September 29

September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 93 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 522 BC – Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
• 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.
• 1227 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades.
• 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.
• 1717 – An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture and making authorities consider moving the capital to a different city.
• 1789 – The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
• 1789 – The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
• 1829 – The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
• 1848 – Battle of Pákozd: Stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces at Pákozd; the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
• 1850 – The Roman Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.
• 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.
• 1885 – The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
• 1907 – The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
• 1911 – Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
• 1918 – World War I, Battle of St. Quentin Canal: The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice.
• 1923 – The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
• 1932 – Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia.
• 1938 – Munich Agreement: Germany is given permission from France, Italy, and Great Britain to seize the territory of Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia. The meeting takes place in Munich, and leaders from neither the Soviet Union nor Czechoslovakia attend.
• 1940 – Two Avro Ansons of No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAAF collide in mid-air over Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together after colliding, and then land safely.
• 1941 – World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Soviet Union: German Einsatzgruppe C begins the Babi Yar massacre, according to the Einsatzgruppen operational situation report.
• 1949 – The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
• 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.
• 1954 – The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
• 1957 – Twenty MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk.
• 1960 – Nikita Khrushchev, leader of Soviet Union, disrupts a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts.
• 1962 – Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched.
• 1963 – The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.
• 1964 – The Argentine comic strip Mafalda is published for the first time.
• 1966 – The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.
• 1971 – Oman joins the Arab League.
• 1972 – China–Japan relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
• 1975 – WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, becomes the world's first black-owned-and-operated television station.
• 1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit Ireland.
• 1982 – The Chicago Tylenol murders begin when the first of seven individuals dies in metropolitan Chicago.
• 1988 – Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
• 1990 – Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed.
• 1990 – The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
• 1991 – Military coup in Haiti (1991 Haitian coup d'état).
• 1992 – Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.
• 1995 – The United States Navy disbands Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84), nicknamed the "Jolly Rogers".
• 2004 – The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
• 2004 – The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the prize.
• 2006 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collides in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Mato Grosso, Brazil, killing 154 total people, and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
• 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.
• 2009 – An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami.
• 2013 – Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Nigeria.

Births

• 106 BC – Pompey, Roman general and politician (d. 48 BC)
• 1240 – Margaret of England (d. 1275)
• 1321 – John of Artois, Count of Eu (d. 1387)
• 1328 – Joan of Kent (d. 1385)
• 1373 – Margaret of Bohemia, Burgravine of Nuremberg (d. 1410)
• 1511 – Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, cartographer, and theologian (d. 1553)
• 1538 – Joan Terès i Borrull, Spanish archbishop (d. 1603)
• 1547 – Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1616)
• 1548 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)
• 1561 – Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician (d. 1615)
• 1571 – Caravaggio, Italian painter (d. 1610)
• 1636 – Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (d. 1715)
• 1639 – William Russell, Lord Russell, English politician (d. 1683)
• 1640 – Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720)
• 1674 – Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, French flute player and composer (d. 1763)
• 1678 – Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France (d. 1766)
• 1691 – Richard Challoner, English bishop (d. 1781)
• 1703 – François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)
• 1718 – Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (d. 1783)
• 1725 – Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (d. 1774)
• 1758 – Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (d. 1805)
• 1766 – Charlotte, Princess Royal of England (d. 1828)
• 1786 – Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)
• 1803 – Mercator Cooper, American captain and explorer (d. 1872)
• 1803 – Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1850)
• 1808 – Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (d. 1868)
• 1810 – Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (d. 1865)
• 1816 – Paul Féval, père, French author and playwright (d. 1887)
• 1842 – Louis J. Weichmann, American clerk, witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)
• 1843 – Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882)
• 1844 – Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 10th President of Argentina (d. 1909)
• 1853 – Princess Thyra of Denmark (d. 1933)
• 1863 – Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1919)
• 1864 – Alexandra Kitchin, English model (d. 1925)
• 1864 – Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher and author (d. 1936)
• 1866 – Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician (d. 1934)
• 1876 – Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer (d. 1964)
• 1879 – Marius Jacob, French criminal (d. 1954)
• 1880 – Liberato Pinto, Portuguese politician, Lieutenant Colonel of the Republican National Guard, 79th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1949)
• 1881 – Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist and philosopher (d. 1973)
• 1895 – Clarence Ashley, American banjo player and singer (d. 1967)
• 1895 – Joseph Banks Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (d. 1980)
• 1895 – Roscoe Turner, American pilot (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (d. 1980)
• 1898 – Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (d. 1976)
• 1899 – László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (d. 1985)
• 1899 – Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded Butlins (d. 1980)
• 1901 – Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist (d. 1981)
• 1901 – Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
• 1902 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican lawyer and politician, 46th President of Mexico (d. 1983)
• 1904 – Greer Garson, English-American actress and singer (d. 1996)
• 1907 – Gene Autry, American singer and actor (d. 1998)
• 1907 – George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix (d. 1996)
• 1908 – Eddie Tolan, American sprinter (d. 1967)
• 1910 – Bill Boyd, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
• 1910 – Virginia Bruce, American actress and singer (d. 1982)
• 1912 – Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1913 – Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)
• 1913 – Stanley Kramer, American director and producer (d. 2001)
• 1915 – Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (d. 2007)
• 1915 – Oscar Handlin, American historian and academic (d. 2011)
• 1915 – Brenda Marshall, Filipino-American actress and singer (d. 1992)
• 1916 – Carl Giles, English cartoonist (d. 1995)
• 1919 – Vladimír Vašíček, Czech painter (d. 2003)
• 1919 – Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player (d. 2014)
• 1920 – Peter D. Mitchell, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
• 1920 – Václav Neumann, Czech violinist and conductor (Smetana Quartet) (d. 1995)
• 1921 – Franny Beecher, American guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 2014)
• 1921 – John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Albie Roles, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Lizabeth Scott, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Steve Forrest, American actor (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Adhemar da Silva, Brazilian triple jumper (d. 2001)
• 1927 – Pete McCloskey, American colonel and politician
• 1927 – Barbara Mertz, American historian and author (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English politician
• 1928 – Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Nathan Shamuyarira, Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Richard Bonynge, Australian pianist and conductor
• 1930 – Colin Dexter, English author and educator
• 1931 – James Cronin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 – Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Paul Oestreicher, German-English priest and theologian
• 1932 – Mehmood Ali, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2004)
• 1932 – Robert Benton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1932 – Paul Giel, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
• 1933 – Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (d. 1986)
• 1934 – Skandor Akbar, American wrestler and manager (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian-American psychologist and educator
• 1934 – Lance Gibbs, Guyanese cricketer and manager
• 1934 – Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Mylène Demongeot, French actress
• 1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1936 – Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Italy
• 1936 – James Fogle, American author (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Alla Demidova, Russian actress
• 1936 – Hal Trosky, Jr., American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Dave Harper, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Wim Kok, Dutch union leader and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1939 – Fikret Abdić, Bosnian economist and politician
• 1939 – Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
• 1939 – Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (d. 1994)
• 1939 – Dan Crary, American singer and guitarist
• 1939 – Molly Haskell, American author and critic
• 1939 – Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1939 – Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician, 2nd First Minister of Wales
• 1940 – Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1940 – Brute Force, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 – Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2014)
• 1941 – Fred West, English serial killer (d. 1995)
• 1942 – Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist
• 1942 – Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer (d. 1999)
• 1942 – Ian McShane, English actor, director, and producer
• 1942 – Bill Nelson, American captain and politician
• 1942 – Jean-Luc Ponty, French violinist and composer (Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever)
• 1942 – Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (d. 1996)
• 1943 – Mohammad Khatami, Iranian scholar and politician, 5th President of Iran
• 1943 – Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist and author
• 1943 – Lech Wałęsa, Polish electrician and politician, 2nd President of Poland, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1944 – Mike Post, American composer and producer
• 1945 – Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer and poet
• 1946 – Patricia Hodge, English actress
• 1946 – Ian Wallace, English drummer (King Crimson and Crimson Jazz Trio) (d. 2007)
• 1947 – Martin Ferrero, American actor
• 1947 – Ülo Kaevats, Estonian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 2015)
• 1947 – Gary Wetzel, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
• 1948 – Yelena Drapeko, Kazakhstani-Russian actress
• 1948 – Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grand Funk Railroad and Terry Knight and the Pack)
• 1948 – Bryant Gumbel, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1948 – Theo Jörgensmann, German clarinet player and composer (German Clarinet Duo, Clarinet Contrast, and Klarinettenquartett Cl-4)
• 1948 – Mike Pinera, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Blues Image, Iron Butterfly, Cactus, and Ramatam)
• 1949 – George Dalaras, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 – Ken Macha, American baseball player and manager
• 1951 – Michelle Bachelet, Chilean physician and politician, 34th President of Chile
• 1951 – Pier Luigi Bersani, Italian politician, 6th President of Emilia-Romagna
• 1951 – Andrés Caicedo, Colombian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1977)
• 1951 – Maureen Caird, Australian-New Zealand hurdler
• 1951 – Mike Enriquez, Filipino journalist
• 1952 – Roy Campbell, Jr., American trumpet player (d. 2014)
• 1952 – Gábor Csupó, Hungarian-American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Klasky Csupo
• 1952 – Richard Hodges, English archaeologist and academic
• 1952 – Max Sandlin, American lawyer, judge, and politician
• 1952 – Takanosato Toshihide, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 59th Yokozuna (d. 2011)
• 1953 – Warren Cromartie, American baseball player, coach, and radio host
• 1953 – Richard Grusin, American author and scholar
• 1953 – Drake Hogestyn, American actor
• 1953 – Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 1953 – Lawrence Reed, American economist and author
• 1954 – Uwe Jahn, German footballer and manager
• 1954 – Mark Mitchell, Australian actor
• 1955 – Ann Bancroft, American explorer and author
• 1955 – Gareth Davies, Welsh rugby player and academic
• 1955 – Benoît Ferreux, French actor and director
• 1955 – Ken Weatherwax, American actor (d. 2014)
• 1956 – Sebastian Coe, English sprinter and politician
• 1956 – Suzzy Roche, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (The Roches)
• 1957 – Chris Broad, English cricketer and referee
• 1957 – Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor
• 1957 – Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Mark Nicholas, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1960 – Julian Armour, American-Canadian cellist
• 1960 – Kenneth Hansen, Swedish race car driver
• 1960 – Alan McGee, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Biff Bang Pow!)
• 1960 – John Paxson, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 – David Sammartino, American wrestler
• 1960 – Andy Slaughter, English politician
• 1960 – Carol Welsman, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1961 – Julia Gillard, Welsh-Australian politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1961 – Stephanie Miller, American comedian and radio host
• 1962 – Roger Bart, American actor and singer
• 1963 – Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 – Les Claypool, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Primus, Blind Illusion, Oysterhead, and Sausage)
• 1964 – Jeanna Fine, American porn actress and dancer
• 1964 – Brad Lohaus, American basketball player
• 1966 – Hersey Hawkins, American basketball player and coach
• 1966 – Jill Whelan, American actress and radio host
• 1967 – Brett Anderson, English singer-songwriter (Suede and The Tears)
• 1968 – Patrick Burns, American paranormal investigator
• 1968 – Luke Goss, English singer, producer, and actor (Bros)
• 1968 – Matt Goss, English singer-songwriter (Bros)
• 1968 – Alex Skolnick, American guitarist (Alex Skolnick Trio, Testament, Savatage, and Stratospheerius)
• 1968 – Samir Soni, English-Indian model and actor
• 1969 – Sabrina, Zimbabwean-Greek singer
• 1969 – Jon Auer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Posies, Big Star, Sky Cries Mary and The Squirrels)
• 1969 – Angelo Barretto, Filipino race car driver
• 1969 – Erika Eleniak, American model and actress
• 1969 – DeVante Swing, American singer-songwriter, and producer (Jodeci)
• 1969 – Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer-songwriter and producer
• 1970 – AMG, American rapper
• 1970 – Emily Lloyd, English actress
• 1970 – Nicolás Pereira, Uruguayan-Venezuelan tennis player
• 1970 – Russell Peters, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer
• 1970 – Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese wrestler
• 1970 – Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
• 1971 – Tanoka Beard, American basketball player
• 1971 – Mackenzie Crook, English actor and screenwriter
• 1971 – Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer-songwriter
• 1972 – Oliver Gavin, English race car driver
• 1972 – Togi Makabe, Japanese wrestler
• 1972 – Robert Webb, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Foivos Delivorias, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 – Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player
• 1973 – Shannon Larratt, Canadian publisher, founded BMEzine (d. 2013)
• 1973 – Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player
• 1973 – Scout Niblett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – Brian Ash, American screenwriter and producer
• 1974 – Alexis Cruz, American actor
• 1974 – Matt Hullum, American actor, visual effects supervisor, film producer, and film director, CEO of Rooster Teeth Productions
• 1975 – Albert Celades, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1975 – Ava Vincent, American porn actress and model
• 1976 – Darren Byfield, English-Jamaican footballer
• 1976 – Kelvin Davis, English footballer
• 1976 – Óscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
• 1976 – Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer and politician
• 1977 – Eric Barton, American football player
• 1977 – Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Debelah Morgan, American singer-songwriter
• 1977 – Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
• 1978 – Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast
• 1978 – Gunner McGrath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Much the Same)
• 1978 – Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 – Takumi Beppu, Japanese cyclist
• 1979 – Artika Sari Devi, Indonesian model and actress
• 1979 – Shelley Duncan, American baseball player
• 1979 – Jaime Lozano, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Patrick Agyemang, English footballer
• 1980 – Dallas Green, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alexisonfire, City and Colour, and You+Me)
• 1980 – Zachary Levi, American actor and director
• 1981 – Aris Galanopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1981 – Leonid Gulov, Estonian rower
• 1981 – Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian-Spanish handball player
• 1981 – Shane Smeltz, German-New Zealand footballer
• 1982 – Matt Giteau, Australian rugby player
• 1982 – Ariana Jollee, American porn actress and director
• 1982 – Lauren Pope, English DJ, producer, and actress
• 1982 – Amy Williams, English skeleton racer
• 1983 – Lisette Oropesa, American soprano
• 1984 – Lisa Gormley, English-Australian actress
• 1984 – Per Mertesacker, German footballer
• 1984 – Isha Sharvani, Indian actress and dancer
• 1985 – Calvin Johnson, American football player
• 1985 – Niklas Moisander, Finnish footballer
• 1985 – Dani Pedrosa, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1986 – Lisa Foiles, American actress and journalist
• 1986 – Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Matt Lashoff, American ice hockey player
• 1986 – Isaac Makwala, Botswana sprinter
• 1986 – Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – David Del Rio, American actor
• 1988 – Kevin Durant, American basketball player
• 1988 – Justin Nozuka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1989 – Theo Adams, English photographer and director
• 1989 – Adore Delano, American drag queen performer and singer
• 1989 – Tyga, American rapper, producer & singer (Young Money)
• 1989 – Aaron Martin, English footballer
• 1989 – Andrea Poli, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Doug Brochu, American actor
• 1990 – Joosep Laiksoo, Estonian race car driver
• 1990 – Lena Wermelt, German footballer
• 1991 – Adem Ljajić, Serbian footballer
• 1993 – Viktor Romanenkov, Estonian figure skater
• 1995 – Alice Matteucci, Italian tennis player
• 1998 – Vera Lapko, Belarusian tennis player

Deaths

• 722 – Leudwinus, Frankish archbishop and saint (b. 660)
• 855 – Lothair I, Roman emperor (b. 795)
• 1304 – John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, English general (b. 1231)
• 1364 – Charles I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1319)
• 1560 – Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496)
• 1637 – Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino martyr and saint (b. 1600)
• 1642 – René Goupil, French missionary and saint (b. 1608)
• 1642 – William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire (b. 1561)
• 1703 – Charles de Saint-Évremond, French-English soldier, author, and critic (b. 1610)
• 1800 – Michael Denis, Austrian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1804 – Michael Hillegas, American politician, 1st Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)
• 1833 – Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)
• 1862 – William "Bull" Nelson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1887 – Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 – Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 – Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 – William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
• 1902 – Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1908 – Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
• 1910 – Winslow Homer, American painter (b. 1836)
• 1913 – Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel Engine (b. 1858)
• 1925 – Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1851)
• 1927 – Arthur Achleitner, German journalist and author (b. 1858)
• 1927 – Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1928 – John Devoy, Irish rebel leader (b. 1842)
• 1930 – Ilya Repin, Ukrainian-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1844)
• 1937 – Ray Ewry, American triple jumper (b. 1873)
• 1937 – Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1951 – Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (b. 1864)
• 1952 – John Cobb, English race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1967 – Carson McCullers, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1917)
• 1970 – Edward Everett Horton, American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1973 – W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1907)
• 1975 – Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
• 1976 – Sheik Ali, Lebanese-Australian wrestler (b. 1927)
• 1981 – Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 1982 – Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)
• 1987 – Henry Ford II, American businessman (b. 1917)
• 1988 – Charles Addams, American cartoonist, created The Addams Family (b. 1912)
• 1989 – Gussie Busch, American businessman (b. 1899)
• 1989 – Georges Ulmer, Danish-French singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1919)
• 1993 – Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 1994 – Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer (b. 1968)
• 1996 – Leslie Crowther, English comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 1998 – Tom Bradley, American lieutenant and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)
• 1999 – Jean-Louis Millette, Canadian actor (b. 1935)
• 2000 – John Grant, English politician (b. 1932)
• 2001 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (b. 1923)
• 2002 – Edmund Trebus, Polish-English compulsive hoarder (b. 1918)
• 2004 – Richard Sainct, French motorcycle racer (b. 1970)
• 2005 – Patrick Caulfield, English painter (b. 1936)
• 2005 – Austin Leslie, American chef and author (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer and manager (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Michael A. Monsoor, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
• 2006 – Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian cardinal (b. 1912)
• 2006 – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976)
• 2007 – Lois Maxwell, Canadian-Australian actress (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Sperantza Vrana, Greek actress (b. 1928)
• 2010 – Tony Curtis, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Greg Giraldo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1965)
• 2012 – Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Hebe Camargo, Brazilian singer and actress (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Nao Saejima, Japanese model and actress (b. 1968)
• 2012 – Neil Smith, Scottish geographer and academic (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Malcolm Wicks, English politician (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Harold Agnew, American physicist and engineer (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Anton Benning, German lieutenant (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Patricia Castell, Argentinian actress (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Pete T. Cenarrusa, American politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (b. 1928)
• 2013 – S. N. Goenka, Burmese-Indian educator (b. 1924)
• 2013 – L. C. Greenwood, American football player (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Bob Kurland, American basketball player and politician (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Miguel Boyer, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Andreas Fransson, Swedish extreme skier (b. 1983)
• 2014 – Stan Monteith, American surgeon and author (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Luis Nishizawa, Mexican painter and educator (b. 1918)
• 2014 – John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (b. 1921)
• 2014 – George Shuba, American baseball player (b. 1924)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Michaelmas, feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. One of the four quarter days in the Irish calendar. (England and Ireland)
  • Rhipsime
  • September 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• International Coffee Day
• Inventors' Day (Argentina)
• Victory of Boquerón Day (Paraguay)
• World Heart Federation (World Heart Day)

External links

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