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September 29 Historical Events

The following events took place on September 29. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 52 events. Showing 1 - 30.

  • 522 BC
    Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumata, 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 War of the Breton Succession.
  • 1567
    At a dinner, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba arrests Lamoral, Count of Egmont and Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn for treason.
  • 1578
    Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.
  • 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 papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.
  • 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
    The Munich Agreement between Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy settles the Sudetenland dispute in Germany’s favor. The Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia are not invited.
  • 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.
  • 1950
    The United Nations Security Council Resolution 87 relating to Taiwan is adopted.
  • 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.

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