September, 29th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 29, 2005:
US Senate confirms The Honorable John Roberts to be the next Chief Justice of the United States.

Wednesday 29, 2004:
Baseball: The Montreal Expos play their last game at Olympic Stadium.

Monday 29, 2003:
Hurricane Juan makes landfall at Nova Scotia.

Saturday 29, 2001:
The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication.

Sunday 29, 1996:
Super Mario 64, a revolutionary platformer game for the Nintendo 64, is released in the United States.

Tuesday 29, 1992:
Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello resigns.

Thursday 29, 1988:
NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster.

Friday 29, 1972:
Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.

Tuesday 29, 1964:
Argentine cartoonist Quino publishes his first Mafalda comic strip.

Sunday 29, 1963:
The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.

Saturday 29, 1962:
Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite is launched.

Friday 29, 1961:
The New York Times publishes music critic Robert Shelton's review of a performance from little known singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which will lead to Dylan's discovery by Columbia Records representative John Hammond

Wednesday 29, 1954:
The convention establishing CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.

Wednesday 29, 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.

Monday 29, 1941:
The Babi Yar massacre begins.

Friday 29, 1939:
Poland is divided between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

Thursday 29, 1938:
Britain, France, Nazi Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

Sunday 29, 1918:
The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces during World War I.

Sunday 29, 1907:
The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.

Monday 29, 1902:
Impresario David Belasco's first Broadway theater opens.

Thursday 29, 1864:
American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.

Tuesday 29, 1829:
London's reorganized police force, the Metropolitan Police, becomes the first official police department in the world.

Tuesday 29, 1789:
1789 - The first U.S. Congress adjourns.

Friday 29, 1567:
At a dinner, the Duke of Alva arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Horne for treason.

Saturday 29, 1364:
Battle of Auray: English forces defeat French at Brittany; end of the Breton War of Succession

Wednesday 29, 855:
Pope Benedict III becomes pope.

Saturday 29, -48:
Ptolemy XIII of Egypt had Pompey murdered and his head cut off on his 58th birthday. Pompey's head and ring were kept for Julius Caesar.

Tuesday 29, -61:
Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph, for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-september/on-this-day.html


People born on September 29

1982:
Ariana Jollee, American actress and director (b: September 29, 1982) (Biography of Ariana Jollee)

1981:
Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian handball player (b: September 29, 1981) (Biography of Siarhei Rutenka)

1978:
Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer (b: September 29, 1978) (Biography of Kurt Nilsen)

1976:
Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer (b: September 29, 1976) (Biography of Andriy Shevchenko)

1970:
Emily Lloyd, British actress (b: September 29, 1970) (Biography of Emily Lloyd)

1966:
Jill Whelan, American actress (b: September 29, 1966) (Biography of Jill Whelan)

1964:
Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus) (b: September 29, 1964) (Biography of Les Claypool)
Tom Sizemore, American actor (b: September 29, 1964) (Biography of Tom Sizemore)

1963:
Dave Andreychuk, Canadian hockey player (b: September 29, 1963) (Biography of Dave Andreychuk)

1961:
Rebecca DeMornay, American actress (b: September 29, 1961) (Biography of Rebecca DeMornay)

1960:
Jennifer Rush, American singer (b: September 29, 1960) (Biography of Jennifer Rush)

1957:
Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor (b: September 29, 1957) (Biography of Andrew Dice Clay)

1956:
Sebastian Coe, British athlete (b: September 29, 1956) (Biography of Sebastian Coe)

1952:
Max Sandlin, American politician (b: September 29, 1952) (Biography of Max Sandlin)

1951:
Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (b: September 29, 1951 ; d: March 4, 1977) (Biography of Andrés Caicedo)
Michelle Bachelet, Chilean politician (b: September 29, 1951) (Biography of Michelle Bachelet)
Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler (b: September 29, 1951) (Biography of Maureen Caird)

1948:
Bryant Gumbel, American television personality (b: September 29, 1948) (Biography of Bryant Gumbel)
Larry Allbritton, Musician, Photographer, Modeler (b: September 29, 1948) (Biography of Larry Allbritton)

1943:
Lech Wa??sa, Polish trade union activist and politician (b: September 29, 1943) (Biography of Lech Wa??sa)

1942:
Madeline Kahn, American actress (b: September 29, 1942 ; d: December 3, 1999) (Biography of Madeline Kahn)
Bill Nelson, U.S. Senator from Florida (b: September 29, 1942) (Biography of Bill Nelson (politician))
Jean-Luc Ponty, French jazz violinist (b: September 29, 1942) (Biography of Jean-Luc Ponty)
Ian McShane, British actor (b: September 29, 1942) (Biography of Ian McShane)

1939:
Larry Linville, American actor (b: September 29, 1939) (Biography of Larry Linville)

1938:
Wim Kok, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b: September 29, 1938) (Biography of Wim Kok)

1936:
Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy (b: September 29, 1936) (Biography of Silvio Berlusconi)

1935:
Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician (b: September 29, 1935) (Biography of Jerry Lee Lewis)

1934:
Lance Gibbs, West Indian cricketer (b: September 29, 1934) (Biography of Lance Gibbs)

1931:
James Watson Cronin, American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 29, 1931) (Biography of James Watson Cronin)
Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress (b: September 29, 1931) (Biography of Anita Ekberg)

1913:
Trevor Howard, English actor (b: September 29, 1913 ; d: January 7, 1988) (Biography of Trevor Howard)
Stanley Kramer, American film director (b: September 29, 1913 ; d: February 19, 2001) (Biography of Stanley Kramer)

1912:
Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (b: September 29, 1912) (Biography of Michelangelo Antonioni)

1908:
Eddie Tolan, American athlete (b: September 29, 1908 ; d: January 31, 1967) (Biography of Eddie Tolan)

1907:
Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and businessman (b: September 29, 1907 ; d: October 2, 1998) (Biography of Gene Autry)

1904:
Greer Garson, British actress (b: September 29, 1904 ; d: April 6, 1996) (Biography of Greer Garson)

1901:
Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher, poet, and activist (b: September 29, 1901 ; d: January 5, 1981) (Biography of Lanza del Vasto)
Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 29, 1901 ; d: November 28, 1954) (Biography of Enrico Fermi)

1895:
J.B. Rhine, American parapsychologist (b: September 29, 1895 ; d: February 20, 1980) (Biography of Joseph Banks Rhine)

1864:
Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and philosopher (b: September 29, 1864 ; d: December 31, 1936) (Biography of Miguel de Unamuno)

1843:
Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (b: September 29, 1843) (Biography of Mikhail Skobelev)

1810:
Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist (b: September 29, 1810 ; d: November 12, 1865) (Biography of Elizabeth Gaskell)

1786:
Guadalupe Victoria, first President of Mexico (b: September 29, 1786 ; d: March 21, 1843) (Biography of Guadalupe Victoria)

1758:
Horatio Nelson, British admiral (b: September 29, 1758) (Biography of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson)

1725:
Robert Clive, British general and statesman (b: September 29, 1725 ; d: November 22, 1774) (Biography of Robert Clive)

1691:
Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b: September 29, 1691 ; d: January 12, 1781) (Biography of Richard Challoner)

1678:
Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (b: September 29, 1678 ; d: June 24, 1766) (Biography of Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles)

1640:
Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b: September 29, 1640 ; d: October 10, 1720) (Biography of Antoine Coysevox)

1639:
Lord William Russell, English politician (b: September 29, 1639) (Biography of Lord William Russell)

1636:
Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (b: September 29, 1636 ; d: December 14, 1715) (Biography of Thomas Tenison)

1561:
Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b: September 29, 1561 ; d: May 4, 1615) (Biography of Adriaan van Roomen)

1548:
William V, Duke of Bavaria (b: September 29, 1548 ; d: February 7, 1626) (Biography of William V, Duke of Bavaria)

1547:
Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (b: September 29, 1547) (Biography of Miguel de Cervantes)

1511:
Michael Servetus, Spanish humanist (b: September 29, 1511 ; d: October 27, 1553) (Biography of Michael Servetus)

1388:
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (b: September 29, 1388 ; d: March 22, 1421) (Biography of Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence)

1328:
Joan of Kent (b: September 29, 1328) (Biography of Joan of Kent)

-106:
Pompey, Roman statesman and general (b: September 29, -106 ; d: September 29, -4 (Biography of Pompey)

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