September 29

September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). There are 93 days remaining.

Events:

855 - Pope Benedict III becomes Pope
1364 - Battle of Auray[?] - English forces defeat French at Brittany
1789 - United States War Department[?] first establishes regular army with strength of several hundred men.
1789 - First United States Congress adjourns
1829 - London's reorganized police force goes on duty. Later became known as Scotland Yard.
1864 - Battle of New Market Heights[?]
1902 - Impresario David Belasco[?]'s first Broadway theater opens.
1918 - Hindenburg Line[?] is broken by Allied forces during World War I
1938 - Britain and France, Nazi Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
1941 - Babi Yar massacre begins
1943 - United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the British ship Nelson off the shore of Malta.
1939 - Poland is divided between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union
1944 - Soviet forces invade Yugoslavia
1963 - Opening of second period of Second Vatican Council
1988 - NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster
2004 - the asteroid 4179 Toutatis is projected to pass within 4 lunar distances of Earth.

Births:

106 BC - Pompey the Great, Roman statesman and general
1328 - Joan of Kent
1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, author (+ 1616)
1758 - Lord Horatio Nelson, British admiral (+ 1805)
1901 - Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist (+ 1954)
1904 - Greer Garson, British actress (+ 1996)
1907 - Gene Autry, actor, singer, businessman (+ 1998)
1908 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete
1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni, film director
1913 - Trevor Howard, actor (+ 1988)
1913 - Stanley Kramer[?], film director
1931 - Anita Ekberg[?], actress
1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician
1938 - Wim Kok, Dutch politician and former prime minster
1939 - Larry Linville[?], actor (+ 2000)
1941 - Edmund Stoiber, German politician
1942 - Madeline Kahn[?], actress (+ 1999)
1943 - Lech Walesa, Polish trade union activist and politician
1948 - Bryant Gumbel[?], television personality
1956 - Sebastian Coe[?], track and field champion
1964 - Tom Sizemore[?], actor
1964 - Les Claypool, bassist of Primus

Deaths:

235 - Saint Pontianus, Pope
855 - Lothair, King of Lotharingia
1694 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician
1804 - Michael Hillegas[?], first Treasurer of the United States
1902 - Emile Zola, important writer
1902 - William Topaz McGonagall, Irish poet
1913 - Rudolf Diesel, automobile pioneer
1913 - Trevor Howard, actor
1967 - Carson McCullers[?], author
1970 - Edward Everett Horton, actor
1975 - Casey Stengel, American baseball player and coach
1988 - Charles Addams, cartoonist
1997 - Roy Liechenstein[?], artist
1998 - Tom Bradley[?], former mayor of Los Angeles, California
2001 - Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam

Holidays:

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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		September 29
		September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). There are 93 days remaining. Events: 855 - Pope Benedict III becomes Pope 1364 - Battle of Auray[?] - English forces defeat French at Brittany 1789 - United States War Department[?] first establishes regular army with strength of several hundred men. 1789 - First United States Congress adjourns 1829 - London's reorganized police force goes on duty. Later became known as Scotland Yard. 1864 - Battle of New Market Heights[?] 1902 - Impresario David Belasco[?]'s first Broadway theater opens. 1918 - Hindenburg Line[?] is broken by Allied forces during World War I 1938 - Britain and France, Nazi Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. 1941 - Babi Yar massacre begins 1943 - United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the British ship Nelson off the shore of Malta. 1939 - Poland is divided between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union 1944 - Soviet forces invade Yugoslavia 1963 - Opening of second period of Second Vatican Council 1988 - NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster 2004 - the asteroid 4179 Toutatis is projected to pass within 4 lunar distances of Earth. Births: 106 BC - Pompey the Great, Roman statesman and general 1328 - Joan of Kent 1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, author (+ 1616) 1758 - Lord Horatio Nelson, British admiral (+ 1805) 1901 - Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist (+ 1954) 1904 - Greer Garson, British actress (+ 1996) 1907 - Gene Autry, actor, singer, businessman (+ 1998) 1908 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete 1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni, film director 1913 - Trevor Howard, actor (+ 1988) 1913 - Stanley Kramer[?], film director 1931 - Anita Ekberg[?], actress 1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician 1938 - Wim Kok, Dutch politician and former prime minster 1939 - Larry Linville[?], actor (+ 2000) 1941 - Edmund Stoiber, German politician 1942 - Madeline Kahn[?], actress (+ 1999) 1943 - Lech Walesa, Polish trade union activist and politician 1948 - Bryant Gumbel[?], television personality 1956 - Sebastian Coe[?], track and field champion 1964 - Tom Sizemore[?], actor 1964 - Les Claypool, bassist of Primus Deaths: 235 - Saint Pontianus, Pope 855 - Lothair, King of Lotharingia 1694 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician 1804 - Michael Hillegas[?], first Treasurer of the United States 1902 - Emile Zola, important writer 1902 - William Topaz McGonagall, Irish poet 1913 - Rudolf Diesel, automobile pioneer 1913 - Trevor Howard, actor 1967 - Carson McCullers[?], author 1970 - Edward Everett Horton, actor 1975 - Casey Stengel, American baseball player and coach 1988 - Charles Addams, cartoonist 1997 - Roy Liechenstein[?], artist 1998 - Tom Bradley[?], former mayor of Los Angeles, California 2001 - Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam Holidays: See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December September 28 · September 30 · August 29 · October 29 · Historical anniversaries · (Please read this before editing or creating a date page)
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