September 29
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 Tsardom of Russia 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 in Washington, D.C.
- 1911 - Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire, In this war, Italy gains Libya which ends Ottoman rule in North Africa.
- 1918 - World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation.
- 1918 - World War I: The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.
- 1918 - World War I: Germany's Supreme Army Command tells Kaiser Wilhelm II and Imperial Chancellor Georg Michaelis to open negotiations for an armistice to end the war.
- 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 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 - Equatorial Guinean dictator Francisco Macías Nguema 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 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 with the Dow Jones dropping a then record 778 points after the 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 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
- 1240 - Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scots
- 1402 - Ferdinand the Holy Prince of Portugal
- 1511 - Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, cartographer, and theologian
- 1527 - John Lesley, Scottish bishop
- 1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
- 1548 - William V, Duke of Bavaria
- 1561 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician
- 1574 - Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, Scottish nobleman and politician
1601–1900
- 1602 - Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, English military leader
- 1636 - Thomas Tenison, English archbishop
- 1639 - William Russell, Lord Russell, English politician
- 1640 - Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor and educator
- 1673 - Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, French flute player and composer
- 1691 - Richard Challoner, English bishop
- 1703 - François Boucher, French painter and set designer
- 1725 - Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire
- 1758 - Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral
- 1766 - Charlotte, Princess Royal of England
- 1786 - Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician
- 1803 - Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist
- 1808 - Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician
- 1810 - Elizabeth Gaskell, English author
- 1812 - Adolph Göpel, German mathematician
- 1832 - Joachim Oppenheim, Czech rabbi and author
- 1832 - Miguel Miramón, Unconstitutional president of Mexico
- 1843 - Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general
- 1844 - Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 10th President of Argentina
- 1844 - Edward Pulsford, English-Australian politician and free-trade campaigner
- 1853 - Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist
- 1863 - Ludwig Holborn, German physicist
- 1863 - Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician
- 1864 - Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher and author
- 1866 - Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician
- 1881 - Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher
- 1882 - Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician
- 1891 - Ian Fairweather, Scottish-Australian painter
- 1895 - Clarence Ashley, American singer, guitarist, and banjo player
- 1895 - Joseph Banks Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist
- 1895 - Roscoe Turner, American pilot
- 1897 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian
- 1898 - Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist
- 1899 - László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian journalist and inventor, invented the ballpoint pen
- 1899 - Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded Butlins
1901–present
- 1901 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist
- 1901 - Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1903 - Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican lawyer and civilian politician, 46th President of Mexico
- 1903 - Diana Vreeland, American journalist
- 1904 - Greer Garson, English-American actress
- 1904 - Michał Waszyński, Polish film director and producer
- 1905 - Fidel LaBarba, American boxer and sportswriter
- 1906 - Henry Nash Smith, American academic
- 1907 - Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman
- 1907 - George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix
- 1908 - Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator
- 1909 - Virginia Bruce, American actress
- 1910 - Bill Boyd, American singer and guitarist
- 1910 - Diosdado Macapagal, Philippine politician, 9th President of the Philippines
- 1911 - Charles Court, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia
- 1911 - Reginald Victor Jones, British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert
- 1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter
- 1913 - Trevor Howard, English actor
- 1913 - Stanley Kramer, American director and producer
- 1913 - Rutherford Ness Robertson, Australian botanist and biologist
- 1914 - Olive Dehn, English author and poet
- 1915 - Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train
- 1915 - Oscar Handlin, American historian and academic
- 1915 - Brenda Marshall, American actress
- 1916 - Carl Giles, English cartoonist
- 1916 - Josef Traxel, German operatic tenor
- 1918 - Billy Bevis, English footballer
- 1919 - Bill Proud, English cricketer
- 1920 - Peter D. Mitchell, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1921 - James Cross, Irish-British diplomat
- 1921 - John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator
- 1922 - Reed Irvine, American economist and activist
- 1922 - Lizabeth Scott, American actress
- 1923 - Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator
- 1923 - Bum Phillips, American football player and coach
- 1925 - Steve Forrest, American actor
- 1925 - Paul MacCready, American engineer, founded AeroVironment
- 1926 - Chuck Cooper, American basketball player
- 1926 - Pete Elliott, American football player and coach
- 1927 - Pete McCloskey, American politician
- 1927 - Barbara Mertz, American historian and author
- 1927 - Cid Moreira, Brazilian journalist and television anchor
- 1928 - Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician
- 1928 - Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor
- 1928 - Jeffrey O'Connell, American legal expert, professor, and attorney
- 1930 - Richard Bonynge, Australian pianist and conductor
- 1930 - Colin Dexter, English author and educator
- 1931 - James Cronin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1931 - Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress
- 1931 - Joseph M. McDade, American politician
- 1932 - Robert Benton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1932 - Mehmood, Indian actor, singer, director and producer
- 1933 - Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique
- 1933 - Mars Rafikov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut
- 1934 - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian-American psychologist and academic
- 1934 - Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and screenwriter
- 1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1935 - Carmen Delgado Votaw, Puerto Rican civil rights pioneer
- 1936 - Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy
- 1936 - James Fogle, American author
- 1936 - Hal Trosky, Jr., American baseball player
- 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
- 1938 - Michael Stürmer, German historian
- 1939 - Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer
- 1939 - Larry Linville, American actor
- 1939 - Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician, 2nd First Minister of Wales
- 1940 - Billy Cobb, English footballer
- 1941 - Oscar H. Ibarra, Filipino-American theoretical computer scientist
- 1941 - Jon Brower Minnoch, famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded
- 1941 - Robert Lieber, American writer and academic
- 1942 - Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist
- 1942 - Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer
- 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
- 1942 - Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright
- 1943 - Juan Flores, American academic and professor
- 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
- 1947 - S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India
- 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
- 1952 - Roy Campbell, Jr., American trumpet player
- 1952 - Pete Hautman, American author
- 1952 - Max Sandlin, American lawyer, judge, and politician
- 1953 - Mona Baker, Egyptian-British professor
- 1953 - Drake Hogestyn, American actor
- 1953 - Janis F. Kearney, American author, lecturer and publisher
- 1954 - Marshall Holman, American bowler and sportscaster
- 1954 - Harry E. Johnson, American lawyer and public servant
- 1954 - Geoffrey Marcy, American astronomer
- 1954 - Mark Mitchell, Australian actor
- 1954 - Cindy Morgan, American actress
- 1955 - Ann Bancroft, American explorer and author
- 1955 - Joe Donnelly, American politician and lawyer
- 1955 - Gwen Ifill, American journalist
- 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 - Uwe Foullong, German politician
- 1957 - Joel Gallen, American director, producer and screenwriter
- 1957 - Mark Nicholas, English cricketer and sportscaster
- 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 - 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, 27th 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
- 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 - Suzanne Shaw, English actress and singer
- 1983 - Ryan Garry, English footballer and coach
- 1984 - Per Mertesacker, German footballer
- 1985 - Calvin Johnson, American football player
- 1985 - Michelle Payne, Australian jockey
- 1986 - Inika McPherson, American track and field athlete
- 1987 - Josh Farro, American musician
- 1988 - Kevin Durant, American basketball player
- 1989 - Shyima Hall, Egyptian human rights activist
- 1990 - Jordan Schroeder, American ice hockey player
- 1991 - Souleymane Doukara, French footballer
- 1993 - Enxhi Seli-Zacharias, German politician
- 1994 - Halsey, American singer
- 1994 - Nicholas Galitzine, English actor
- 1995 - Sasha Lane, American actress
- 1999 - Choi Ye-na, South Korean singer and dancer
- 2000 - Jaden McDaniels, American basketball player