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What happened in history on this day: September 29?
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- 235 - Saint Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 855 - Benedict III begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1349 - People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning the wells.
- 1364 - Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany.
- 1511 - Birth of Michael Servetus Spain, physician (Christianism Rostituta).
- 1650 - Henry Robinson opens first marriage bureau (England).
- 1710 - Colonel Nicholson commands a large fleet of British and New England ships, attacking Port Royal, Acadia (Nova Scotia) capturing it after a week.
- 1755 - Birth of Robert Lord Clive, founded British empire in India.
- 1758 - Birth of Horatio Nelson in Burnham Thorpe village, Norfolk, England; naval hero at Trafalgar.
- 1785 - Chaidic sect is excommunicated in Cracow, Poland.
- 1789 - First US Congress adjourns.
- 1789 - US War Department establishes a regular army.
- 1793 - Tennis is first mentioned in an English sporting magazine.
- 1829 - Scotland Yard is formed in London, England.
- 1833 - Isabella succeeds to throne of Spain, with mother Maria Christina as Queen Regent.
- 1838 - Birth of Henry Hobson Richardson; US Romanesque revival architect.
- 1853 - Emigrant ship Annie Jane sinks off Scotland, drowning 348.
- 1875 - The National Mint is established in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1879 - National League owners' meeting in Buffalo, New York adopt the reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players.
- 1890 - First professional baseball game, New York Metropolitans beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 in five innings at the Polo Grounds in New York City.
- 1892 - First night football game played (Mansfield, Pennsylvania).
- 1893 - Birth of Fabien Sevitzky in Vishny Volotchok, Russia; conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra).
- 1895 - Birth of Joseph Banks in Rhine, Pennsylvania, USA; parapsychologist (Extra-Sensory Perception).
- 1901 - Birth of Enrico Fermi in Italy; physicist (Nobel Prize-1938).
- 1902 - Birth of Miguel Alemán; president of Mexico (1946-52).
- 1903 - Birth of Ted Decorsia in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Police Chief Hegedorn - Steve Canyon).
- 1907 - Birth of Gene Autry in Tioga, Texas; cowpoke/singer/actor/California Angels owner.
- 1907 - Birth of Michael Shepley in Plymouth, England; actor (Dick and the Duchess).
- 1907 - Birth of Richard Harkness in Artesian, South Dakota, USA; newscaster (Story of the Week).
- 1908 - Birth of Greer Garson in North Ireland; actress (Pride and Prejudice).
- 1910 - Birth of Virginia Bruce; actress (Action in Arabia).
- 1911 - New York Yankees steal 15 bases and get 13 walks, beating Saint Louis Browns 16-12; with a major-league record six stolen bases in one inning.
- 1912 - Birth of Michelangelo Antonioni Ferrara in Italy; director (Blow-up).
- 1913 - Birth of Stanley E Kramer; producer/director (On the Beach).
- 1915 - A hurricane claims 275 human deaths in the Mississippi Delta.
- 1915 - Birth of Brenda Marshall in the Phillipines; actress (Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark).
- 1916 - John D. Rockefeller becomes the world's first known billionaire.
- 1916 - Birth of Trevor Howard in England; actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Ryan's Daughter).
- 1918 - Allied forces score a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line.
- 1919 - Birth of Masao Takemoto in Japan; gymnast (Olympic-gold-1960).
- 1920 - Babe Ruth sets home run season record at 54 runs.
- 1920 - Birth of James Mitchell in California, USA; actor (Oklahoma, Devil's Doorway).
- 1922 - Birth of Lizabeth Scott in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Dark City, Desert Fury).
- 1923 - Birth of O.A. "Bum" Phillips; football coach (Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints).
- 1924 - Birth of Steve Forrest in Huntsville, Texas, USA; actor (Ben - Dallas, SWAT).
- 1925 - Birth of John Tower; American politician (Senator-Republican-Texas).
- 1927 - Birth of Adhemar Ferreira da Silva in Brazil; triple jumper (Olympic-gold-1952, 1956).
- 1927 - Birth of Paul McCloskey; American politician (Senator-Republican-California).
- 1927 - Babe Ruth ties Major League Baseball record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games.
- 1928 - New York Yankees (17) Detroit Tigers (28) set 9-inning hit record (45)-Detroit Tigers win 19-10.
- 1930 - First Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC.
- 1930 - Birth of Richard Bonynge in Sydney, Australia; conductor (Australian Orchestra Sydney-1976).
- 1930 - Boquerón battle ends Paraguay border dispute.
- 1931 - Sweden and Denmark abandon the gold standard.
- 1931 - Birth of Anita Ekberg in Sweden; Swedish actress (La Dolce Vita, War and Peace).
- 1931 - Birth of James Watson Cronin; American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1931 - Birth of Eddie Barth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Shaft, Simon and Simon).
- 1932 - Birth of Robert Benton in Texas, USA; writer/director (Kramer versus Kramer).
- 1935 - Birth of Jerry Lee Lewis; singer ("Great Balls of Fire", "Breathless").
- 1936 - Radio used for first time for a US Presidential campaign.
- 1938 - In Germany, a two-day conference begins, held by Adolf Hitler, Italy's Premier Benito Mussolini, Britain's Neville Chamberlain, and France's Édouard Daladier, to discuss German demands on Czechoslovakian territory. Hitler renounces plans to destroy Czechoslovakia; Chamberlain and Daladier agree to allow the German annexation of the Sudetenland.
- 1938 - In Benld, Illinois, a garage and car are struck by a 4-pound meteorite.
- 1939 - Birth of Larry Linville in Ojai, California, USA; actor (Frank Burns - M*A*S*H, Blue Movie).
- 1939 - Birth of Mylene Demongeot in Nice, France; actress (Just Another Pretty Face).
- 1941 - Heavyweight Champ Joe Louis knocks out Lou Nova in 6 rounds.
- 1941 - Adolf Hitler issues an order regarding the future of Leningrad. The entire city and all inhabitants are to be "wiped from the face of the earth".
- 1942 - Birth of Donna Corcoran in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA; actress ("Man Without a Star").
- 1942 - Birth of Ian McShane in Blackburn, England; actor (Roots, Bare Essence).
- 1942 - Birth of Jean-Luc Ponty in France; fusion violinist (Frank Zappa).
- 1942 - Birth of Madeline Kahn in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety).
- 1942 - Birth of William Nelson; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Florida), astronaut (STS 61C).
- 1943 - Birth of Lech Walesa in Popowo, Poland; leads Polish Solidarity (Nobel Prize 1983).
- 1943 - US General Dwight Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice.
- 1944 - Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia.
- 1946 - First time National League pennant ends in a tie (Saint Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers).
- 1946 - Al Couture knockouts Ralph Walton in Lewiston Maine in 10.5 seconds.
- 1946 - Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play first NFL game in Los Angeles, California.
- 1948 - Birth of Bryant Gumbel in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; sportscaster/TV host (Today Show).
- 1948 - Birth of Mark Farner in Michigan, USA; guitar/vocalist (Grand Funk Railroad - "Locomotion").
- 1948 - Birth of Viktor Krovopouskov in the USSR; sabres (Olympic-gold-1976, 1980).
- 1951 - First color telecast of football game on network, Philadelphia (CBS).
- 1951 - S B Nicholson discovers 12th satellite of Jupiter.
- 1953 - ABC-TV debuts 30-minute family comedy Make Room for Daddy, starring Danny Thomas.
- 1953 - American League approves Baltimore group purchase of Saint Louis Browns for US$2,475,000.
- 1953 - Birth of Drake Hogestyn in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; actor (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers).
- 1953 - NBC-TV debuts the Buick-Berle Show, starring Milton Berle.
- 1954 - Birth of Cindy Morgan [Cichorski] in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Tron).
- 1954 - Willie Mays makes his famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460-foot drive.
- 1956 - Birth of Sebastian Coe in England; 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1980, 1984).
- 1956 - CBS resumes airing The Jackie Gleason Show 60-minute comedy variety series.
- 1956 - CBS-TV debuts the Oh! Susanna TV show, starring Gale Storm.
- 1957 - 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery, West Pakistan).
- 1957 - New York Giants play and lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 1958 - CBS-TV airs the final anthology drama Studio One.
- 1959 - Harold Huber, actor (I Cover Times Square), dies at age 49.
- 1959 - Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution.
- 1959 - CBS-TV debuts The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis, starring Dwayne Hickman.
- 1959 - ABC-TV debuts the Philip Marlowe TV show.
- 1960 - Birth of Leslie Graves in Silver City, New Mexico, USA; actress (Capitol).
- 1960 - ABC-TV debuts the My Three Sons TV show, starring Fred MacMurray.
- 1961 - In Cuba, Fidel Castro announces casino gambling would henceforth be illegal in Havana.
- 1962 - Launch of Alouette 1, first Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket).
- 1962 - Patrick Corry, developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx, New York.
- 1963 - Second session of Ecumenical council, 'Vatican II,' opens in Rome.
- 1963 - Saint Louis Cardinals' Stan Musial's final game, gets his 3,630th hit.
- 1963 - Houston Colt .45s' John Paciorek goes three for three in his only game.
- 1963 - Rolling Stones first tour (opening act for Bo Diddley and Everly Brothers).
- 1963 - CBS-TV debuts The Judy Garland Show.
- 1963 - CBS-TV debuts TV show My Favorite Martian, starring Ray Walston.
- 1964 - NBC premieres the That Was the Week That Was 30-minute satire TV show.
- 1964 - Robert Burton, actor (Dr Gordon - Kings Row), dies at age 69.
- 1965 - Ralph Boston of the US sets long jump record at 27 feet 4.75 inches.
- 1965 - Saint Louis Cardinals' Charlie Johnson passes for six touchdowns vs Cleveland Browns (49-13).
- 1966 - Birth of Jill Whelan in Oakland, California, USA; actress (Vicki - The Love Boat).
- 1968 - Birth of Luke Goss; rocker (Bros - "I Owe You Nothing").
- 1968 - Birth of Matt Goss; rocker (Bros - "I Owe You Nothing").
- 1968 - Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yard punt return average (three punts).
- 1969 - In South Africa, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs.
- 1969 - 7th Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Mets beat New York Yankees 7-6.
- 1969 - Steve O'Neal of New York Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards versus Denver Broncos.
- 1969 - ABC-TV debuts Love American Style TV show.
- 1970 - Birth of Emily Lloyd; actress (Wish You Were Here).
- 1970 - Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at age 84.
- 1971 - NBC-TV debuts TV show McMillan and Wife, starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James.
- 1973 - Baltimore Orioles pull their 5th triple play (5-4-3 versus Detroit Tigers).
- 1973 - Insurance industry announces auto racers get into more highway accidents.
- 1973 - Soyuz 12 returns to Earth.
- 1975 - Casey Stengel, New York Yankees' manager (1949-60), dies in Glendale, California, at age 85.
- 1976 - San Francisco Giants' John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0.
- 1976 - CBS-TV debuts TV sitcom show Alice.
- 1977 - Muhammad Ali wins a unanimous, 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers.
- 1977 - Soviet space station Salyut 6 is launched into Earth orbit.
- 1979 - Gold hits record US$400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong.
- 1979 - Pope John Paul II becomes first pope to visit Ireland.
- 1979 - Death of Francisco Macías Nguema, first president of Equatorial Guinea (executed) (born 1924).
- 1981 - Birth of Suzanne Shaw; British singer (Hear'Say).
- 1981 - Death of Bill Shankly, British football manager (born 1914).
- 1982 - In Guatemala, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurs.
- 1982 - (to October 1) The Tylenol scare is sparked when 7 people in the Chicago area die after ingesting capsules laced with potassium cyanide.
- 1983 - First time US Congress invokes War Powers Act.
- 1983 - Oakland Athletics' Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0.
- 1985 - NBC-TV begins airing Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
- 1985 - ABC-TV debuts MacGyver, starring Richard Dean Anderson.
- 1985 - NBC-TV premieres Amazing Stories by Steven Spielberg.
- 1986 - Betty Kean, actress (Amy Tucker - Leave it to Larry), dies at age 69.
- 1986 - Chicago Cubs' Greg Maddux defeats Philadelphia Phillies' Mike Maddux (first rookie brothers).
- 1986 - USSR releases US journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges.
- 1986 - CBS debuts comedy TV show Designing Women.
- 1987 - Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company, dies in Detroit, Michigan at age 70 (born 1917).
- 1987 - ABC-TV debuts the relationship drama thirtysomething.
- 1987 - New York Yankees' Don Mattingly hits Major league record sixth grand slam of the year.
- 1988 - NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster, with the 26th Space Shuttle mission, Discovery 7. Challenger disaster, with Space Shuttle Discovery.
- 1988 - Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets the 200m woman's record (21.34).
- 1988 - United Nations peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace prize.
- 1989 - A.A. Busch Junior, brewer/baseball owner (Saint Louis Cardinals), dies at age 90.
- 1990 - Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years.
- 1991 - US beats Europeans 14.5 to 13.5 to capture the Ryder's cup.
- 1993 - ABC-TV debuts sitcom Grace Under Fire, starring Brett Butler.
- 1996 - Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64 video game system and Super Mario 64 video game in North America. Price is US$199.95.
- 1996 - Death of Leslie Crowther, British TV comedian and game show host (born 1933).
- 1998 - The U.S. Congress passes the "Iraq Liberation Act", which states that the United States wants to remove Saddam Hussein from power and replace the government with a democratic institution.
- 1999 - Birth of Juan Urdangarín y de Borbón, grandson of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
- 2000 - The Long Kesh prison in Northern Ireland is closed.
- 2002 - State prosecutors of Dortmund, Germany, charge eleven former German officers with the murder of 5,000 Italian prisoners-of-war on the Greek island of Cephalonia during World War II. The case was re-opened based on new evidence from East German Stasi police files and war diaries.
- 2002 - Discovery Channel airs the first pilot episode of American Chopper.
- 2003 - Hurricane Juan lands at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada as a category two storm, killing two directly and five indirectly.
- 2004 - Major League Baseball announces the Montreal Expos will move to Washington D.C. in time for the 2005 season.
- 2004 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis crosses path of Earth within 1.5 million km.
- 2004 - After taking off from Mojave, California, the White Knight carrier plane launches SpaceShipOne rocket plane, which flies into space (62 miles high) and back.
- 2005 - John G. Roberts, Junior is confirmed and sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
- 2006 - Gol Flight 1907, a Boeing 737-800, collides with a business jet over the Amazon Rainforest killing all 154 onboard.
- 2008 - Wachovia Corp, fourth largest US bank, agrees to sell most of its assets to Citigroup Inc for US$2.16 billion in a deal brokered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
- 2008 - The American Federal Reserve announces it will lend a further US$620 billion to other national central banks.
- 2008 - Morgan Stanley sells 21 percent of itself to Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, for US$3 billion, plus a further $6 billion of convertible preferred stock.
- 2008 - The Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg governments take a 49 percent stake in Fortis bank giving it a 11.2 billion euro (US$16.4 billion) injection of cash.
- 2008 - The U.S. House of Representatives votes 228-to-205 to reject a US$700 billion bailout plan for the financial industry.
- 2008 - The Dow Jones industrial average posts its largest point decline ever, 778 points, 6.98 percent of total value. The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 Index has its worst day since the 1987 crisis with an 8.8 percent drop, or 106.59 points. The Nasdaq Composite Index loses 199.61 points, or 9.14 percent. Latin American stocks tumble 13 percent, their biggest decline in more than a decade. Gold price jumps up, and US crude oil drops $10 to close at US$96.37 per barrel. World stocks, as measured by the MSCI's world index, lose about $1.7 trillion for the day.
- 2008 - Canada's TSX stock market index drops a record 840.93 points, to 11,285.07.
- 2008 - Dora de Pédery-Hunt, Hungarian-born designer of effigy of Queen Elizabeth II for Canadian coinage (1990-2003), dies at age 94 in Toronto, Ontario.
- 2009 - An 8.3-magnitude earthquake strikes due south of Samoa, causing a tsunami with waves of up to 4.5m which kills more than 190 people in several islands. Whole villages in Samoa are destroyed.
- 2011 - China successfully launches an experimental craft, Tiangong 1 meaning "Heavenly Palace", from a remote site in the Gobi Desert. The unmanned space lab is part of a program to build a permanent manned space station.
- 2017 - Death of Ludmila Belousova, Russian pair skater (born 1935).
- 2020 - The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah dies at the age of 91. Crown Prince Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is named his successor.
- 2020 - The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds one million.
- 2021 - Death of Ravil Isyanov at age 59 of cancer; actor (NCIS: Los Angeles TV show, The Americans TV show).
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