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What are the important events that happened on September 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 29: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 29 is the 272nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 93 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 16, 2023 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,265,760 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaheptacontadigon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 134 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,934 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 29 Historical Events
- 1864 –American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin’s Farm is fought.
- 1963 –The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.
- 1975 –WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, becomes the world’s first black-owned-and-operated television station.
- 1995 –The United States Navy disbands Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84), nicknamed the “Jolly Rogers”.
- 2004 –The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
Who were born on September 29?
- 1786 –Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)
- 1913 –Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)
- 1945 –Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer
- 1963 –Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus)
- 1978 –Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast
Who died on September 29?
- 1913 –Rudolf Diesel, Inventor of Diesel Engine (b. 1858)
- 1927 –Arthur Achleitner, German writer (b. 1858)
- 1937 –Ray Ewry, American athlete (b. 1873)
- 2006 –Michael A. Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor (b. 1981)
- 2006 –Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915)
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