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

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 Themistocles 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.
• 1227 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades.
• 1364 – Battle of Auray: English forces defeat the French in 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 – the first historically documented dating service – in Threadneedle Street, London.
• 1717 – An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture and making authorities consider moving the capital to a different city.
• 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, later also known as the Met, is founded.
• 1848 – Battle of Pákozd: Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd; the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
• 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 is 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.
• 1916 – John D. Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire.
• 1918 – World War I: The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice.
• 1932 – Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia.
• 1941 – World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C begins the Babi Yar massacre, according to the Einsatzgruppen operational situation report.
• 1943 – World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMS Nelson off Malta.
• 1949 – The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
• 1954 – The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
• 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, disrupts a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts.
• 1962 – Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched.
• 1963 – The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.
• 1963 – The University of East Anglia is established in Norwich, England.
• 1964 – The Argentine comic strip Mafalda is published for the first time.
• 1966 – The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.
• 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.
• 1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to set foot on Irish soil with his pastoral visit to the Republic of Ireland.
• 1982 – The 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders begin when the first of seven individuals dies in metropolitan Chicago.
• 1988 – Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

The mission logo of STS-26, flown by OV-103.

• 1990 – Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed.
• 1990 – The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
• 1991 – Military coup in Haiti.
• 1992 – Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello resigns.
• 1995 – The United States Navy disbands Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84), nicknamed the "Jolly Rogers".
• 2001 – The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication.
• 2004 – The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
• 2004 – The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the prize.
• 2005 – US Senate confirms John Roberts to be the next Chief Justice of the United States.
• 2006 – US Representative Mark Foley resigns after allegations of inappropriate emails to house pages are revealed.
• 2007 – Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
• 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.
• 2009 – An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami .

Births

For the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, who is not confirmed to have been born on September 29, see the Christmas holiday.

• 106 BC – Pompey the Great, consul of Rome (d. 48 BC)
• 1240 – Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, (d. 1275)
• 1321 – John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)
• 1328 – Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385)
• 1388 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)
• 1511 – Miguel Servet aka Michael Servetus, Spanish humanist (d. 1553)
• 1518 – Tintoretto, Italian painter (d. 1594)
• 1547 – Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (d. 1616)
• 1548 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (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, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)
• 1691 – Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)
• 1703 – François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)
• 1725 – Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (d. 1774)
• 1758 – Horatio Nelson, British admiral (d. 1805)
• 1766 – Charlotte, Princess Royal, 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)
• 1876 – Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1911 (d. 1964)
• 1881 – Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist (d. 1973)
• 1895 – 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, Russian biologist (d. 1976)
• 1899 – László Bíró, Hungarian inventor of the modern ballpoint pen (d. 1985)
• 1900 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)
• 1901 – Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1954)
• 1901 – Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and activist (d. 1981)
• 1904 – Greer Garson, British actress (d. 1996)
• 1907 – Gene Autry, American actor, singer, 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 (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Lizabeth Scott, American actress
• 1923 – Stan Berenstain, American children's author (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Steve Forrest, American actor
• 1930 – Colin Dexter, British author of Inspector Morse novels
• 1931 – Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress
• 1931 – James Watson Cronin, American nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1932 – Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director
• 1932 – Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Psychology professor
• 1934 – Lance Gibbs, Guyanese West Indies cricketer
• 1934 – Skandor Akbar, American professional wrestler and manager
• 1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician
• 1936 – Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy
• 1938 – Wim Kok, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 until 2002
• 1939 – Tommy Boyce, American songwriter
• 1939 – Molly Haskell, American film critic
• 1939 – Rhodri Morgan, 2nd First Minister for Wales
• 1939 – Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1939 – Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
• 1940 – Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer
• 1941 – 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, President of Iran
• 1943 – Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist
• 1943 – Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1944 – Mike Post, American composer
• 1945 – Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer
• 1947 – Martin Ferrero, American actor
• 1948 – Bryant Gumbel, American television personality
• 1948 – Mark Farner, American guitarist Grand Funk
• 1948 – Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist
• 1949 – George Dalaras, Greek singer
• 1951 – 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 animator
• 1952 – Max Sandlin, American politician
• 1953 – Warren Cromartie, American baseball player
• 1953 – Drake Hogestyn, American actor
• 1953 – Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian film director (d. 1997)
• 1955 – Benoît Ferreux, French actor
• 1955 – Ken Weatherwax, American actor from The Addams Family (TV series)
• 1956 – Sebastian Coe, British athlete
• 1957 – Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor
• 1957 – Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer and composer
• 1957 – Chris Broad, English cricketer and match referee
• 1957 – Mark Nicholas, English cricketer and sports presenter
• 1960 – Alan McGee, British music industry mogul and musician
• 1960 – John Paxson, American Basketball Player and GM
• 1960 – David Sammartino, American professional wrestler
• 1961 – Julia Gillard, Australian politician
• 1961 – Stephanie Miller, American comedian and talk radio host
• 1962 – Roger Bart, American actor
• 1962 – Al Pitrelli, American musician and guitarist
• 1963 – Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 – Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus)
• 1966 – Hersey Hawkins, American basketball player
• 1966 – Jill Whelan, American actress
• 1967 – Brett Anderson, British musician/singer (Suede, The Tears)
• 1968 – Patrick Burns, American television presenter
• 1968 – Luke Goss, English actor
• 1968 – Samir Soni, Indian film actor
• 1968 – Alex Skolnick, American thrash metal and jazz guitarist
• 1969 – Erika Eleniak, American actress and model
• 1969 – Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer
• 1969 – Angelo Barretto, Filipino race car driver
• 1970 – Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1970 – Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
• 1970 – Emily Lloyd, British actress
• 1970 – Nicolás Pereira, Venezuelan tennis player
• 1970 – Russell Peters, Canadian stand-up comedian
• 1971 – Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer
• 1971 – Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian
• 1972 – Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver
• 1972 – Togi Makabe, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1972 – Robert Webb, British actor, comedian, and writer
• 1973 – Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player
• 1973 – Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player
• 1973 – Scout Niblett, British singer/songwriter
• 1974 – Brian Ash, American filmmaker
• 1974 – Alexis Cruz, American actor
• 1974 – Steve Bennett, web designer
• 1975 – Albert Celades, Spanish footballer
• 1976 – Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer
• 1976 – Darren Byfield, English footballer
• 1976 – Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
• 1977 – Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer
• 1977 – Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
• 1978 – Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer
• 1978 – Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast
• 1978 – Gunner McGrath, American guitarist (Much the Same)
• 1979 – Shelley Duncan, American baseball player
• 1979 – Takumi Beppu, Japanese cyclist
• 1980 – Dallas Green, Canadian musician (Alexisonfire, City and Colour)
• 1980 – Zachary Levi, American actor
• 1980 – Patrick Agyemang, English footballer
• 1981 – Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian/Spanish handball player
• 1982 – Ariana Jollee, American pornographic actress
• 1982 – Matt Giteau, Australian Rugby Union Player
• 1982 – Rob Smith, Irish musician and songwriter
• 1984 – Per Mertesacker, German footballer
• 1986 – Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1988 – Kevin Durant, American basketball player
• 1988 – Justin Nozuka, American/Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1989 – Theo Adams, British performance artist
• 1990 – Doug Brochu, American actor
• 1999 – Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
• 2008 – Emma Tallulah Behn, member of the extended Norwegian royal family

Deaths

• 1364 – Charles, Duke of Brittany (b. 1319)
• 1560 – King Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496)
• 1637 – Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint (b. 1600)
• 1642 – 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)
• 1913 – Rudolph Diesel, Inventor of Diesel Engine (b. 1858)
• 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)
• 1951 – Thomas Cahill, American soccer coach (b. 1864)
• 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 – Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)
• 2001 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, President of South Vietnam (b. 1923)
• 2002 – Edmund Trebus, English compulsive hoarder (b. 1918)
• 2004 – Richard Sainct, French motorcycle rally rider (b. 1970)
• 2005 – Austin Leslie, American chef, the "Godfather of Fried Chicken" (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Michael A. Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor (b. 1981)
• 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)
• 2006 – Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927)
• 2009 – Sperantza Vrana, Greek actress (b. 1926 or 1932)
• 2009 – Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1930)

Holidays and observances

• Calendar Feast Day
  • Michaelmas, feast of the Archangels St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael.
  • Also see September 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
• Inventor's Day, celebrate the birthday of László József Bíró, the inventor of ballpoint. (Argentina)
• One of the four Quarter days in the Irish calendar. (England and Ireland)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

From Wikiquote

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2003

Outside of the killings, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. ~ Marion Barry

• selected by Nanobug

2004

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. ~ Herman Melville

• selected by Kalki

2005

There are two possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. ~ attributed to Enrico Fermi (born 29 September 1901)

• proposed by IP 65.110.28.95

2006

Faith which does not doubt is dead faith. ~ Miguel de Unamuno (born 29 September 1864)

• proposed by InvisibleSun

2007

Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning. ~ Miguel de Cervantes (born 29 September 1547)

• proposed by Kalki

2008

It is sad not to be loved, but it is much sadder not to be able to love. ~ Miguel de Unamuno

• proposed by Zarbon

2009

I must speak the truth, and nothing but the truth. ~ Miguel de Cervantes

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Suggestions

Stop quoting laws, we carry weapons! ~ Pompey (born September 29)

• 3 because words can only go so far. Pompey says it brilliantly. Zarbon 06:02, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 21:38, 28 September 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Let none presume to tell me that the pen is preferable to the sword. ~ Miguel de Cervantes (born September 29)

• 3 because the pen can write and yes, it has become powerful, but the sword remains powerful and will always remain powerful. Zarbon 17:23, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 21:38, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Consciousness is a disease. ~ Miguel de Unamuno

• 3 because not seeing is sometimes better than seeing and to always be conscious destroys a person's moral standards, especially after witnessing what a person witnesses nowadays. Zarbon 16:05, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 21:38, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Everything vital is, not only irrational, but anti-rational, and everything rational is anti-vital. ~ Miguel de Unamuno

• 3 because what is good for others, may not be good for you, and what is good for you, may most certainly not be good for others. Zarbon 16:05, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 21:38, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

And killing time is perhaps the essence of comedy, just as the essence of tragedy is killing eternity. ~ Miguel de Unamuno

• 3 although I'd prefer tragedy a thousand fold over comedy, the quotation does hold some strength. Zarbon 16:05, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 21:38, 28 September 2008 (UTC), with a very strong lean toward 4, but would trim out the initial "And".
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

The measure may be thought bold, but I am of the opinion the boldest are the safest. ~ Horatio Nelson

• 3 because sometimes, the bold action is required. Zarbon 05:11, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 21:38, 28 September 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. ~ Horatio Nelson

• 3 and leaning towards a 4. This is what I live for. This is another quote that defines me. Well said Mr. Nelson. Zarbon 05:05, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 21:38, 28 September 2008 (UTC) The false ideals of absolute obligation to obedience of any mortal's commands or demands, are always a part of the ideologies of slaves of true evil, even when those who would be obeyed are thought of as wise or well intentioned, whether simply by themselves or even by many others.
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied. ~ Horatio Nelson

• 4 because a wasted and useless life is worse than death. Zarbon 05:05, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 21:38, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Time ripens all things. No man is born wise. ~ Miguel de Cervantes

• 3 Kalki 21:38, 28 September 2008 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 03:04, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

There's not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault. ~ Miguel de Cervantes

• 3 Kalki 21:38, 28 September 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 03:04, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince. ~ Daniel (10:21), for Michaelmas, — 29 September.

• 3 Kalki 23:07, 28 September 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. ~ Daniel (Ch. 12), for Michaelmas, — 29 September.

• 3 Kalki 23:07, 28 September 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. ~ John of Patmos in the Apocalypse, the Book of Revelation, (12:7), for Michaelmas, — 29 September.

• 3 Kalki 23:07, 28 September 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a sea fight above all. ~ Horatio Nelson

• 3 Kalki 23:07, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can. ~ Horatio Nelson

• 3 Kalki 23:07, 28 September 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Man sees, hears, touches, tastes and smells that which it is necessary for him to see, hear, touch, taste and smell in order to preserve his life. The decay or loss of any of these senses increases the risks with which his life is environed, and if it increases them less in the state of society in which we are actually living, the reason is that some see, hear, touch, taste and smell for others. A blind man, by himself and without a guide, could not live long. Society is an additional sense; it is the true common sense. ~ Miguel de Unamuno

• 3 Kalki 23:07, 28 September 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

The truth is that my work — I was going to say my mission — is to shatter the faith of men here, there, and everywhere, faith in affirmation, faith in negation, and faith in abstention in faith, and this for the sake of faith in faith itself; it is to war against all those who submit, whether it be to Catholicism, or to rationalism, or to agnosticism; it is to make all men live the life of inquietude and passionate desire. ~ Miguel de Unamuno

• 3 Kalki 23:07, 28 September 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

From StrategyWiki, the free strategy guide and walkthrough wiki

Games released on September 29.

From Wikia Gaming, your source for walkthroughs, games, guides, and more!

Game releases

• 2006
  • Sexy Beach 3 for PC in Japan

• 2000
  • Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn for the PC in Europe
  • Street Fighter Alpha III for the Dreamcast in Europe

• 1996
  • PilotWings 64 for the Nintendo 64 in North America
  • Super Mario 64 for the Nintendo 64 in North America

• 1989
  • Altered Beast for the PC-Engine in Japan

Events

• 1995
  • PlayStation console is released in Europe almost a year after its release in Japan

• 1996
  • Nintendo 64 releases in North America

From Familypedia

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

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 - the first historically documented 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 off the shore of 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, the first 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.

• 1990 - Washington National Cathedral finished.
• 1990 - The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
• 1991 - Military coup in Haiti.
• 1992 - Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello resigns.
• 1995 - Khaled Kelkal is killed by the French Police.
• 1995 - The United States Navy disestablishes Fighter Squadron #84 (VF-84), the celebrated Jolly Rogers.
• 2001 - The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication.
• 2003 - Hurricane Juan makes landfall at Nova Scotia.
• 2004 - The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
• 2004 - The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne performed a successful spaceflight, the first of two needed to win the prize.
• 2005 - US Senate confirms John Roberts to be the next Chief Justice of the United States.
• 2005 - Amnesty referendum in Algeria.
• 2006 - US Representative Mark Foley resigns after allegations of inappropriate emails to house pages were introduced.

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 Economist
• 1895 - 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 actress
• 1923 - Stan Berenstain, American children's author (d. 2005)
• 1924 - Steve Forrest, American actor
• 1930 - Colin Dexter, British author of Inspector Morse novels
• 1931 - Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress
• 1931 - James Watson Cronin, American nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1932 - Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director
• 1932 - Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)
• 1934 - Lance Gibbs, Guyanese West Indies cricketer
• 1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician
• 1936 - Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy
• 1938 - Wim Kok, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1939 - Tommy Boyce, American songwriter
• 1939 - Molly Haskell, American film critic
• 1939 - Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1940 - Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer
• 1941 - 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 Iran
• 1943 - Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist
• 1943 - Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1944 - Mike Post, American composer
• 1945 - Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer
• 1947 - Martin Ferrero, American actor
• 1948 - Bryant Gumbel, American television personality
• 1948 - Mark Farner, American guitarist Grand Funk
• 1948 - Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist
• 1949 - George Dalaras, Greek singer
• 1951 - 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 animator
• 1952 - Max Sandlin, American politician
• 1953 - Warren Cromartie, American baseball player
• 1953 - Drake Hogestyn, American actor
• 1953 - Jean-Claude Lauzon, Quebec film director (d. 1997)
• 1956 - Sebastian Coe, British athlete
• 1957 - Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor
• 1957 - Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer and composer
• 1960 - Alan McGee, British music industry mogul and musician
• 1961 - Stephanie Miller, American comedian
• 1962 - Roger Bart, American actor
• 1962 - Al Pitrelli, American musician, guitarist
• 1963 - Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 - Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus)
• 1966 - Jill Whelan, American actress
• 1967 - Brett Anderson, British musician/singer (Suede, The Tears)
• 1968 - Patrick Burns, American television presenter
• 1968 - Samir Soni, Indian film actor
• 1969 - Erika Eleniak, American actress and Playboy Playmate
• 1969 - Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer
• 1970 - Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1970 - Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
• 1970 - Emily Lloyd, British actress
• 1971 - Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer
• 1971 - Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian
• 1972 - Robert Webb, British actor, comedian, and writer
• 1972 - Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver
• 1973 - Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player
• 1973 - Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player
• 1973 - Scout Niblett, British singer/songwriter
• 1974 - Brian Ash, American film producer
• 1974 - Alexis Cruz, American actor
• 1975 - Albert Celades, Spanish football player
• 1976 - Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football player
• 1976 - Darren Byfield, English football player
• 1976 - Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
• 1977 - Won Bin, South Korean actor
• 1977 - Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 - Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer
• 1977 - Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
• 1978 - Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer
• 1978 - Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast
• 1978 - Gunner McGrath, American guitarist (Much the Same)
• 1979 - Shelley Duncan, American Baseball Player
• 1979 - Takumi Beppu, Japanese cyclist
• 1980 - Dallas Green, Canadian musician (Alexisonfire,City and Colour)
• 1980 - Zachary Levi, American actor
• 1981 - Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian handball player
• 1982 - Ariana Jollee, American pornographic actress
• 1982 - Rob Smith - Irish musician and songwriter
• 1984 - Per Mertesacker, German football player
• 1986 - Benoit Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 - Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1999 - Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal

Deaths

• 1364 - Charles
• 1560 - King Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496)
• 1637 - Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint
• 1642 - 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

• RC Saints - Michaelmas - Christian feast of the Archangels St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael.
• Also see September 29.
• England, Ireland - One of the four Quarter days in the Irish calendar.
• Argentina, Inventor's Day - László József Bíró's birthday.
• French Republican Calendar - Amarante (Amaranth) Day, eighth day in the Month of Vendémiaire.

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day

• On This Day in Canada