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Today September 29th 2009 this day in history Read more below to view events, deaths, births, Holidays observances and video clips. Last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
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 go on crusade.
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 struck 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 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 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.
1941 – World War II: 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 – 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 (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 1 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, 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 became the first pope to set foot on Irish soil with his pastoral visit to the Republic of Ireland.
1982 – Tylenol Crisis of 1982 begins 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.
Births
1990 – Washington National Cathedral is 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 – 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.
2003 – Hurricane Juan makes landfall in Nova Scotia.
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 were revealed.
2007 – Calder Hall, the world s first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
Deaths
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, Spanish humanist (d. 1553)
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)
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)
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, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1939 – Tommy Boyce, American songwriter
1939 – Molly Haskell, American film critic
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 Walesa, 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
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 – 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
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
1975 – Albert Celades, Spanish footballer
1976 – Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer
1976 – Darren Byfield, English footballer
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
1980 – Patrick Agyemang, English footballer
1981 – Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian/Spanish handball player
1982 – Ariana Jollee, American pornographic actress
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.
1987 – Josh Farro, American guitarist for Paramore
1988 – Kevin Durant, American basketball player
1988 – Justin Nozuka, singer/songwriter
1999 – Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
2008 – Emma Tallulah Behn, member of the extended Norwegian royal family
Holidays and observances
1364 – Charles, Duke of Brittany
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)
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 – Jared High, American victim of bullying and suicide (b. 1985)
1998 – Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)
2001 – Nguy?n Van Thi?u, 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)
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