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 273rd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 93 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 16, 2020 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 26,688,960 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 ‘dihectaheptacontatrigon’ 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 136 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 2,839 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 29 Historical Events
- 61 BC –Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
- 480 BC –Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I.
- 1567 –At a dinner, the Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Hoorn for treason.
- 1850 –The Roman Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.
- 1907 –The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
- 1911 –Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
- 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.
- 1982 –The 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders begin when the first of seven individuals dies in metropolitan Chicago.
- 1995 –The United States Navy disbands Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84), nicknamed the “Jolly Rogers”.
Who were born on September 29?
- 1766 –Charlotte, Princess Royal, German queen (d. 1828)
- 1876 –Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1911 (d. 1964)
- 1939 –Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (d. 1994)
- 1948 –Mark Farner, American guitarist (Grand Funk)
- 1957 –Mark Nicholas, English cricketer and sports presenter
- 1960 –David Sammartino, American professional wrestler
- 1970 –Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
- 1973 –Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player
- 1977 –Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
- 1986 –Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
Who died on September 29?
- 1642 –René Goupil, French Catholic missionary, one of Canadian Martyrs (b. 1608)
- 1804 –Michael Hillegas, first Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)
- 1925 –Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1851)
- 1973 –W. H. Auden, English poet (b. 1907)
- 1975 –Casey Stengel, baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
- 1982 –Monty Stratton, baseball player (b. 1912)
- 2006 –Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet and critic (b. 1926)
- 2006 –Michael A. Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor (b. 1981)
- 2009 –Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1930)
- 2009 –Sperantza Vrana, Greek actress (b. 1926 or 1932)
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