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 272^nd 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.

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.

September 29 Historical Events

• 1364 –
  Battle of Auray: English forces defeat the French in Brittany; end of the Breton War of Succession.
• 1885 –
  The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• 1938 –
  Munich Agreement: Germany was given permission from France, Italy, and Great Britain to seize the territory of Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia. The meeting occurred in Munich, and leaders from neither the Soviet Union nor Czechoslovakia attended.
• 1954 –
  The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
• 1957 –
  20 MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk.
• 1971 –
  Oman joins the Arab League.
• 1979 –
  Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to set foot on Irish soil with his pastoral visit to the Republic of Ireland.
• 2004 –
  The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
• 2007 –
  Calder Hall, the world’s first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
• 2008 –
  Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest single-day point loss in its history.

Who were born on September 29?

• 1912 –
  Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (d. 2007)
• 1915 –
  Brenda Marshall, American film actress (d. 1992)
• 1931 –
  Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress
• 1951 –
  Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler
• 1973 –
  Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player
• 1973 –
  Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player
• 1973 –
  Scout Niblett, British singer/songwriter
• 1974 –
  Brian Ash, American filmmaker
• 1979 –
  Takumi Beppu, Japanese cyclist
• 1988 –
  Justin Nozuka, American/Canadian singer-songwriter

Who died on September 29?

• 1804 –
  Michael Hillegas, first Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)
• 1889 –
  Louis Faidherbe, French general (b. 1818)
• 1925 –
  Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1851)
• 1927 –
  Arthur Achleitner, German writer (b. 1858)
• 1976 –
  Wadi Ayoub, Greco-Roman professional wrestler, (b. 1927)
• 1988 –
  Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
• 1997 –
  Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (b. 1923)
• 2006 –
  Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976)
• 2006 –
  Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915)
• 2010 –
  Greg Giraldo, American comedian (b.1965)