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What happend on 29. September in History
In our data base we found 335 events happened on 29. September:
• 106_bc: Pompey, Roman general and politician (d. 48 BC) [category: Births]
• 1227: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades. [category: Events]
• 1240: Margaret of England (d. 1275) [category: Births]
• 1304: John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, English soldier (b. 1231) [category: Deaths]
• 1321: John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387) [category: Births]
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• 1328: Joan of Kent (d. 1385) [category: Births]
• 1364: Charles I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1319) [category: Deaths]
• 1364: Battle of Auray: English forces defeat the French in Brittany; end of the Breton War of Succession. [category: Events]
• 1388: Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (d. 1421) [category: Births]
• 1511: Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian, physician, and cartographer (d. 1553) [category: Births]
• 1518: Tintoretto, Italian painter (d. 1594) [category: Births]
• 1538: Joan Terès i Borrull, Spanish archbishop (d. 1603) [category: Births]
• 1547: Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (d. 1616) [category: Births]
• 1548: William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626) [category: Births]
• 1560: Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496) [category: Deaths]
• 1561: Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (d. 1615) [category: Births]
• 1567: At a dinner, the Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Hoorn for treason. [category: Events]
• 1571: Caravaggio, Italian painter (d. 1610) [category: Births]
• 1636: Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (d. 1715) [category: Births]
• 1637: Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint (b. 1600) [category: Deaths]
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• 1639: William Russell, Lord Russell, English politician (d. 1683) [category: Births]
• 1640: Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720) [category: Births]
• 1642: René Goupil, French missionary (b. 1608) [category: Deaths]
• 1642: William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, English son of Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby (b. 1561) [category: Deaths]
• 1650: Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters in Threadneedle Street, London. [category: Events]
• 1674: Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, French composer and flute player (d. 1763) [category: Births]
• 1678: Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766) [category: Births]
• 1691: Richard Challoner, English bishop (d. 1781) [category: Births]
• 1703: François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770) [category: Births]
• 1703: Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (b. 1610) [category: Deaths]
• 1717: An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture and making authorities consider moving the capital to a different city. [category: Events]
• 1718: Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian politician (d. 1783) [category: Births]
• 1725: Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, English general and politician (d. 1774) [category: Births]
• 1758: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (d. 1805) [category: Births]
• 1766: Charlotte, Princess Royal of England (d. 1828) [category: Births]
• 1786: Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican politician, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843) [category: Births]
• 1789: The 1st United States Congress adjourns. [category: Events]
• 1789: The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men. [category: Events]
• 1800: Michael Denis, Austrian poet (b. 1729) [category: Deaths]
• 1803: Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (d. 1850) [category: Births]
• 1803: Mercator Cooper, American captain (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1804: Michael Hillegas, American politician, 1st Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728) [category: Deaths]
• 1808: Henry Bennett, American politician (d. 1868) [category: Births]
• 1810: Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1829: The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded. [category: Events]
• 1833: Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784) [category: Deaths]
• 1842: Louis J. Weichmann, American clerk, witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1843: Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1848: Battle of Pákozd: stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces at Pákozd; the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. [category: Events]
• 1850: The Roman Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX. [category: Events]
• 1853: Princess Thyra of Denmark (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1862: William "Bull" Nelson, American navy officer (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: Hugo Haase, German politician and jurist (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1864: Alexandra Kitchin, English model (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1864: Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish author and philosopher (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought. [category: Events]
• 1876: Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1881: Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist and philosopher (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1885: The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England. [category: Events]
• 1887: Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Louis Faidherbe, French general (b. 1818) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Clarence Ashley, American banjo player and singer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1895: Joseph Banks Rhine, American parapsychologist (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1895: Roscoe Turner, American pilot (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1897: Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1898: Trofim Lysenko, Russian biologist (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1899: László Bíró, Hungarian inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1900: Samuel Fenton Cary, American politician (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1901: Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher, poet, and activist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1902: Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1902: William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Émile Zola, French writer (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Greer Garson, English actress (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1907: Gene Autry, American singer and actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1907: George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1907: The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital. [category: Events]
• 1908: Eddie Tolan, American sprinter (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1908: Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Bill Boyd, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1910: Virginia Bruce, American actress (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1911: Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1912: Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1913: Stanley Kramer, American director (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1913: Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1913: Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel Engine (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Brenda Marshall, American actress (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1915: Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1916: Carl Giles, English cartoonist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1918: World War I, Battle of St. Quentin Canal: The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice. [category: Events]
• 1920: Václav Neumann, Czech conductor and violinist (Smetana Quartet) (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1921: Albie Roles, English footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Lizabeth Scott, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1923: Stan Berenstain, American author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1923: The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine. [category: Events]
• 1924: Steve Forrest, American actor [category: Births]
• 1925: Léon Bourgeois, French politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1927: Pete McCloskey, American politician [category: Births]
• 1927: Arthur Achleitner, German journalist and author (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Brajesh Mishra, Indian diplomat (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: Colin Dexter, English author [category: Births]
• 1930: Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian painter (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress [category: Births]
• 1931: James Cronin, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1932: Mehmood Ali, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1932: Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director [category: Births]
• 1932: Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia. [category: Events]
• 1934: Lance Gibbs, Guyanese cricketer [category: Births]
• 1934: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian-American psychologist and educator [category: Births]
• 1934: Skandor Akbar, American wrestler and manager (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1934: Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1935: Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1935: Mylène Demongeot, French actress [category: Births]
• 1936: Hal Trosky, Jr., American baseball player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1936: James Fogle, American author (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1936: Silvio Berlusconi, Italian politician, 50th Prime Minister of Italy [category: Births]
• 1937: Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Ray Ewry, American triple jumper (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Wim Kok, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands [category: Births]
• 1938: Munich Agreement: Germany was given permission from France, Italy, and Great Britain to seize the territory of Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia. The meeting occurred in Munich, and leaders from neither the Soviet Union nor Czechoslovakia attended. [category: Events]
• 1939: Dan Crary, American singer and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1939: Fikret Abdić, Bosnian politician and businessman [category: Births]
• 1939: Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1939: Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1939: Molly Haskell, American author and critic [category: Births]
• 1939: Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician, 2nd First Minister of Wales [category: Births]
• 1939: Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1940: Nicola di Bari, Italian singer [category: Births]
• 1941: Fred West, English serial killer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Soviet Union: German Einsatzgruppe C begins the Babyn Yar massacre, according to the Einsatzgruppen operational situation report. [category: Events]
• 1942: Bill Nelson, American politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1942: Ian McShane, English actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1942: Jean-Luc Ponty, French violinist and composer (Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever) [category: Births]
• 1942: Madeline Kahn, American actress (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1942: Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1943: Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist [category: Births]
• 1943: Lech Wałęsa, Polish politician, 2nd President of Poland, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1943: Mohammad Khatami, Iranian politician, 5th President of Iran [category: Births]
• 1944: Mike Post, American composer [category: Births]
• 1945: Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer [category: Births]
• 1946: Ian Wallace, English drummer (King Crimson and Crimson Jazz Trio) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1946: Patricia Hodge, English actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Gary Wetzel, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient [category: Births]
• 1947: Martin Ferrero, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Bryant Gumbel, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1948: Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grand Funk Railroad and Terry Knight and the Pack) [category: Births]
• 1948: Mike Pinera, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Blues Image, Iron Butterfly, Cactus, and Ramatam) [category: Births]
• 1948: Theo Jörgensmann, German clarinet player and composer (German Clarinet Duo, Clarinet Contrast, and Klarinettenquartett Cl-4) [category: Births]
• 1949: George Dalaras, Greek singer [category: Births]
• 1949: The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China. [category: Events]
• 1950: Ken Macha, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1951: Andrés Caicedo, Colombian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1951: Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler [category: Births]
• 1951: Michelle Bachelet, Chilean politician, 34th President of Chile [category: Births]
• 1951: Mike Enriquez, Filipino journalist [category: Births]
• 1951: Pier Luigi Bersani, Italian politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC. [category: Events]
• 1952: Gábor Csupó, Hungarian-American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Klasky Csupo [category: Births]
• 1952: Max Sandlin, American politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Takanosato Toshihide, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 59th Yokozuna [category: Births]
• 1952: John Cobb, English race car driver (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Drake Hogestyn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian director (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1953: Warren Cromartie, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1954: Uwe Jahn, German football coach [category: Births]
• 1954: The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed. [category: Events]
• 1955: Benoît Ferreux, French actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Ken Weatherwax, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Sebastian Coe, English politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Chris Broad, English cricketer and referee [category: Births]
• 1957: Mark Nicholas, English cricketer and sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1957: Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1957: 20 MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk. [category: Events]
• 1960: Alan McGee, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Biff Bang Pow!) [category: Births]
• 1960: Carol Welsman, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1960: David Sammartino, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1960: John Paxson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Julian Armour, Canadian cellist [category: Births]
• 1960: Nikita Khrushchev, leader of Soviet Union, disrupts a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts. [category: Events]
• 1961: Julia Gillard, Australian politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia [category: Births]
• 1961: Stephanie Miller, American comedian and talk radio host [category: Births]
• 1962: Roger Bart, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched. [category: Events]
• 1963: Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Les Claypool, American bass player, songwriter, producer, and author (Primus, Blind Illusion, Oysterhead, and Sausage) [category: Births]
• 1963: The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens. [category: Events]
• 1964: Brad Lohaus, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1964: The Argentine comic strip Mafalda is published for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1966: Hersey Hawkins, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Jill Whelan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced. [category: Events]
• 1967: Brett Anderson, English singer-songwriter (Suede and The Tears) [category: Births]
• 1967: Carson McCullers, American author (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Alex Skolnick, American guitarist (Testament, Savatage, and Stratospheerius) [category: Births]
• 1968: Luke Goss, English singer and actor (Bros) [category: Births]
• 1968: Matt Goss, English singer/songwriter (Bros) [category: Births]
• 1968: Patrick Burns, American paranormal investigator [category: Births]
• 1968: Samir Soni, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1969: Angelo Barretto, Filipino race car driver [category: Births]
• 1969: DeVante Swing, American singer-songwriter, and producer (Jodeci) [category: Births]
• 1969: Erika Eleniak, American actress and model [category: Births]
• 1970: AMG, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1970: Emily Lloyd, English actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Nicolás Pereira, Venezuelan tennis player [category: Births]
• 1970: Russell Peters, Canadian comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1970: Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Mackenzie Crook, English actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1971: Oman joins the Arab League. [category: Events]
• 1972: Oliver Gavin, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1972: Robert Webb, English actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1972: Togi Makabe, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1972: Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China. [category: Events]
• 1973: Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: Scout Niblett, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1973: W. H. Auden, English poet (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Alexis Cruz, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Brian Ash, American screenwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1975: Albert Celades, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, becomes the world's first black-owned-and-operated television station. [category: Events]
• 1976: Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Darren Byfield, English-Jamaican footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Kelvin Davis, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1976: Wadi Ayoub, Lebanese wrestler (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Debelah Morgan, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1977: Eric Barton, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Jake Westbrook, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Gunner McGrath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Much the Same) [category: Births]
• 1978: Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1978: Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1979: Artika Sari Devi, Indonesian model [category: Births]
• 1979: Jaime Lozano, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Shelley Duncan, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Takumi Beppu, Japanese cyclist [category: Births]
• 1979: Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to set foot on Irish soil with his pastoral visit to the Republic of Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1980: Dallas Green, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alexisonfire and City and Colour) [category: Births]
• 1980: Patrick Agyemang, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Zachary Levi, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Aris Galanopoulos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian-Spanish handball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Amy Williams, Winter Olympic gold medallist [category: Births]
• 1982: Ariana Jollee, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Matt Giteau, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Monty Stratton, American baseball player (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: The 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders begin when the first of seven individuals dies in metropolitan Chicago. [category: Events]
• 1983: Lisette Oropesa, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1984: Isha Sharvani, Indian actress and dancer [category: Births]
• 1984: Per Mertesacker, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Calvin Johnson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Niklas Moisander, Finnish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Isaac Makwala, Botswana sprinter [category: Births]
• 1986: Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Matt Lashoff, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: David Del Rio, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Henry Ford II, American businessman (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Justin Nozuka, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1988: Kevin Durant, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. [category: Events]
• 1989: Aaron Martin, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Andrea Poli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Theo Adams, English photographer and director [category: Births]
• 1989: Georges Ulmer, Danish-French actor and composer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Gussie Busch, American businessman (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Doug Brochu, American actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Lena Wermelt, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed. [category: Events]
• 1990: The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1991: Adem Ljajić, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Military coup in Haiti (1991 Haitian coup d'état). [category: Events]
• 1992: Jean Aurenche, French screenwriter (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached. [category: Events]
• 1993: Gordon Douglas, American director (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: The United States Navy disbands Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84), nicknamed the "Jolly Rogers". [category: Events]
• 1996: Leslie Crowther, English comedian and actor (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Roy Lichtenstein, American painter (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Tom Bradley, American politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish son of Iñaki Urdangarin, Duke of Palma de Mallorca [category: Births]
• 1999: Jean-Louis Millette, Canadian actor and scriptwriter (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: John Grant, English politician (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Nguyen Van Thieu, Vietnamese general and politician, President of South Vietnam (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Edmund Trebus, Polish-English compulsive hoarder (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Richard Sainct, French motorcycle racer (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the prize. [category: Events]
• 2004: The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth. [category: Events]
• 2005: Austin Leslie, American chef (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Patrick Caulfield, English painter and printmaker (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, Pakistani journalist, poet, and critic (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian archbishop (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Michael A. Monsoor, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collides in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Mato Grosso, Brazil, killing 154 total people, and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis. [category: Events]
• 2007: Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion. [category: Events]
• 2008: Emma Tallulah Behn, Norwegian daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway [category: Births]
• 2008: Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest single-day point loss in its history. [category: Events]
• 2009: Pavel Popovich, Soviet astronaut (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Sperantza Vrana, Greek actress (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami. [category: Events]
• 2010: Greg Giraldo, American comedian (b.1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Tony Curtis, American actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Antônio Maria Mucciolo, Brazilian archbishop (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hazloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hebe Camargo, Brazilian singer and actress (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Malcolm Wicks, English politician (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nan Huai-Chin, Chinese scholar (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Neil Smith, Scottish geographer (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 480_bc: Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I. [category: Events]
• 522_bc: Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 855: Lothair I, Roman emperor (b. 795) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Coffee Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Inventor's Day (Argentina) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Michaelmas, feast of the Archangels St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael. One of the four Quarter days in the Irish calendar. (England and Ireland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rhipsime [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: September 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victory of Boquerón Day (Paraguay) [category: Holidays and observances]