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 273rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 93 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 16, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,792,800 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 ‘dihectaheptacontatrigon’ 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 122 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 4,300 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.
- 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.
- 1962 –Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched.
- 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 resigns.
- 2007 –Calder Hall, the world’s first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
- 2009 –An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami.
Who were born on September 29?
- 1388 –Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)
- 1895 –J.B. Rhine, American parapsychologist (d. 1980)
- 1923 –Stan Berenstain, American children’s author (d. 2005)
- 1939 –Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
- 1952 –Takanosato Toshihide, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 59th Yokozuna
- 1953 –Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian film director (d. 1997)
- 1964 –Brad Lohaus, American basketball player
- 1986 –Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989 –Theo Adams, British performance artist
- 1990 –Lena Wermelt, German footballer
Who died on September 29?
- 1637 –Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint (b. 1600)
- 1887 –Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (b. 1810)
- 1913 –Rudolf Diesel, Inventor of Diesel Engine (b. 1858)
- 1967 –Carson McCullers, American author (b. 1917)
- 1975 –Casey Stengel, baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
- 1989 –August “Gussie” Anheuser Busch, Jr., American brewing magnate (b. 1899)
- 1994 –Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer (b. 1968)
- 2004 –Richard Sainct, French motorcycle rally rider (b. 1970)
- 2006 –Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915)
- 2007 –Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927)
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