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September 29

September 29 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1011 and 2006. Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.

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What happened on September 29?

September 29 is the 272nd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1011 and 2006. Famous people born on September 29 include Michelle Bachelet, Lech Wałęsa and Miguel de Cervantes.

The shape of the day

September 29's record stretches 995 years, from 1011 to 2006. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

Libra is the sign for September 29 — read more on the Libra page, or see September's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on September 29

Movies, games, albums & shows

2023

  • Game Cocoon
  • TV Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

2022

  • Game Railgrade

2021

  • TV The Chestnut Man

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1011

    Siege of Canterbury

    Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.

  2. 1724

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    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.

  3. 1918

    World War I

    World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation.

  4. 1923

    Mandate for Palestine

    The Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.

  5. 1941

    World War II

    During World War II, German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.

  6. 1972

    Japan

    Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.

  7. 1979

    Equatorial Guinea

    Equatorial Guinean dictator Francisco Macías Nguema is executed by soldiers from Western Sahara.

  8. 1990

    Lockheed YF-22

    The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.

  9. 2005

    John Roberts

    John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States.

  10. 2006

    Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907

    A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.

Famous birthday twins

Born on September 29

Michelle Bachelet

b. 1951

Chilean politician, President of Chile

Lech Wałęsa

b. 1943

Polish electrician and politician, 2nd President of Poland, Nobel Prize laureate

Miguel de Cervantes

b. 1547

Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright

Enrico Fermi

b. 1901

Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Silvio Berlusconi

b. 1936

Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy

Kevin Durant

b. 1988

American basketball player

Julia Gillard

b. 1961

Welsh-Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia

Pier Luigi Bersani

b. 1951

Italian educator and politician, 6th President of Emilia-Romagna

Deaths

  • 2022Kathleen Booth
  • 2007Katsuko Saruhashi
  • 1937Ray Ewry
  • 1913Rudolf Diesel
  • 1902Émile Zola
  • 1560Gustav Vasa

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Charles, Duke of Brittany
  • —Christian feast day: Hripsime
  • —Christian feast day: Jean de Montmirail
  • —Christian feast day: Theodota of Philippi
  • —Christian feast day: September 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Christian feast day: 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.
  • —Inventors' Day (Argentina)
  • —Victory of Boquerón Day (Paraguay)

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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