A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on September 29 throughout history.
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Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death...
Xerxes I (commonly known as Xerxes the Great; c. 518 BC – 465 BC) was a Persian ruler who reigned as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in...
War of Religion breaks out in France as Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX
First units of the London Metropolitan Police appear on the streets of the British capital, the city's first modern police force
Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, its then-largest single-day point loss, following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual
William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, opens at Park Avenue Cinema (Best Picture 1949)
"Let's Go Crazy" is a 1984 song by Prince and The Revolution, from the album Purple Rain. It is the opening track on both the album and the film Purple Rain.
NY Giants' Willie Mays makes a famous over-the-shoulder catch of Cleveland Indians' Vic Wertz's 460' drive during Game One of the World Series at the Polo Grounds in NYC
Inventor Samuel Morse (27) weds Lucretia Walker in Concord, New Hampshire
New York Politician Boss Tweed (21) weds Mary Jane C. Skaden
Greek physician and zoologist Georgios Papanicolaou (27) weds his future laboratory assistant and pap smear research subject Andromachi Mavrogeni in Athens
"House M.D." actress Olivia Wilde (26) divorces Italian prince Tao Ruspoli (35) due to irreconcilable differences after 8 years of marriage
Batavian soldiers consecrate an altar to Hercules Magusanus in Rome
Pope Pontian (Latin: Pontianus; died October 235) was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 230 to 28 September 235.
Pope Leo I the Great is installed
Pope Joan (Latin: Ioannes Anglicus; 855–857) is a woman who purportedly reigned as popess (female pope) for two years during the Middle Ages.
Pope Gregory IX (Latin: Gregorius IX; born Ugolino di Conti; 1145 – 22 August 1241) was head of the Catholic Church and the ruler of the Papal States from 19 March 1227 until his death in 1241.
People of Krems, Austria, accuse Jews of poisoning wells
The War of the Breton Succession or Breton Civil War was a conflict between the Counts of Blois and the Montforts of Brittany for control of the Duchy of Brittany, then a fief of the Kingdom of...
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (24 June 1532 – 4 September 1588) was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death.
At a dinner, the Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Hoorn for treason
Treaty of Plessis-lez-Tours signed between Duke of Anjou and Dutch Staten-Generaal
Christopher Newport (1561–1617) was an English seaman and privateer. During the war with Spain Newport was one of the most successful 'Elizabethan Sea Dogs' to venture to the Spanish Main, making...
English merchant Henry Robinson opens the first marriage bureau (dating agency) on Threadneedle Street in London
English expedition to Hudson Bay led by Frenchman Médard Chouart Des Groseilliers arrives at the Nemiscau (Rupert) River aboard the Nonsuch, beginning of the Hudson's Bay Company [1]
France and Brandenburg sign peace treaty
Williamsburg Bray School, the oldest extant building dedicated to the education of Black children in the United States, opens in Williamsburg, Virginia [1]
The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department responsible for the operation and...
Tennis is first mentioned in the English publication Sporting Magazine
Dutch King William I forms the Order of the Netherlands Lion, the oldest and highest civilian order of chivalry in the Netherlands
The Battle of Pákozd (or Battle of Sukoró) was a battle in the Hungarian war of Independence of 1848–1849, fought on the 29 September 1848 in the Pákozd – Sukoró – Pátka triangle.
First passenger train service to Peekskill, New York, operated by the New Haven Railroad
Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348 people
Great auroral display in the US
The Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, also known as Laurel Hill and combats at Forts Harrison, Johnson, and Gilmer, was fought in Virginia on September 29–30, 1864, as part of the...
Satanta (Set:t’aiñde ([séʔ.tˀã́j.dè]) or White Bear) (1815 – October 11, 1878) was a Kiowa war chief.
NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopts reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to its players
First professional baseball game at Polo Grounds, New York Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings
The Blackpool Tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on The Fylde in Lancashire, England. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world.
Wassoulou Empire leader Samori Ture is captured by French troops in West Africa, ending his 20-year rule
American Veterans of Foreign Service, later known as Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), support group is established in Columbus, Ohio, by a group of Spanish-American War veterans
David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright.
First monument honoring Spanish–American War is erected in Monroeville, Ohio
US intervenes in Cuba and ousts dictator Estrada Palma
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Episcopal Diocese of Washington, commonly known as Washington National Cathedral or National Cathedral, is a cathedral of the...
Calgary Rugby Foot-ball Club was one of the first football teams based in Calgary, Alberta, formed March 14, 1906, at Calgary City Hall. It was part of the Calgary Rugby Football Union.
National Urban League founded as Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes in New York City
MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game
Boston Braves, who are in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
British Army conquers Chilli al Imara, Mesopotamia
WWI: Allied forces score a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line
Eupen-Malmedy is a small, predominantly German-speaking region in eastern Belgium.
MLB Pittsburgh Pirates drop doubleheader to St. Louis Cardinals, allowing the idle New York Giants to clinch the NL
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations to partition Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate.
MLB Washington Senators clinch the pennant, finishing 2 games ahead of the New York Yankees
Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (17 November 1854 – 27 July 1934) was a French Army general and colonial administrator. After serving in Indochina and Madagascar, he became the first French...
Telephone service between US and Mexico begins
Cardinals win NL pennant with a 3-1 victory in Boston
Boquerón Battle ends Paraguay border dispute
Little King, cartoon character by Van Beuren, debuts
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D.
Frans Slaats cycles a world hour record time (45,563 km)
First archival course is offered at Columbia University in New York City
"Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, is first heard on Mutual Radio Net
32°F is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland, Ohio, in September
First Silbertanne murder by German occupiers in Meppel
Browns last in AL attendance; only 6,172 watch them sweep Yankees in doubleheader
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon.
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue at 881 Seventh Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.
WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting
The Front Page is an American newspaper drama television series, broadcast on CBS beginning September 29, 1949, and ending on January 26, 1950.
"Tin Pan Alley" last airs on ABC TV
Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager, best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s and later, the expansion...
American astronomer Seth Barnes Nicholson discovers Ananke, the 12th moon of Jupiter, from Mount Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles County, California
"Lights Out" last airs on NBC-TV
Ali Sastroamidjojo's PNI wins the election in Indonesia
"Oh! Susanna" debuts on CBS-TV
Yankees' Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd home run of the season
DuPont Show of the Month is a 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961.
"Studio One" TV Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV
Philip Marlowe is a half-hour ABC crime series, featuring Philip Carey as Marlowe, the fictional private detective created by Raymond Chandler.
"Johnny Ringo" TV Western drama last airs on CBS TV
"The Detectives" TV crime drama moves to NBC-TV
"Green Onions" is an instrumental composition recorded in 1962 by Booker T. & the M.G.'s.
My Favorite Martian is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963, to May 1, 1966, for 107 episodes.
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia...
Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets a record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game and six times in one season
Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced
Sanford Koufax (né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball player.
Carl Michael Yastrzemski Sr. ( yə-STREM-skee; born August 22, 1939), nicknamed "Yaz", is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire 23-year career with the Boston Red Sox...
"Bright Promise" TV daytime soap opera debuts on NBC-TV
"NET Festival" last aired
McMillan & Wife (known simply as McMillan from 1976 to 1977) is an American police procedural television series that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971, to April 24, 1977.
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
"We're an American Band" is a song by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad. Released on July 2, 1973, from the band's album of the same name, it became the band's first single to top the Billboard...
American television game show "Three for the Money," hosted by Dick Enberg, debuts on NBC-TV but is cancelled after 8 weeks
"Alice", television adaptation of the film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", starring Linda Lavin, debuts on CBS-TV
Boy George is expelled from school
James Brown's band walks out, claiming they are underpaid and overworked
Flying High is an American comedy-drama television series, created by Dawn Aldredge and Martin Cohan, starring Kathryn Witt, Connie Sellecca, Pat Klous, and Howard Platt.
"Message in a Bottle" is a song by British rock band the Police. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album, Reggatta de Blanc (1979).
First of seven cyanide-laced Chicago Tylenol victims dies; six others consume the contaminated capsules and ultimately die from them
On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs were detonated at buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a military peacekeeping...
"Drive" by The Cars peaks at #3; written by Ric Ocasek and sung by Benjamin Orr, it is the group's biggest hit single
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" returns to NBC-TV
MLB Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver is ejected from both games of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, NYC; Weaver is the only manager to be tossed twice in a day two times
Airwolf is an American action military drama television series. It centers on a high-technology attack helicopter, code-named Airwolf, and its crew.
Michael Ausley Maddux is an American professional baseball coach and former pitcher. He currently serves as the pitching coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB).
New York Yankees' Don Mattingly hits a record 6th grand slam of the year
26th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Discovery 7 launches
American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal of the Seoul Olympics by taking the long jump with an Olympic record leap of 7.40 m, having previously won the heptathlon
Glenn Frey joins Eagles bandmate Don Henley on stage for the first time since 1981
Zsa Zsa Gabor was a Hungarian-American socialite and actress. Her sisters were socialite Magda Gabor and actress and businesswoman Eva Gabor. Gabor competed in the 1933 Miss Hungary pageant, where...
Nelson is an American hard rock duo consisting of brothers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson. They are the twin sons of Rick Nelson and Kristin Nelson.
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
Grace Under Fire is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 29, 1993, to February 17, 1998.
Indians break 1902 Pirates' record for the largest lead over a second-place team (KC) with 27½ games
"Delicate Balance" closes at Plymouth Theatre in New York City
On April 19, 1995, American anti-government extremist Timothy McVeigh, assisted by Terry Nichols, detonated a makeshift bomb stored in a rental truck parked in front of the Alfred P.
In the Mood for Love (traditional Chinese: 花樣年華; simplified Chinese: 花样年华; lit. 'Flower-like Years', 'the prime of one's youth') is a 2000 romantic drama film written, directed, and produced by Wong...
The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication
Seattle running back Shaun Alexander sets an NFL record for most touchdowns in a half with 5 in the 1st half of a 48-23 win against the Minnesota Vikings at Seahawks Stadium; runs for 4 plus an 80-yard reception
Hurricane Juan was a significant tropical cyclone which caused extensive damage to parts of Atlantic Canada, being the tenth named storm and the sixth hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season.
4179 Toutatis (provisional designation 1989 AC) is an elongated, stony asteroid and slow rotator, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo asteroid group,...
Amnesty referendum in Algeria
The Mark Foley scandal, which broke in late September 2006, centers on soliciting emails and sexually suggestive instant messages sent by Mark Foley, a Republican congressman from Florida, to...
Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is a Magnox reactor and is demolished in a controlled explosion
The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Tonga–Kermadec subduction zone.
Seth Aaron Rogen ( ROH-gən; born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker.
Christopher Joseph Isaak is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional actor.
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
Houthi rebels from Yemen claim they have killed 500 Saudi soldiers and captured 2,000 along with a military convoy in the Najran region, Saudi Arabia
James Parnell "Jamie" Spears is a retired American construction business owner. He is the father of Bryan Spears, Britney Spears, and Jamie Lynn Spears.
Earth acquires a temporary "mini-moon," tiny asteroid 2024 PT5, 37 meters wide, expected to leave Earth's orbit on November 24 [1]
Horatio Nelson, British royal navy officer, known for british royal navy officer, was born on 1758-09-29.
Enrico Fermi, American italian-american physicist, known for italian-american physicist, was born on 1901-09-29.
Lech Wałęsa is born
Michelle Bachelet is born
Greer Garson, American american actress, known for british and american actress, was born on 1904-09-29.
Trevor Howard, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1913-09-29. Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was an English stage and screen actor.
Anita Ekberg, American actress, known for swedish actress, was born on 1931-09-29.
Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor, known for american comedian and actor, was born on 1958-09-29.
Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1935-09-29. Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935 – October 28, 2022) was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter.
Lance Gibbs is born
Sebastian Coe, British athlete, known for british athlete and politician, was born on 1957-09-29.
Kelly Robbins is born
Kevin Durant, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1989-09-29.
Robert Clive, British military officer, known for british military officer, was born on 1725-09-29.
Batavian soldiers consecrate an altar to Hercules Magusanus in Rome
Pope Pontian (Latin: Pontianus; died October 235) was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 230 to 28 September 235.
Pope Leo I the Great is installed
Xerxes I (commonly known as Xerxes the Great; c. 518 BC – 465 BC) was a Persian ruler who reigned as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in...
Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death...
Pope Joan (Latin: Ioannes Anglicus; 855–857) is a woman who purportedly reigned as popess (female pope) for two years during the Middle Ages.
Pope Gregory IX (Latin: Gregorius IX; born Ugolino di Conti; 1145 – 22 August 1241) was head of the Catholic Church and the ruler of the Papal States from 19 March 1227 until his death in 1241.
People of Krems, Austria, accuse Jews of poisoning wells
The War of the Breton Succession or Breton Civil War was a conflict between the Counts of Blois and the Montforts of Brittany for control of the Duchy of Brittany, then a fief of the Kingdom of...
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (24 June 1532 – 4 September 1588) was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death.
War of Religion breaks out in France as Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX
At a dinner, the Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Hoorn for treason
Treaty of Plessis-lez-Tours signed between Duke of Anjou and Dutch Staten-Generaal
Christopher Newport (1561–1617) was an English seaman and privateer. During the war with Spain Newport was one of the most successful 'Elizabethan Sea Dogs' to venture to the Spanish Main, making...
English merchant Henry Robinson opens the first marriage bureau (dating agency) on Threadneedle Street in London
English expedition to Hudson Bay led by Frenchman Médard Chouart Des Groseilliers arrives at the Nemiscau (Rupert) River aboard the Nonsuch, beginning of the Hudson's Bay Company [1]
France and Brandenburg sign peace treaty
Robert Clive, British military officer, known for british military officer, was born on 1725-09-29.
Horatio Nelson, British royal navy officer, known for british royal navy officer, was born on 1758-09-29.
Williamsburg Bray School, the oldest extant building dedicated to the education of Black children in the United States, opens in Williamsburg, Virginia [1]
The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department responsible for the operation and...
Tennis is first mentioned in the English publication Sporting Magazine
Dutch King William I forms the Order of the Netherlands Lion, the oldest and highest civilian order of chivalry in the Netherlands
Inventor Samuel Morse (27) weds Lucretia Walker in Concord, New Hampshire
First units of the London Metropolitan Police appear on the streets of the British capital, the city's first modern police force
Ferdinand VII dies
New York Politician Boss Tweed (21) weds Mary Jane C. Skaden
The Battle of Pákozd (or Battle of Sukoró) was a battle in the Hungarian war of Independence of 1848–1849, fought on the 29 September 1848 in the Pákozd – Sukoró – Pátka triangle.
First passenger train service to Peekskill, New York, operated by the New Haven Railroad
Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348 people
Great auroral display in the US
The Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, also known as Laurel Hill and combats at Forts Harrison, Johnson, and Gilmer, was fought in Virginia on September 29–30, 1864, as part of the...
Satanta (Set:t’aiñde ([séʔ.tˀã́j.dè]) or White Bear) (1815 – October 11, 1878) was a Kiowa war chief.
NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopts reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to its players
First professional baseball game at Polo Grounds, New York Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings
The Blackpool Tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on The Fylde in Lancashire, England. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world.
Wassoulou Empire leader Samori Ture is captured by French troops in West Africa, ending his 20-year rule
American Veterans of Foreign Service, later known as Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), support group is established in Columbus, Ohio, by a group of Spanish-American War veterans
Enrico Fermi, American italian-american physicist, known for italian-american physicist, was born on 1901-09-29.
David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright.
First monument honoring Spanish–American War is erected in Monroeville, Ohio
Greer Garson, American american actress, known for british and american actress, was born on 1904-09-29.
US intervenes in Cuba and ousts dictator Estrada Palma
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Episcopal Diocese of Washington, commonly known as Washington National Cathedral or National Cathedral, is a cathedral of the...
Calgary Rugby Foot-ball Club was one of the first football teams based in Calgary, Alberta, formed March 14, 1906, at Calgary City Hall. It was part of the Calgary Rugby Football Union.
Greek physician and zoologist Georgios Papanicolaou (27) weds his future laboratory assistant and pap smear research subject Andromachi Mavrogeni in Athens
National Urban League founded as Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes in New York City
MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game
Trevor Howard, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1913-09-29. Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was an English stage and screen actor.
Boston Braves, who are in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
British Army conquers Chilli al Imara, Mesopotamia
WWI: Allied forces score a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line
Eupen-Malmedy is a small, predominantly German-speaking region in eastern Belgium.
MLB Pittsburgh Pirates drop doubleheader to St. Louis Cardinals, allowing the idle New York Giants to clinch the NL
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations to partition Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate.
MLB Washington Senators clinch the pennant, finishing 2 games ahead of the New York Yankees
Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (17 November 1854 – 27 July 1934) was a French Army general and colonial administrator. After serving in Indochina and Madagascar, he became the first French...
Telephone service between US and Mexico begins
Cardinals win NL pennant with a 3-1 victory in Boston
Boquerón Battle ends Paraguay border dispute
Anita Ekberg, American actress, known for swedish actress, was born on 1931-09-29.
Little King, cartoon character by Van Beuren, debuts
Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1935-09-29. Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935 – October 28, 2022) was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter.
Lance Gibbs is born
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D.
Frans Slaats cycles a world hour record time (45,563 km)
First archival course is offered at Columbia University in New York City
"Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, is first heard on Mutual Radio Net
32°F is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland, Ohio, in September
First Silbertanne murder by German occupiers in Meppel
Browns last in AL attendance; only 6,172 watch them sweep Yankees in doubleheader
Lech Wałęsa is born
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon.
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue at 881 Seventh Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.
William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, opens at Park Avenue Cinema (Best Picture 1949)
WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting
The Front Page is an American newspaper drama television series, broadcast on CBS beginning September 29, 1949, and ending on January 26, 1950.
"Tin Pan Alley" last airs on ABC TV
Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager, best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s and later, the expansion...
American astronomer Seth Barnes Nicholson discovers Ananke, the 12th moon of Jupiter, from Mount Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles County, California
"Lights Out" last airs on NBC-TV
Michelle Bachelet is born
NY Giants' Willie Mays makes a famous over-the-shoulder catch of Cleveland Indians' Vic Wertz's 460' drive during Game One of the World Series at the Polo Grounds in NYC
Ali Sastroamidjojo's PNI wins the election in Indonesia
"Oh! Susanna" debuts on CBS-TV
Yankees' Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd home run of the season
DuPont Show of the Month is a 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961.
Sebastian Coe, British athlete, known for british athlete and politician, was born on 1957-09-29.
"Studio One" TV Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV
Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor, known for american comedian and actor, was born on 1958-09-29.
Philip Marlowe is a half-hour ABC crime series, featuring Philip Carey as Marlowe, the fictional private detective created by Raymond Chandler.
"Johnny Ringo" TV Western drama last airs on CBS TV
"The Detectives" TV crime drama moves to NBC-TV
"Green Onions" is an instrumental composition recorded in 1962 by Booker T. & the M.G.'s.
My Favorite Martian is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963, to May 1, 1966, for 107 episodes.
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia...
Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets a record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game and six times in one season
Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced
Sanford Koufax (né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball player.
Carl Michael Yastrzemski Sr. ( yə-STREM-skee; born August 22, 1939), nicknamed "Yaz", is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire 23-year career with the Boston Red Sox...
"Bright Promise" TV daytime soap opera debuts on NBC-TV
"NET Festival" last aired
Kelly Robbins is born
McMillan & Wife (known simply as McMillan from 1976 to 1977) is an American police procedural television series that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971, to April 24, 1977.
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
"We're an American Band" is a song by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad. Released on July 2, 1973, from the band's album of the same name, it became the band's first single to top the Billboard...
American television game show "Three for the Money," hosted by Dick Enberg, debuts on NBC-TV but is cancelled after 8 weeks
"Alice", television adaptation of the film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", starring Linda Lavin, debuts on CBS-TV
Boy George is expelled from school
James Brown's band walks out, claiming they are underpaid and overworked
Flying High is an American comedy-drama television series, created by Dawn Aldredge and Martin Cohan, starring Kathryn Witt, Connie Sellecca, Pat Klous, and Howard Platt.
"Message in a Bottle" is a song by British rock band the Police. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album, Reggatta de Blanc (1979).
First of seven cyanide-laced Chicago Tylenol victims dies; six others consume the contaminated capsules and ultimately die from them
On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs were detonated at buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a military peacekeeping...
"Let's Go Crazy" is a 1984 song by Prince and The Revolution, from the album Purple Rain. It is the opening track on both the album and the film Purple Rain.
"Drive" by The Cars peaks at #3; written by Ric Ocasek and sung by Benjamin Orr, it is the group's biggest hit single
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" returns to NBC-TV
MLB Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver is ejected from both games of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, NYC; Weaver is the only manager to be tossed twice in a day two times
Airwolf is an American action military drama television series. It centers on a high-technology attack helicopter, code-named Airwolf, and its crew.
Michael Ausley Maddux is an American professional baseball coach and former pitcher. He currently serves as the pitching coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB).
New York Yankees' Don Mattingly hits a record 6th grand slam of the year
26th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Discovery 7 launches
American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal of the Seoul Olympics by taking the long jump with an Olympic record leap of 7.40 m, having previously won the heptathlon
Glenn Frey joins Eagles bandmate Don Henley on stage for the first time since 1981
Zsa Zsa Gabor was a Hungarian-American socialite and actress. Her sisters were socialite Magda Gabor and actress and businesswoman Eva Gabor. Gabor competed in the 1933 Miss Hungary pageant, where...
Kevin Durant, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1989-09-29.
Nelson is an American hard rock duo consisting of brothers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson. They are the twin sons of Rick Nelson and Kristin Nelson.
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
Grace Under Fire is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 29, 1993, to February 17, 1998.
Indians break 1902 Pirates' record for the largest lead over a second-place team (KC) with 27½ games
"Delicate Balance" closes at Plymouth Theatre in New York City
On April 19, 1995, American anti-government extremist Timothy McVeigh, assisted by Terry Nichols, detonated a makeshift bomb stored in a rental truck parked in front of the Alfred P.
Tom Bradley, American politician, known for american politician, died on 1998-09-29.
In the Mood for Love (traditional Chinese: 花樣年華; simplified Chinese: 花样年华; lit. 'Flower-like Years', 'the prime of one's youth') is a 2000 romantic drama film written, directed, and produced by Wong...
The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication
Seattle running back Shaun Alexander sets an NFL record for most touchdowns in a half with 5 in the 1st half of a 48-23 win against the Minnesota Vikings at Seahawks Stadium; runs for 4 plus an 80-yard reception
Hurricane Juan was a significant tropical cyclone which caused extensive damage to parts of Atlantic Canada, being the tenth named storm and the sixth hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season.
4179 Toutatis (provisional designation 1989 AC) is an elongated, stony asteroid and slow rotator, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo asteroid group,...
Amnesty referendum in Algeria
The Mark Foley scandal, which broke in late September 2006, centers on soliciting emails and sexually suggestive instant messages sent by Mark Foley, a Republican congressman from Florida, to...
Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is a Magnox reactor and is demolished in a controlled explosion
Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, its then-largest single-day point loss, following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual
The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Tonga–Kermadec subduction zone.
Seth Aaron Rogen ( ROH-gən; born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker.
"House M.D." actress Olivia Wilde (26) divorces Italian prince Tao Ruspoli (35) due to irreconcilable differences after 8 years of marriage
Christopher Joseph Isaak is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional actor.
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
Houthi rebels from Yemen claim they have killed 500 Saudi soldiers and captured 2,000 along with a military convoy in the Najran region, Saudi Arabia
James Parnell "Jamie" Spears is a retired American construction business owner. He is the father of Bryan Spears, Britney Spears, and Jamie Lynn Spears.
Earth acquires a temporary "mini-moon," tiny asteroid 2024 PT5, 37 meters wide, expected to leave Earth's orbit on November 24 [1]