September 29 in History
What happened on September 29 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on september 29 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on september 29 in history.
?>2009
An 8.1 earthquake causes a tidal wave that claims 189 lives in Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga.
2008
Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 777.68 points in the wake of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual bankruptcies, the largest single-day point loss in Wall Street history.
1992
Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello impeached for corruptions; he was the youngest president in the nation’s history, taking office at age 40 in 1990.
1990
The YF-22, later named F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
1979
John Paul II becomes the first pope ever to visit Ireland.
1971
Oman joins the Arab League.
1966
Chevrolet introduces the Camaro, which will become an iconic car.
1962
Canada launches its first satellite, Alouette 1.
1962
The popular Argentinian comic strip Mafalda beings publication, in the weekly Primera Plana; focusing on a six-year-old girl (Mafalda) and her friends, it has been called the Argentinian Peanuts.
1960
General Douglas MacArthur officially returns Seoul, South Korea, to President Syngman Rhee.
1950
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev repeatedly disrupts a UN General Assembly meeting with his violent outbursts over intervention in the Belgian Congo, US U2 spy planes, and arms control.
1943
Adolf Hitler‘s book Mein Kampf is published in the United States.
1941
30,000 Jews are gunned down in Kiev when Heinrich Himmler sends four strike squads to exterminate Soviet Jewish civilians and other “undesirables.”
1939
Germany and the Soviet Union reach an agreement on the division of Poland.
1932
A five-day work week is established for General Motors workers.
1879
Dissatisfied Ute Indians kill Agent Nathan Meeker and nine others in the “Meeker Massacre.”
1864
Union troops capture the Confederate Fort Harrison, outside Petersburg, Virginia.
1850
Mormon leader Brigham Young is named the first governor of the Utah Territory.
1833
A civil war breaks out in Spain between Carlists, who believe Don Carlos deserves the throne, and supporters of Queen Isabella.
1789
Congress votes to create a U.S. army.
1513
Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean.
1493
Christopher Columbus leaves Cadiz, Spain, on his second voyage to the new world.
1399
Richard II of England is deposed. His cousin, Henry of Lancaster, declares himself king under the name Henry IV.
1197
Emperor Henry VI dies in Messina, Sicily.