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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 93 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 16, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 488,640 hours 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.
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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 141 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 4,665 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 29 Historical Events
- 522 BC –Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
- 1789 –The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
- 1850 –The Roman Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.
- 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.
- 1963 –The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.
- 1979 –Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to set foot on Irish soil with his pastoral visit to the Republic of Ireland.
- 1990 –Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed.
- 1992 –Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello resigns.
- 2009 –An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami.
Who were born on September 29?
- 1691 –Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)
- 1808 –Henry Bennett, American politician (d. 1868)
- 1842 –Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)
- 1907 –Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and businessman (d. 1998)
- 1940 –Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer
- 1942 –Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist
- 1951 –Mike Enriquez, Philippine broadcaster
- 1970 –Joe Doucet, American Designer, Inventor, Artist
- 1980 –Patrick Agyemang, English footballer
- 2008 –Emma Tallulah Behn, member of the extended Norwegian royal family
Who died on September 29?
- 1703 –Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (b. 1610)
- 1900 –Samuel Fenton Cary, congressman, prohibitionist (b. 1814)
- 1908 –Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (b. 1839)
- 1930 –Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian painter (b. 1844)
- 1951 –Thomas Cahill, American soccer coach (b. 1864)
- 1982 –Monty Stratton, baseball player (b. 1912)
- 1988 –Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
- 1996 –Leslie Crowther, British comedian (b. 1933)
- 2002 –Edmund Trebus, English compulsive hoarder (b. 1918)
- 2006 –Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet and critic (b. 1926)
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