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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 93 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 16, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 479,880 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 ‘dihectaheptacontatrigon’ 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 122 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 4,300 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 29 Historical Events
- 1364 –Battle of Auray: English forces defeat the French in Brittany; end of the Breton War of Succession.
- 1567 –At a dinner, the Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Hoorn for treason.
- 1650 –Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters in Threadneedle Street, London.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1963 –The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.
- 1988 –Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 1992 –Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello resigns.
- 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.
Who were born on September 29?
- 1881 –Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist (d. 1973)
- 1908 –Eddie Tolan, American athlete (d. 1967)
- 1915 –Brenda Marshall, American film actress (d. 1992)
- 1927 –Pete McCloskey, American politician
- 1934 –Stuart M. Kaminsky, American mystery writer (d. 2009)
- 1939 –Fikret Abdić, Bosnian politician and businessman
- 1943 –Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist
- 1955 –Benoît Ferreux, French actor
- 1968 –Patrick Burns, American television presenter
- 1974 –Brian Ash, American filmmaker
Who died on September 29?
- 1304 –John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, English soldier (b. 1231)
- 1642 –René Goupil, French Catholic missionary, one of Canadian Martyrs (b. 1608)
- 1887 –Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (b. 1810)
- 1902 –William Topaz McGonagall, British poet (b. 1825)
- 1925 –Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1851)
- 1982 –Monty Stratton, baseball player (b. 1912)
- 1994 –Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer (b. 1968)
- 1996 –Leslie Crowther, British comedian (b. 1933)
- 2006 –Louis-Albert Vachon, French Canadian cardinal archbishop of Quebec (b. 1912)
- 2009 –Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1930)
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