September 29Birthdays & History

On this day: September 29 in history

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1. 61 BCPompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.Europe
2. 440Consecration of pope Leo I, later called Leo the Great, following the death of pope Sixtus III in the month before.Europe
3. 855Pope Benedict III is restored by a popular uprising to the papacy after king Louis II of Italy tried to replace him with his favourite candidate.Europe
4. 1011Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.Europe
5. 1227Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades during the Investiture Controversy.Europe
6. 1267The Treaty of Montgomery recognises Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales, but only as a vassal of King Henry III.Europe
7. 1364During the Hundred Years' War, Anglo-Breton forces defeat the Franco-Breton army in Brittany, ending the War of the Breton Succession.Europe
8. 1567During the French War of Religion, Protestant coup officials in Nîmes massacre Catholic priests in an event now known as the Michelade.Europe
9. 1578Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.Latin America
10. 1669Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki is crowned king following the 1669 Polish–Lithuanian royal election.Europe
11. 1714The Cossacks of the Tsardom of Russia kill about 800 people overnight in Hailuoto during the Great Wrath.Europe
12. 1717An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.Latin America
13. 1724J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 for the feast of archangel Michael, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas.Europe
14. 1726J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 130, for the feast of Michael, the archangel.Europe
15. 1789The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.North America
16. 1829The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.Europe
17. 1848The Battle of Pákozd is a stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces and is the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution.Europe
18. 1850The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.Europe
19. 1855The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.AsiaEurope
20. 1864The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.Europe
21. 1864The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought in the American Civil War.North America
22. 1885The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.Europe
23. 1907The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.North America
24. 1911Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire, In this war , Italy gains Libya which ends Ottoman rule in North Africa .EuropeMiddle EastAfrica
25. 1918World War I: The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.Europe
26. 1918World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation.Europe
27. 1918World War I: Germany's Supreme Army Command tells Kaiser Wilhelm II and Imperial Chancellor Georg Michaelis to open negotiations for an armistice to end the war.Europe
28. 1920Ukrainian War of Independence: The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic agree to a truce with the Makhnovshchina.Europe
29. 1923The First American Track and Field championships for women are held.North America
30. 1923The Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.Middle East
31. 1923The Mandate for Syria and Lebanon takes effect.Middle East
32. 1932Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia during the Chaco War.Latin America
33. 1940Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.EuropeOceania
34. 1941During World War II, German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.Europe
35. 1954The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.Europe
36. 1957The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.Europe
37. 1959A Lockheed L-188 Electra crashes in Buffalo, Texas, killing 34 people.North America
38. 1971Oman joins the Arab League.Middle East
39. 1972Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.AsiaAsia
40. 1975WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.North America
41. 1979Equatorial Guinean dictator Francisco Macías Nguema is executed by soldiers from Western Sahara.Africa
42. 1981An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft crashes into a firing range near Kahrizak, Iran, killing 80 people.Middle East
43. 1988NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster.North America
44. 1990Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.North America
45. 1990The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland.Europe
46. 1990The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.North America
47. 1991A Haitian coup d'état occurs.Latin America
48. 1992Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.Latin America
49. 2004Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.North America
50. 2004The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.World
51. 2005John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States.North America
52. 2006A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.Latin America
53. 2007Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.Europe
54. 2008The stock market crashes with the Dow Jones dropping a then record 778 points after the United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails during the beginning stages of the Great Recession.North America
55. 2009The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.Oceania
56. 2011The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.Asia
57. 2013Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.Africa
58. 2016Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.Asia
59. 2019Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.Asia

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