1930 - Colin Dexter, British author of Inspector Morse novels

★ 1931 - Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress

★ 1931 - James Watson Cronin, American nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate

★ 1932 - Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director

★ 1932 - Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)

★ 1934 - Lance Gibbs, Guyanese West Indies cricketer

★ 1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician

★ 1936 - Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy

★ 1938 - Wim Kok, Prime Minister of the Netherlands

★ 1939 - Tommy Boyce, American songwriter

★ 1939 - Molly Haskell, American film critic

★ 1939 - Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)

★ 1940 - Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer

★ 1941 - Fred West, British serial killer (d. 1995)

★ 1942 - Madeline Kahn, American actress (d. 1999)

★ 1942 - Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist

★ 1942 - Ian McShane, British actor

★ 1942 - Bill Nelson, American politician

★ 1942 - Jean-Luc Ponty, French jazz violinist

★ 1942 - Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (d. 1996)

★ 1943 - Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran

★ 1943 - Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist

★ 1943 - Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

★ 1944 - Mike Post, American composer

★ 1945 - Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer

★ 1947 - Martin Ferrero, American actor

★ 1948 - Bryant Gumbel, American television personality

★ 1948 - Mark Farner, American guitarist Grand Funk

★ 1948 - Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist

★ 1949 - George Dalaras, Greek singer

★ 1951 - Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile

★ 1951 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977)

★ 1951 - Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler

★ 1951 - Mike Enriquez, Philippine broadcaster

★ 1952 - Max Sandlin, American politician

★ 1953 - Warren Cromartie, American baseball player

★ 1953 - Drake Hogestyn, American actor

★ 1956 - Sebastian Coe, British athlete

★ 1957 - Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor

★ 1957 - Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer and composer

★ 1961 - Stephanie Miller, American comedian

★ 1962 - Roger Bart, American actor

★ 1962 - Al Pitrelli, American musician, guitarist

★ 1963 - Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player

★ 1963 - Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus)

★ 1966 - Jill Whelan, American actress

★ 1967 - Brett Anderson, British musician/singer (Suede, The Tears)

★ 1968 - Patrick Burns, American television presenter

★ 1968 - Samir Soni, Indian film actor

★ 1969 - Erika Eleniak, American actress and Playboy Playmate

★ 1969 - Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer

★ 1970 - Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler

★ 1970 - Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress

★ 1970 - Emily Lloyd, British actress

★ 1971 - Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer

★ 1971 - Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian

★ 1972 - Robert Webb, British actor, comedian, and writer

★ 1972 - Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver

★ 1973 - Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player

★ 1973 - Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player

★ 1974 - Brian Ash, American film producer

★ 1975 - Albert Celades, Spanish football player

★ 1976 - Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football player

★ 1976 - Darren Byfield, English football player

★ 1976 - Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist

★ 1977 - Won Bin, South Korean actor

★ 1977 - Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player

★ 1977 - Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer

★ 1977 - Jake Westbrook, American baseball player

★ 1978 - Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer

★ 1978 - Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast

★ 1978 - Gunner McGrath, American guitarist (Much the Same)

★ 1979 - Shelley Duncan, American Baseball Player

★ 1980 - Dallas Green, Canadian musician (Alexisonfire,City and Colour)

★ 1981 - Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian handball player

★ 1982 - Ariana Jollee, American pornographic actress

★ 1982 - Rob Smith - Irish musician and songwriter

★ 1984 - Per Mertesacker, German football player

★ 1986 - Benoit Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player

★ 1986 - Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player

★ 1988 - Kevin Durant, American basketball player

★ 1989 - Sebastian Elmaloglou, Australian soap actor

★ 1999 - Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal

Deaths

★ 48 BC - Pompey the Great, consul of Rome (b. 106 BC)

★ 1364 - Charles, Duke of Brittany

★ 1560 - King Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496)

★ 1637 - Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint

★ 1642 - René Goupil, French Catholic missionary, one of Canadian Martyrs (b. 1608)

★ 1703 - Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (b. 1610)

★ 1800 - Michael Denis, Austrian poet (b. 1729)

★ 1804 - Michael Hillegas, first Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)

★ 1833 - King Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)

★ 1887 - Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (b. 1810)

★ 1889 - Louis Faidherbe, French general (b. 1818)

★ 1900 - Samuel Fenton Cary, congressman, prohibitionist (b. 1814)

★ 1902 - William Topaz McGonagall, British poet (b. 1825)

★ 1902 - Émile Zola, French writer (b. 1840)

★ 1908 - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (b. 1839)

★ 1925 - Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1851)

★ 1927 - Willem Einthoven, Dutch inventor, Nobel laureate (b. 1860)

★ 1927 - Arthur Achleitner, German writer (b. 1858)

★ 1930 - Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian painter (b. 1844)

★ 1937 - Ray Ewry, American athlete (b. 1873)

★ 1952 - John Cobb, British racing driver (b. 1899)

★ 1967 - Carson McCullers, American author (b. 1917)

★ 1970 - Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)

★ 1973 - W. H. Auden, English poet (b. 1907)

★ 1975 - Casey Stengel, baseball player and manager (b. 1890)

★ 1976 - Wadi Ayoub, Greco-Roman professional wrestler, best known as Sheik Ali (b. 1927)

★ 1981 - Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager (b. 1913)

★ 1982 - Monty Stratton, baseball player (b. 1912)

★ 1987 - Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company (b. 1917)

★ 1988 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)

★ 1994 - Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer (b. 1968)

★ 1996 - Leslie Crowther, British comedian (b. 1933)

★ 1997 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (b. 1923)

★ 1998 - Jared High, victim of bullying and suicide (b. 1985)

★ 1998 - Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)

★ 2001 - Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, President of South Vietnam (b. 1923)

★ 2004 - Richard Sainct, French motorcycle rally rider (b. 1970)

★ 2005 - Austin Leslie, American chef, the "Godfather of Fried Chicken" (b. 1934)

★ 2006 - Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976)

★ 2006 - Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet and critic (b. 1926)

Holidays and observances

★ RC Saints - Michaelmas - Christian feast of the Archangels St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael.

★ Also see September 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).

★ England, Ireland - One of the four Quarter days in the Irish calendar.

★ Argentina, Inventor's Day - László József Bíró's birthday.

★ French Republican Calendar - Amarante (Amaranth) Day, eighth day in the Month of Vendémiaire.

External links

★ BBC: On This Day

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★ On This Day in Canada
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