On this day in History - Sep. 29

106 BC - Pompey was born (d. 48 BC). Roman statesman and general.
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.
48 BC - Ptolemy XIII of Egypt had Pompey murdered and his head cut off on his 58th birthday. Pompey's head and ring were kept for Julius Caesar.
48 BC - Pompey, the Great dies assassinated (b. 106 BC). Roman general.
0855 - Pope Benedict III becomes Pope.

1227 - O Papa Gregório IX excomunga Frederico II.
1328 - Joan of Kent was born (d. 1385)
1364 - Battle of Auray: English forces defeat French at Brittany; end of the Breton War of Succession
1364 - Charles, Duke of Brittany dies.

1402 - Nasce Fernando de Portugal, o Infante Santo († 1443)
1511 - Michael Servetus was born († 1553). Spanish humanist.
1547 - Miguel de Cervantes was born († 1616). Spanish author.
1548 - William V, Duke of Bavaria was born (d. 1626)
1560 - King Gustav I of Sweden dies (b. 1496)
1561 - Adriaan van Roomen was born (d. 1615). Flemish mathematician.
1567 - At a dinner, the Duke of Alva arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Horne for treason.
1636 - Thomas Tenison was born (d. 1715). Archbishop of Canterbury
1637- Lorenzo Ruiz dies. Filipino saint
1639 - Lord William Russell was born (d. 1683). English politician.
1640 - Antoine Coysevox was born (d. 1720). French sculptor.
1678 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles was born (d. 1766). French soldier.
1691 - Richard Challoner was born (d. 1781). English Catholic prelate.
1703 - Charles de Saint-Évremond dies (b. 1610). French soldier.
1725 - Robert Clive was born (d. 1774). British general and statesman.
1758 - Horatio Nelson was born (d. 1805). British admiral.
1786 - Guadalupe Victoria was born (d. 1843). First president of Mexico.
1789 - The U.S. War Department first establishes regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
1789 - The first U.S. Congress adjourns.

1801 - Tratado de paz entre Portugal e a República francesa, assinado em Madrid, em consequência da «Guerra das Laranjas», pelo qual Portugal se obriga a fechar os portos aos britânicos.
1804 - Michael Hillegas dies (b. 1728). First Treasurer of the United States.
1810 - Elizabeth Gaskell was born (d. 1865). British novelist.
1829 - London's reorganized police force goes on duty, later to become known as Scotland Yard.

1833 - Fernando VII of Spain dies.

1844 - Miguel Juárez Celman was born. Argentine politician.

1849 - Dom Francisco do Rego Maia was born († 1928). Brazilian bishop.
1864 - American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.
1864 - Miguel de Unamuno was born (d. 1936). Spanish writer and philosopher.

1881 - Ludwig von Mises was born († 1973). Austrian economist.
1895 - J.B. Rhine was born (d. 1980). American parapsychologist.
1901 - Enrico Fermi was born (d. 1954). Italian physicist, Nobel Prize in Phisics laureate, in 1938.
1901 - Lanza del Vasto was born (d. 1981). Italian philosopher, poet, and activist.

1902 - Miguel Alemán Valdés was born. President of Mexico.
1902 - Impresario David Belasco's first Broadway theater opens.
1902 - William Topaz McGonagall dies (b. 1825). Scots/Irish poet.

1902 - Émile Zola dies (b. 3 Apr 1840). French writer.
1904 - Greer Garson was born (d. 1996). British actress.
1907 - Gene Autry was born (d. 1998). American actor, singer, and businessman.
1907 - The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
1908 - Eddie Tolan was born (d. 1967). American athlete.
1908 - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis dies (b. 21 Jun 1839). Brazilian writer.
1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni was born. Italian film director
1913 - Trevor Howard was born (d. 1988). English actor.
1913 - Stanley Kramer was born (d. 2001). American film director.

1916 - Antonio Buero Vallejo was born. Spanish dramatist.
1918 - The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces during World War I.

1925 - Léon Bourgeois dies. French politician. Nobel Prize for Peace laureate in 1920.
1927 - Willem Einthoven dies (b. 1860). Dutch physician, Nobel laureate.

1927 - Nascia Adhemar Ferreira da Silva († 2001). Bicampeão olímpico brasileiro no triplo salto

1931 - James Watson Cronin was born. American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureate in 1980.
1931 - Anita Ekberg was born. Swedish actress.

1933 - Samora Machel was († 1986) . First President of Mozambique

1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis was born. American musician
1936 - Silvio Berlusconi was born. Prime Minister of Italy
1937 - Ray Ewry dies (b. 1873). American athlete.
1938 - Wim Kok was born. Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1939 - Larry Linville was born (d. 2000). American actor.
1939 - Poland is divided between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
1941 - The Babi Yar massacre begins. / 33.771 Judeus são mortos durante o massacre de Babi Yar, perto de Kiev, na Ucrânia, no começo da invasão alemã da União Soviética.
1942 - Madeline Kahn was born (d. 1999). American actress.
1942 - Bill Nelson was born. U.S. Senator from Florida
1942 - Jean-Luc Ponty was born. French jazz violinist
1943 - Lech Wałęsa was born. Polish trade union activist and politician
1943 - U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the British ship Nelson off the shore of Malta.
1948 - Bryant Gumbel was born. American television personality
1951 - Andrés Caicedo was born (d. 1977). Colombian writer.
1951 - Maureen Caird was born. Australian hurdler
1952 - Max Sandlin was born. American politician.

1952 - Morre Francisco Alves (n. 1898). Cantor brasileiro conhecido como "O Rei da Voz".
1954 - The convention establishing CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.

1955 - Nasce, em Repeses, concelho de Viseu, Francisco José Ferreira Rebelo Fernandes. Economiste e fiscalista português.
1956 - Sebastian Coe was born. British athlete
1957 - Andrew Dice Clay was born. American comedian and actor
1960 - Jennifer Rush was born. American singer
1961- Rebecca DeMornay was born. American actress
1961 - The New York Times publishes music critic Robert Sheldon's review of a performance from little known singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which will lead to Dylan's discovery by Columbia Records representative John Hammond
1962 - Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite is launched.
1963 - The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.
1963 - Dave Andreychuk was born. Canadian hockey player
1964 - Les Claypool was born. American bassist (Primus)
1964 - Tom Sizemore was born. American actor
1964 - Argentine cartoonist Quino publishes his first Mafalda comic strip.

1965 - Rino Levi dies (b. 1901). Brazilian architect.

1966 - Jill Whelan was born. American actress.
1967 - Carson McCullers dies (b. 1917). American author.
1970 - Edward Everett Horton dies (b. 1886). American actor.
1970 - Emily Lloyd was born. British actress
1972 - Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
1973 - W. H. Auden dies (b. 1907). English poet.
1975 - Casey Stengel dies. Baseball player and manager
1976 - Andriy Shevchenko was born. Ukrainian footballer.

1977 - Portugal: As Bases da muralha de Cascais, a Bateria Alta, as Cortinas de Atiradores, o Forte de São Teodósio e o Forte do Guincho são classificados como imóveis de Interesse Público

1977 - União Soviética lança estação espacial Salyut 6
1978 - Kurt Nilsen was born. Norwegian singer
1981 - Siarhei Rutenka was born. Belarusian handball player
1982 - Ariana Jollee was born. American actress and director.
1982 - Monty Stratton dies (b. 1912). Baseball player.
1988 - Charles Addams dies (b. 1912). American cartoonist.

1988 - Forças de Paz das Nações Unidas recebem Prémio Nobel da Paz
1988 - NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster.
1992 - Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello resigns.

1992 - Lançamanto do álbum Dirt da banda norte-americana Alice in Chains

1992 - Primeiras eleições em Angola cujos resultados não são aceites pela UNITA.
1994 - Cheb Hasni dies (b. 1968). Algerian singer.
1996 - Super Mario 64, a revolutionary platformer game for the Nintendo 64, is released in the United States.
1997 - Roy Lichtenstein dies (b. 1923). American artist.
1998 - Tom Bradley dies (b. 1917). Mayor of Los Angeles, California.

1998 - Morre Jacyra Sampaio (n. 1922). Brazilian actress.
2001 - Nguyen Van Thieu dies (b. 1923). President of South Vietnam.
2001 - The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication.
2004 - The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
2004 - The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne performed a successful spaceflight, thereby halfway to winning the prize.
2004 - Baseball: The Montreal Expos play their last game at Olympic Stadium.
RC Saints - Michaelmas - Christian feast of the Archangels St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael
England, Ireland - One of the four Quarter days in the Irish calendar

Botswana: Independency Day