September 29

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September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 93 days remain until the end of the year.

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

1601–1900

• 1714 – The Cossacks of the Russian Empire kill about 800 people overnight in Hailuoto during the Great Wrath.
• 1717 – An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
• 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.
• 1789 – The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
• 1829 – The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
• 1848 – The Battle of Pákozd is a stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces and is the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution.
• 1850 – The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.
• 1855 – The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.
• 1864 – The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought in the American Civil War.
• 1864 – The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
• 1885 – The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

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

Births

Pre-1600

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

1601–1900

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

1901–present

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

Deaths

Pre-1600

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

1601–1900

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

1901–present

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

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Charles, Duke of Brittany
  • Hripsime
  • Jean de Montmirail
  • Theodota of Philippi
  • 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.
• Inventors' Day (Argentina)
• Victory of Boquerón Day (Paraguay)
• World Heart Day

External links

• "On This Day". BBC.
• The New York Times: On This Day
• "Historical Events on September 29". OnThisDay.com.