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 272nd 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, 29,318,400 minutes 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.
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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.
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September 29 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1907 –The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
- 1957 –20 MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk.
- 1962 –Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched.
- 1971 –Oman joins the Arab League.
- 1982 –The 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders begin when the first of seven individuals dies in metropolitan Chicago.
- 1995 –The United States Navy disbands Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84), nicknamed the “Jolly Rogers”.
- 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.
- 2009 –An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami.
Who were born on September 29?
- 1895 –Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (d. 1970)
- 1899 –László Bíró, Hungarian inventor of the modern ballpoint pen (d. 1985)
- 1902 –Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)
- 1939 –Dan Crary, American bluegrass guitarist
- 1943 –Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran
- 1955 –Ken Weatherwax, American actor from The Addams Family (TV series)
- 1970 –Russell Peters, Canadian stand-up comedian
- 1976 –Darren Byfield, English footballer
- 1982 –Matt Giteau, Australian rugby union player
- 1999 –Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
Who died on September 29?
- 1642 –William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (b. 1561)
- 1887 –Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (b. 1810)
- 1927 –Willem Einthoven, Dutch inventor, Nobel laureate (b. 1860)
- 1951 –Thomas Cahill, American soccer coach (b. 1864)
- 1970 –Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)
- 1976 –Wadi Ayoub, Greco-Roman professional wrestler, (b. 1927)
- 1992 –Jean Aurenche, French film screenwriter (b. 1903)
- 2001 –Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, President of South Vietnam (b. 1923)
- 2004 –Richard Sainct, French motorcycle rally rider (b. 1970)
- 2009 –Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1930)
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