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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 .480 BC - Battle of Salamis : The Greek fleet under Themistokles , defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I .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.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 Hoorn for treason .
1650 - Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters 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.1848 - Battle of Pákozd : Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd ; the first battle of the War of Independence .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 on 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 .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 HMS Nelson 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 .1960 - Nikita Khrushchev , leader of Soviet Union , disorders a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts.1962 - Alouette 1 ,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 .1982 - Tylenol Crisis of 1982 began when the first of seven individuals died in metropolitan Chicago.1988 - NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster , with STS-26 . The mission logo of STS-26 , flown by OV-103 .
Births [ ] 106 BC - Pompey the Great , consul of Rome (d. 48 BC )1240 - Margaret of England , Queen consort of England, (d. 1275 )1321 - John of Artois , French soldier (d. 1387 )1328 - Joan of Kent , wife of Edward (d. 1385 )1388 - Thomas of Lancaster , 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 (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 , French soldier (d. 1766 )1691 - Richard Challoner , English Catholic prelate (d. 1781 )1703 - François Boucher , French painter (d. 1770 )1725 - Robert Clive , British general and statesman (d. 1774 )1758 - Horatio Nelson , British admiral (d. 1805 )1766 - Charlotte , German queen (d. 1828 )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 Economist1895 - 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 )1907 - George W. Jenkins , American businessman (d. 1996 )
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 )
1915 - Vincent DeDomenico , American entrepreneur (d. 2007 )1915 - Brenda Marshall , American film actress (d. 1992 )
1920 - Peter D. Mitchell , English chemist, Nobel laureate 1922 - Lizabeth Scott , American actress1923 - Stan Berenstain , American children's author (d. 2005 )1924 - Steve Forrest , American actor1930 - Colin Dexter , British author of Inspector Morse novels1931 - Anita Ekberg , Swedish actress1931 - James Watson Cronin , American nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate
1932 - Robert Benton , American screenwriter and director1932 - Mehmood , Indian actor (d. 2004 )
1934 - Lance Gibbs , Guyanese West Indies cricketer1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis , American musician1936 - Silvio Berlusconi , former Prime Minister of Italy 1938 - Wim Kok , Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1939 - Tommy Boyce , American songwriter1939 - Molly Haskell , American film critic
1939 - Larry Linville , American actor (d. 2000 )
1940 - Nicola Di Bari , Italian singer1941 - 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 Iran1943 - Gary Boyd Roberts , American genealogist
1943 - Lech Wałęsa , President of Poland , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1944 - Mike Post , American composer1945 - Kyriakos Sfetsas , Greek composer1947 - Martin Ferrero , American actor1948 - Bryant Gumbel , American television personality1948 - Mark Farner , American guitarist Grand Funk
1948 - Theo Jörgensmann , German jazz clarinetist
1949 - George Dalaras , Greek singer1951 - Michelle Bachelet , President of Chile 1951 - Andrés Caicedo , Colombian writer (d. 1977 )
1951 - Maureen Caird , Australian hurdler
1951 - Mike Enriquez , Philippine broadcaster
1952 - Gabor Csupo , Hungarian-born animator1952 - Max Sandlin , American politician
1953 - Warren Cromartie , American baseball player1953 - Drake Hogestyn , American actor
1953 - Jean-Claude Lauzon , Quebec film director (d. 1997 )
1956 - Sebastian Coe , British athlete1957 - Andrew Dice Clay , American comedian and actor1957 - Sokratis Malamas , Greek singer and composer
1960 - Alan McGee , British music industry mogul and musician1961 - Stephanie Miller , American comedian1962 - Roger Bart , American actor1962 - Al Pitrelli , American musician, guitarist
1963 - Dave Andreychuk , Canadian ice hockey player1963 - Les Claypool , American bassist (Primus )
1966 - Jill Whelan , American actress1967 - Brett Anderson , British musician/singer (Suede , The Tears )1968 - Patrick Burns , American television presenter1968 - Samir Soni , Indian film actor
1969 - Erika Eleniak , American actress and Playboy Playmate1969 - Aleks Syntek , Mexican singer
1970 - Yoshihiro Tajiri , Japanese professional wrestler1970 - Natasha Gregson Wagner , American actress
1970 - Emily Lloyd , British actress
1971 - Sibel Tüzün , Turkish singer1971 - Mackenzie Crook , British actor and comedian
1972 - Robert Webb , British actor, comedian, and writer1972 - Oliver Gavin , British racing car driver
1973 - Joe Hulbig , American ice hockey player1973 - Athanasios Michalopoulos , Greek volleyball player
1973 - Scout Niblett , British singer/songwriter
1974 - Brian Ash , American film producer1974 - Alexis Cruz , American actor
1975 - Albert Celades , Spanish football player1976 - Andriy Shevchenko , Ukrainian football player1976 - Darren Byfield , English football player
1976 - Oscar Sevilla , Spanish cyclist
1977 - Won Bin , South Korean actor1977 - Wade Brookbank , Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Debelah Morgan , American R&B singer
1977 - Jake Westbrook , American baseball player
1978 - Kurt Nilsen , Norwegian singer1978 - Mohini Bhardwaj , American gymnast
1978 - Gunner McGrath , American guitarist (Much the Same )
1979 - Shelley Duncan , American Baseball Player1979 - Takumi Beppu , Japanese cyclist
1980 - Dallas Green , Canadian musician (Alexisonfire ,City and Colour )1980 - Zachary Levi , American actor
1981 - Siarhei Rutenka , Belarusian handball player1982 - Ariana Jollee , American pornographic actress
1982 - Rob Smith - Irish musician and songwriter1984 - Per Mertesacker , German football player1986 - Benoit Pouliot , Canadian ice hockey player1986 - Mark Fraser , Canadian ice hockey player Deaths [ ] 1364 - Charles 1560 - King Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496 )1637 - Lorenzo Ruiz , Filipino saint1642 - 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, (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 )1989 - Gussie Busch , American brewing magnate (b. 1899 )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 )
2006 - Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon , French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1912 )
2007 - Lois Maxwell , Canadian actress (b. 1927 )Holidays and observances [ ] External links [ ]
124 Familypedia people were born on September 29
111 Familypedia people died on September 29
84 Familypedia people were first married on September 29
