What are the important events that happened on September 29, 2006? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 29, 2006: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 29, 2006 is the 272nd day of the year 2006 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, 2006 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,159,488,000 seconds 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.
If a person born on this day saved a Penny every day starting at age 4, then by now that person has accumulated $49.56. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
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.
Dog is the mythical animal and Fire is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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September 29, 2006 Historical Events
- 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 died on September 29, 2006?
- 2006 –Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976)
- 2006 –Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet and critic (b. 1926)
- 2006 –Louis-Albert Vachon, French Canadian cardinal archbishop of Quebec (b. 1912)
- 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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