September 29

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Events

Pre-1600

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1011 – Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1227 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades during the Investiture Controversy.<ref>Template:Cite ADB</ref>
1267 – The Treaty of Montgomery recognises Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales, but only as a vassal of King Henry III.<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1364 – During the Hundred Years' War, Anglo-Breton forces defeat the Franco-Breton army in Brittany, ending the War of the Breton Succession.<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1567 – During the French War of Religion, Protestant coup officials in Nîmes massacre Catholic priests in an event now known as the Michelade.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1578 – Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1601–1900

1714 – The Cossacks of the Russian Empire kill about 800 people overnight in Hailuoto during the Great Wrath.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1717 – An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1724 – J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 for the feast of archangel Michael, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1789 – The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1829 – The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1848 – The Battle of Pákozd is a stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces and is the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1850 – The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1855 – The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1864 – The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought in the American Civil War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1864 – The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1885 – The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1901–present

1907 – The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1911 – Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1918 – Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation in World War I.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1918 – The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack in World War I.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1918 – Germany's Supreme Army Command tells Kaiser Wilhelm II and Imperial Chancellor Georg Michaelis to open negotiations for an armistice to end World War I.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1920 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic agree to a truce with the Makhnovshchina.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1923 – The Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1923 – The Mandate for Syria and Lebanon takes effect.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1923 – The First American Track and Field championships for women are held.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1932 – Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia during the Chaco War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1940 – Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1941 – During World War II, German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1954 – The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1957 – The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1959 – A Lockheed L-188 Electra crashes in Buffalo, Texas, killing 34 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Oman joins the Arab League.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1972 – Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1975 – WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1979 – The dictator Francisco Macias of Equatorial Guinea is executed by soldiers from Western Sahara.<ref name="macias" />
1981 – An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft crashes into a firing range near Kahrizak, Iran, killing 80 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1990 – Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1990 – The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1990 – The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1991 – A Haitian coup d'état occurs.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1992 – Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2004 – The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2004 – Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2005 – John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 – A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2007 – Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2008 – The stock market crashes after the first United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails during the beginning stages of the Great Recession.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009 – The 8.1 Template:M Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2011 – The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2016 – Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2019 – Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

106 BC – Pompey, Roman general and politician (d. 48 BC)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1240 – Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scots (d. 1275)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1402 – Ferdinand the Holy Prince of Portugal (d. 1443)<ref>Template:Cite CE1913</ref>
1511 – Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, cartographer, and theologian (d. 1553)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1527 – John Lesley, Scottish bishop (d. 1596)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1547 – Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1616)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1548 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)<ref>Template:Cite ADB</ref>
1561 – Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician (d. 1615)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1574 – Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, Scottish nobleman and politician (d. 1624)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>

1601–1900

1602 – Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, English military leader (d. 1668)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1636 – Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (d. 1715)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1639 – William Russell, Lord Russell, English politician (d. 1683)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1640 – Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor and educator (d. 1720)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1673 – Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, French flute player and composer (d. 1763)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1691 – Richard Challoner, English bishop (d. 1781)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1703 – François Boucher, French painter and set designer (d. 1770)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1725 – Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (d. 1774)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1758 – Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (d. 1805)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1766 – Charlotte, Princess Royal of England (d. 1828)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1786 – Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician (d. 1843)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1803 – Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1850)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1808 – Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (d. 1868)<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1810 – Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (d. 1865)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1812 – Adolph Göpel, German mathematician (d. 1847)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1832 – Joachim Oppenheim, Czech rabbi and author (d. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1832 – Miguel Miramón, Unconstitutional president of Mexico (d. 1867)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1843 – Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882)<ref>Template:EB1911</ref>
1844 – Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 10th President of Argentina (d. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1844 – Edward Pulsford, English-Australian politician and free-trade campaigner (d. 1919)<ref name="pulsford">Template:Cite AuDB</ref>
1853 – Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (d. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite AuDB</ref>
1863 – Ludwig Holborn, German physicist (d. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1863 – Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1864 – Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher and author (d. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1866 – Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician (d. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1881 – Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1973)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1882 – Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (d. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1891 – Ian Fairweather, Scottish-Australian painter (d. 1974)<ref>Template:Cite AuDB</ref>
1895 – Clarence Ashley, American singer, guitarist, and banjo player (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1895 – Joseph Banks Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (d. 1980)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1895 – Roscoe Turner, American pilot (d. 1970)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1897 – Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (d. 1980)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1898 – Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (d. 1976)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1899 – László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian journalist and inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (d. 1985)<ref name="biro">Template:Cite web</ref>
1899 – Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded Butlins (d. 1980)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>

1901–present

1901 – Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1901 – Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1903 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican lawyer and civilian politician, 46th President of Mexico (d. 1983)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1903 – Diana Vreeland, American journalist (d. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1904 – Greer Garson, English-American actress (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1904 – Michał Waszyński, Polish film director and producer (d. 1965)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1905 – Fidel LaBarba, American boxer and sportswriter (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1906 – Henry Nash Smith, American academic (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1907 – Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1907 – George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1908 – Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1909 – Virginia Bruce, American actress (d. 1982)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1910 – Bill Boyd, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1910 – Diosdado Macapagal, Philippine politician, 9th President of the Philippines (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1911 – Charles Court, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1911 – Reginald Victor Jones, British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1912 – Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1913 – Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1913 – Stanley Kramer, American director and producer (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1913 – Rutherford Ness Robertson, Australian botanist and biologist (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1914 – Olive Dehn, English author and poet (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1915 – Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1915 – Oscar Handlin, American historian and academic (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1915 – Brenda Marshall, American actress (d. 1992)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1916 – Carl Giles, English cartoonist (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1916 – Josef Traxel, German operatic tenor (d. 1975)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1918 – Billy Bevis, English footballer (d. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1919 – Bill Proud, English cricketer (d. 1961)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1920 – Peter D. Mitchell, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1921 – James Cross, Irish-British diplomat (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1921 – John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (d. 2014)<ref name="jritchie">Template:Cite web</ref>
1922 – Reed Irvine, American economist and activist (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1922 – Lizabeth Scott, American actress (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1923 – Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1923 – Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1925 – Steve Forrest, American actor (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1925 – Paul MacCready, American engineer, founded AeroVironment (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1926 – Chuck Cooper, American basketball player (d. 1984)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1926 – Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1927 – Pete McCloskey, American politician<ref>Template:CongBio</ref> (d. 2024)
1927 – Barbara Mertz, American historian and author (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1927 – Cid Moreira, Brazilian journalist and television anchor (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1928 – Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1928 – Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1928 – Jeffrey O'Connell, American legal expert, professor, and attorney (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1930 – Richard Bonynge, Australian pianist and conductor<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1930 – Colin Dexter, English author and educator (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1931 – James Cronin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1931 – Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1931 – Joseph M. McDade, American politician (d. 2017)<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1932 – Robert Benton, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1932 – Mehmood, Indian actor, singer, director and producer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> (d. 2004)
1933 – Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1933 – Mars Rafikov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1934 – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian-American psychologist and academic (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1934 – Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1935 – Carmen Delgado Votaw, Puerto Rican civil rights pioneer (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1936 – Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1936 – James Fogle, American author (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1936 – Hal Trosky, Jr., American baseball player (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1937 – Kōichirō Matsuura, Japanese diplomat<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1937 – Tom McKeown, American poet and educator<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1938 – Wim Kok, Dutch union leader and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1938 – Michael Stürmer, German historian<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1939 – Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1939 – Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1939 – Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician, 2nd First Minister of Wales (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1940 – Billy Cobb, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1941 – Oscar H. Ibarra, Filipino-American theoretical computer scientist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1941 – Robert Lieber, American writer and academic<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1942 – Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1942 – Ian McShane, English actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Bill Nelson, American politician<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1942 – Jean-Luc Ponty, French violinist and composer<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1942 – Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942 – Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1943 – Juan Flores, American academic and professor (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1943 – Lech Wałęsa, Polish electrician and politician, 2nd President of Poland, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1944 – Isla Blair, British actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1944 – Mike Post, American composer and producer<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1945 – Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer and poet<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1945 – Lella Cuberli, American soprano<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1946 – Patricia Hodge, English actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1946 – Arturo Lindsay, Panamanian-American artist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1947 – Richard J. Evans, British historian<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1947 – Ülo Kaevats, Estonian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1947 – S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1948 – Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1948 – Bryant Gumbel, American journalist and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1948 – Theo Jörgensmann, German clarinet player and composer<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1948 – John M. McHugh, American politician<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1949 – George Dalaras, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1949 – Douglas Frantz, American investigative journalist and author<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1950 – Merle Collins, Grenadian poet and short story writer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1951 – Michelle Bachelet, Chilean politician, President of Chile<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1951 – Pier Luigi Bersani, Italian educator and politician, 6th President of Emilia-Romagna<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1951 – Roslyn Schwartz, Canadian author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1951 – Mike Enriquez, Filipino television and radio newscaster (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1952 – Roy Campbell, Jr., American trumpet player (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1952 – Pete Hautman, American author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1952 – Max Sandlin, American lawyer, judge, and politician<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1953 – Mona Baker, Egyptian-British professor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1953 – Drake Hogestyn, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1953 – Janis F. Kearney, American author, lecturer and publisher<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1954 – Harry E. Johnson, American lawyer and public servant<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1954 – Geoffrey Marcy, American astronomer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1954 – Cindy Morgan, American actress (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Ann Bancroft, American explorer and author<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1955 – Joe Donnelly, American politician and lawyer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1955 – Gwen Ifill, American journalist (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1956 – Susanne Antonetta, American poet and author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1956 – Sebastian Coe, English sprinter and politician<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1956 – Suzzy Roche, American singer-songwriter and actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1957 – Chris Broad, English cricketer and referee<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1957 – Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1957 – Uwe Foullong, German politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1957 – Joel Gallen, American director, producer and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1957 – Mark Nicholas, English cricketer and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1958 – Pete Fromm, American author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1958 – Andy Straka, American author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1958 – Karen Young, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Jon Fosse, Norwegian author and dramatist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Marissa Moss, American author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Raf, Italian singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1960 – Steve Burke, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1960 – Rob Deer, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1960 – John Paxson, American basketball player and executive<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1961 – Mohammed Dahlan, Palestinian politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1961 – Julia Gillard, Welsh-Australian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Australia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1962 – Roger Bart, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1963 – Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Les Claypool, American bass player, singer, songwriter, and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1963 – Francis Jue, American actor and singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1964 – PJ Manney, American writer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1965 – Suzanne Kamata, American author and educator<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1965 – Robert F. Worth, American journalist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1966 – Hersey Hawkins, American basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1966 – Ben Miles, English actor<ref name="AP" />
1966 – Bujar Nishani, Albanian politician, 7th President of Albania (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1966 – Ken Norton Jr., American football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Jill Whelan, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1967 – Sara Sankey, English badminton player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1967 – Brett Anderson, English singer and songwriter<ref name=Independent1>Template:Cite news</ref>
1968 – Darius de Haas, American stage actor and singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1968 – Luke Goss, English actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1968 – Adam Segal, American cybersecurity expert<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1969 – Erika Eleniak, American model and actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1969 – Robert Kurzban, American author and professor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1969 – Carlos Watson, American entrepreneur, journalist and television host<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1970 – Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1970 – Khushbu Sundar, Indian actress, producer, and politician<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1970 – Emily Lloyd, English actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1970 – Russell Peters, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1970 – Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Joanna Brooks, American author and professor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1971 – Ray Buchanan, American football player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1971 – Mackenzie Crook, English actor and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1971 – Theodore Shapiro, American composer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1972 – Jörgen Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Robert Webb, English comedian, actor and writer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1973 – Alfie Boe, English tenor and actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1974 – Alexis Cruz, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1974 – Dedric Ward, American football wide receiver<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1975 – Stephanie Klein, American author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1976 – Darren Byfield, English-Jamaican footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1976 – Kelvin Davis, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1977 – Heath Bell, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1978 – Neville Roach, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1978 – Nathan West, American actor, musician, and singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1980 – Dallas Green, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1980 – Zachary Levi, American actor and singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1980 – Chrissy Metz, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1981 – Kelly McCreary, American actress<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Matt Piper, English footballer and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1981 – Suzanne Shaw, English actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1982 – Adrian Moody, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1983 – Ryan Garry, English footballer and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1984 – Per Mertesacker, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1985 – Calvin Johnson, American football player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1985 – Michelle Payne, Australian jockey<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1986 – Jerome Jordan, Jamaican basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Inika McPherson, American track and field athlete<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1987 – Josh Farro, American musician<ref name="AP" />
1988 – Samuel Di Carmine, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1988 – Kevin Durant, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1989 – Shyima Hall, Egyptian human rights activist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1989 – Aaron Martin, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1990 – Doug Brochu, American voice actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1990 – Jordan Schroeder, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Souleymane Doukara, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1991 – Nathan Modest, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1993 – Nathan Buddle, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1994 – Halsey, American singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1994 – Hamdy Fathy, Egyptian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Sasha Lane, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1998 – Vera Lapko, Belarusian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – Choi Ye-na, South Korean singer and dancer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Jaden McDaniels, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

722 – Leudwinus, Frankish archbishop and saint (b. 660)<ref>Template:BBKL</ref>
855 – Lothair I, Carolingian emperor (b. 795)<ref>Template:EB1911</ref>
1186 – William of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre (b. 1130)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1225 – Arnaud Amalric, Papal legate who allegedly promoted mass murder<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1298 – Guido I da Montefeltro, Italian military strategist (b. 1223)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1304 – John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, English general (b. 1231)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1364 – Charles I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1319)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1382 – Izz al-Din ibn Rukn al-Din Mahmud, malik of Sistan<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1501 – Andrew Stewart, Scottish bishop (b. 1442)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1560 – Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496)<ref>Template:Cite NIE</ref>

1601–1900

1637 – Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino martyr and saint (b. 1600)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1642 – René Goupil, French missionary and saint (b. 1608)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1642 – William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire (b. 1561)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1715 – George Haliburton, Scottish bishop (b. 1635)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1800 – Michael Denis, Austrian poet and author (b. 1729)<ref>Template:EB1911</ref>
1804 – Michael Hillegas, American politician, 1st Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1833 – Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1850 – David Keith Ballow, Scottish-Australian doctor (b. 1804)<ref>Template:Cite AuDB</ref>
1861 – Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1829 or 1834)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1862 – William "Bull" Nelson, American general (b. 1824)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1867 – Sterling Price, American major general and politician (b. 1809)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1887 – Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1889 – Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1898 – Thomas F. Bayard, American lawyer, politician and diplomat (b. 1828)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1900 – Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>

1901–present

1902 – William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1902 – Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1904 – Alfred Nehring, German zoologist and paleontologist (b. 1845)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1905 – Alexander Hay Japp, Scottish author, journalist and publisher (b. 1836)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1908 – Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1910 – Rebecca Harding Davis, American author and journalist (b. 1831)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1910 – Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1913 – Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1913 – John F. Lacey, American politician (b. 1841)<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1915 – Luther Orlando Emerson, American musician, composer and music publisher (b. 1820)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1915 – Rudi Stephan, German composer (b. 1887)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1918 – Lawrence Weathers, Australian soldier (b. 1890).<ref>Template:Cite AuDB</ref>
1919 – Edward Pulsford, English-Australian politician and free-trade campaigner (b. 1844)<ref name="pulsford" />
1923 – Walther Penck, German geologist and geomorphologist (b. 1888)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1925 – Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1851)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1925 – Runar Schildt, Finnish author (b. 1888)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1927 – Arthur Achleitner, German journalist and author (b. 1858)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1927 – Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1928 – John Devoy, Irish-American Fenian rebel leader (b. 1842)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1928 – Ernst Steinitz, German mathematician (b. 1871)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1930 – Ilya Repin, Ukrainian-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1844)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1931 – William Orpen, Irish artist (b. 1878)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1933 – Jean-François Delmas, French bass-baritone (b. 1861)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1935 – Winifred Holtby, English novelist and journalist (b. 1898)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1937 – Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (b. 1877)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1937 – Ray Ewry, American triple jumper (b. 1873)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1944 – Douglas Crawford McMurtrie, American typeface designer, graphic designer, historian and author (b. 1888)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1949 – Rosa Olitzka, German-American contralto singer (b. 1873)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1951 – Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (b. 1864)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1952 – John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1952 – C. H. Douglas, British engineer (b. 1879)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1953 – Ernst Reuter, German politician (b. 1889)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1955 – Louis Leon Thurstone, American psychologist (b. 1887)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1955 – Hubert Maitland Turnbull, British pathologist (b. 1875)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1956 – Anastasio Somoza García, Nicaraguan politician, 21st President of Nicaragua (b. 1896)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1958 – Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (b. 1893)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1959 – Bruce Bairnsfather, British humorist and cartoonist (b. 1887)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1960 – John Baillie, Scottish theologian (b. 1886)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1960 – Vladimir Dimitrov, Bulgarian artist (b. 1882)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1960 – John Goodwin, British soldier and medical practitioner, 14th Governor of Queensland (b. 1871)<ref>Template:Cite AuDB</ref>
1966 – Bernard Gimbel, American businessman (b. 1885)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1967 – Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1970 – Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1970 – Gilbert Seldes, American writer and cultural critic (b. 1893)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1972 – Kathleen Clarke, Irish politician and activist (b. 1878)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1973 – W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1975 – Gladys Skelton, Australian-British poet, novelist and playwright (b. 1885)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1975 – Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (b. 1890)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1977 – Robert McKimson, American animator and illustrator (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1977 – Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American composer and pianist (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1979 – Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatoguinean politician, 1st President of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1924)<ref name="macias">Template:Cite book</ref>
1979 – Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Russian composer (b. 1893)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1980 – Harold Alexander Abramson, American physician (b. 1889)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1981 – Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1981 – Frances Yates, English historian (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1982 – A. L. Lloyd, English folk singer (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1982 – Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1983 – Alan Moorehead, Australian war correspondent and author (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1984 – Geater Davis, American singer and songwriter (b. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1984 – Hal Porter, Australian novelist, playwright and poet (b. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite AuDB</ref>
1987 – Henry Ford II, American businessman (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1988 – Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1989 – Gussie Busch, American businessman (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1989 – Georges Ulmer, Danish-French singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1991 – Grace Zaring Stone, American novelist and short-story writer (b. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1992 – Jean Aurenche, French screenwriter (b. 1904)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1992 – William H. Sebrell Jr., American nutritionist, 7th Director of the National Institutes of Health (b. 1901)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1992 – Don West, American writer, poet, educator, trade union organizer and civil-rights activist (b. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1993 – Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1995 – Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist and activist (b. 1919)<ref name="Home 1919 c942">Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1997 – Sven-Eric Johanson, Swedish composer and organist (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1997 – Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1997 – Edith Ballinger Price, American writer and illustrator (b. 1897)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1998 – Tom Bradley, American lieutenant and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1998 – C. David Marsden, British neurologist (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1998 – Bruno Munari, Italian artist, designer, and inventor (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1999 – Edward William O'Rourke, American bishop (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2000 – John Grant, English journalist and politician (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2001 – Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (b. 1915)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2001 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, South Vietnamese military officer and politician, 2nd President of South Vietnam (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004 – Richard Sainct, French motorcycle racer (b. 1970)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004 – Patrick Wormald, English historian (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
2005 – Patrick Caulfield, English painter and academic (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2005 – Austin Leslie, American chef and author (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2006 – Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer and manager (b. 1915)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2006 – Michael A. Monsoor, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2006 – Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian cardinal (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 – Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2008 – Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010 – Tony Curtis, American actor (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010 – Greg Giraldo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1965)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2011 – Sylvia Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012 – Neil Smith, Scottish geographer and academic (b. 1954)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2012 – Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2012 – Malcolm Wicks, English academic and politician (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – Harold Agnew, American physicist and engineer (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2013 – S. N. Goenka, Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – Marcella Hazan, Italian cooking writer (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2014 – Mary Cadogan, English author (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2014 – John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (b. 1921)<ref name="jritchie" />
2015 – Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2016 – Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipina politician (b. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2017 – Tom Alter, Indian actor (b. 1950)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2018 – Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2019 – Martin Bernheimer, German-American music critic (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Emir (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2020 – Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer, actress, and activist (b. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2022 – Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist and mathematician (b. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2022 – Akissi Kouamé, Ivorian army officer (b. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Ozzie Virgil Sr., Dominican baseball player and coach (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
- Charles, Duke of Brittany<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Hripsime<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Jean de Montmirail<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Theodota of Philippi<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. One of the four quarter days in the Irish calendar. (England and Ireland). Called Michaelmas in some western liturgical traditions.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Inventors' Day (Argentina)<ref name="biro" />
Victory of Boquerón Day (Paraguay)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
World Heart Day<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

References

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External links

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