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September 29th


- Christian Feast Day:
- Inventor's Day (Argentina)

September 29th


- 2009 - An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami .
- 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.
- 2007 - Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
- 2006 - US Representative Mark Foley resigns after allegations of inappropriate emails.
- 2006 - Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collides in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Mato Grosso, Brazil, killing 154 total people, and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
- 2005 - United States Senate confirms John Roberts as Chief Justice of the United States.
- 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.
- 2001 - The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to , ceases publication.
- 1995 - The United States Navy disbands Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84), nicknamed the "Jolly Rogers".
- 1992 - Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello resigns.
- 1991 - Military coup in Haiti (1991 Haitian coup d'état).
- 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.
- 1988 - Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 1982 - The 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders begin when the first of seven individuals dies in metropolitan Chicago.
- 1979 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to set foot on Irish soil with his pastoral visit to the Republic of Ireland.
- 1975 - WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, becomes the world's first black-owned-and-operated television station.
- 1972 - Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
- 1971 - Oman joins the Arab League.
- 1966 - The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.
- 1964 - The Argentine comic strip Mafalda is published for the first time.
- 1963 - The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.
- 1963 - The University of East Anglia is established in Norwich, England.
- 1962 - Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched.
- 1960 - Nikita Khrushchev, leader of Soviet Union, disrupts a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts.
- 1957 - 20 MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk.
- 1954 - The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
- 1951 - The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC.
- 1949 - The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
- 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.
- 1941 - World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C begins the Babi Yar massacre, according to the Einsatzgruppen operational situation report.
- 1932 - Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia.
- 1918 - World War I: The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice.
- 1916 - John D. Rockefeller becomes the second billionaire.
- 1911 - Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
- 1907 - The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
- 1885 - The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
- 1864 - American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.
- 1850 - The Roman Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.
- 1848 - Battle of Pákozd: Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd; the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
- 1829 - The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
- 1789 - The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
- 1789 - The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
- 1717 - An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture and making authorities consider moving the capital to a different city.
- 1650 - Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters in Threadneedle Street, London.
- 1567 - At a dinner, the Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Hoorn for treason.
- 1364 - Battle of Auray: English forces defeat the French in Brittany; end of the Breton War of Succession.
- 1227 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades.
- 522 - 522 BC – Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
- -61 - Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
- -480 - Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I.

September 29th


- 2008 - Emma Tallulah Behn, member of the extended Norwegian royal family
- 1999 - Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
- 1990 - Doug Brochu, American actor
- 1990 - Lena Wermelt, German footballer
- 1989 - Theo Adams, British performance artist
- 1988 - Kevin Durant, American basketball player
- 1988 - Justin Nozuka, American/Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1987 - David Del Rio, American actor
- 1986 - Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 - Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 - Per Mertesacker, German footballer
- 1982 - Ariana Jollee, American pornographic actress
- 1982 - Matt Giteau, Australian rugby union player
- 1981 - Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian/Spanish handball player
- 1980 - Zachary Levi, American actor
- 1980 - Patrick Agyemang, English footballer
- 1980 - Dallas Green, Canadian musician (Alexisonfire, City and Colour)
- 1979 - Artika Sari Devi, Indonesian beauty queen, Puteri Indonesia 2004
- 1979 - Shelley Duncan, American baseball player
- 1979 - Takumi Beppu, Japanese cyclist
- 1978 - Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer
- 1978 - Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast
- 1978 - Gunner McGrath, American guitarist (Much the Same)
- 1977 - Eric Barton, American football player
- 1977 - Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 - Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer
- 1977 - Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
- 1976 - Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer
- 1976 - Darren Byfield, English footballer
- 1976 - Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
- 1975 - Albert Celades, Spanish footballer
- 1974 - Brian Ash, American filmmaker
- 1974 - Alexis Cruz, American actor
- 1973 - Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player
- 1973 - Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player
- 1973 - Scout Niblett, British singer/songwriter
- 1972 - Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver
- 1972 - Togi Makabe, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1972 - Robert Webb, British actor, comedian, and writer
- 1971 - Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer
- 1971 - Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian
- 1970 - Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1970 - Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
- 1970 - Emily Lloyd, British actress
- 1970 - AMG (rapper), American Rap Musician
- 1970 - Nicolás Pereira, Venezuelan tennis player
- 1970 - Russell Peters, Canadian stand-up comedian
- 1969 - Angelo Barretto, Filipino race car driver
- 1969 - Erika Eleniak, American actress and model
- 1969 - Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer
- 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
- 1967 - Brett Anderson, British musician/singer (Suede, The Tears)
- 1966 - Hersey Hawkins, American basketball player
- 1966 - Jill Whelan, American actress
- 1964 - Brad Lohaus, American basketball player
- 1963 - Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 - Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus)
- 1962 - Roger Bart, American actor
- 1961 - Julia Gillard, Australian politician, Prime Minister of Australia
- 1961 - Stephanie Miller, American comedian and talk radio host
- 1960 - Alan McGee, British music industry mogul and musician
- 1960 - John Paxson, American basketball player
- 1960 - David Sammartino, American professional wrestler
- 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
- 1956 - Sebastian Coe, British athlete
- 1955 - Benoît Ferreux, French actor
- 1955 - Ken Weatherwax, American actor from The Addams Family (TV series)
- 1953 - Warren Cromartie, American baseball player
- 1953 - Drake Hogestyn, American actor
- 1953 - Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian film director (d. 1997)
- 1952 - Gabor Csupo, Hungarian-born animator
- 1952 - Max Sandlin, American politician
- 1952 - Takanosato Toshihide, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 59th Yokozuna
- 1951 - Mike Enriquez, Philippine broadcaster
- 1951 - Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
- 1951 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
- 1951 - Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler
- 1950 - Ken Macha, American player and manager
- 1949 - George Dalaras, Greek singer
- 1948 - Bryant Gumbel, American television personality
- 1948 - Mark Farner, American guitarist (Grand Funk)
- 1948 - Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist
- 1947 - Martin Ferrero, American actor
- 1945 - Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer
- 1944 - Mike Post, American composer
- 1943 - Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran
- 1943 - Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist
- 1943 - Lech Wa??sa, President of Poland, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 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)
- 1941 - Fred West, British serial killer (d. 1995)
- 1940 - Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer
- 1939 - Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (d. 1994)
- 1939 - Molly Haskell, American film critic
- 1939 - Rhodri Morgan, 2nd First Minister of Wales
- 1939 - Fikret Abdi?, Bosnian politician and businessman
- 1939 - Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1939 - Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
- 1938 - Wim Kok, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 until 2002
- 1936 - Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy
- 1935 - Mylčne Demongeot, French actress
- 1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician
- 1934 - Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, psychology professor
- 1934 - Lance Gibbs, Guyanese West Indies cricketer
- 1934 - Skandor Akbar, American professional wrestler and manager (d. 2010)
- 1932 - Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director
- 1932 - Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)
- 1931 - Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress
- 1931 - James Watson Cronin, American nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1930 - Colin Dexter, British author of Inspector Morse novels
- 1924 - Steve Forrest, American actor
- 1923 - Stan Berenstain, American children's author (d. 2005)
- 1922 - Lizabeth Scott, American actress
- 1920 - Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
- 1915 - Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
- 1915 - Brenda Marshall, American film actress (d. 1992)
- 1913 - Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)
- 1913 - Stanley Kramer, American film director (d. 2001)
- 1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (d. 2007)
- 1910 - Virginia Bruce, American actress (d. 1982)
- 1908 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (d. 1967)
- 1907 - Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and businessman (d. 1998)
- 1907 - George W. Jenkins, American businessman (d. 1996)
- 1904 - Greer Garson, British actress (d. 1996)
- 1902 - 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)
- 1899 - László Bíró, Hungarian inventor of the modern ballpoint pen (d. 1985)
- 1898 - Trofim Lysenko, Russian biologist (d. 1976)
- 1897 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (d. 1980)
- 1895 - J.B. Rhine, American parapsychologist (d. 1980)
- 1895 - Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (d. 1970)
- 1881 - Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist (d. 1973)
- 1876 - Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1911 (d. 1964)
- 1864 - Alexandra Kitchin, British model for Lewis Carroll (d. 1925)
- 1864 - Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and philosopher (d. 1936)
- 1863 - Hugo Haase, German politician and jurist (d. 1919)
- 1853 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1933)
- 1843 - Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882)
- 1842 - Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)
- 1810 - Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist (d. 1865)
- 1808 - Henry Bennett, American politician (d. 1868)
- 1803 - Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (d. 1850)
- 1803 - Mercator Cooper, American sea captain (d. 1872)
- 1786 - Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)
- 1766 - Charlotte, Princess Royal, German queen (d. 1828)
- 1758 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral (d. 1805)
- 1725 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (d. 1774)
- 1703 - François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)
- 1691 - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)
- 1678 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)
- 1640 - Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720)
- 1639 - Lord William Russell, English politician (d. 1683)
- 1636 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)
- 1571 - Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)
- 1561 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (d. 1615)
- 1548 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)
- 1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (d. 1616)
- 1518 - Tintoretto, Italian painter (d. 1594)
- 1511 - Miguel Servet aka Michael Servetus, Spanish humanist (d. 1553)
- 1388 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)
- 1328 - Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385)
- 1321 - John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)
- 1240 - Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, (d. 1275)
- -106 - Pompey the Great, consul of Rome (d. 48 BC)