About September 29

September 29, 2025 is the 272nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 93 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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Libra is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 141 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On September 29

  • 522 BC –
    Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
  • 1567 –
    At a dinner, the Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Hoorn for treason.
  • 1650 –
    Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters in Threadneedle Street, London.
  • 1829 –
    The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
  • 1850 –
    The Roman Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.
  • 1864 –
    American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin’s Farm is fought.
  • 1907 –
    The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
  • 1918 –
    World War I, Battle of St. Quentin Canal: The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice.
  • 1941 –
    World War II: Holocaust in Kyiv, Soviet Union: German Einsatzgruppe C begins the Babyn Yar massacre, according to the Einsatzgruppen operational situation report.
  • 1949 –
    The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People’s Republic of China.
  • 1954 –
    The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
  • 1960 –
    Nikita Khrushchev, leader of Soviet Union, disrupts a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts.
  • 1962 –
    Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched.
  • 1964 –
    The Argentine comic strip Mafalda is published for the first time.
  • 1972 –
    Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
  • 1979 –
    Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to set foot on Irish soil with his pastoral visit to the Republic of Ireland.
  • 1990 –
    Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed.
  • 1991 –
    Military coup in Haiti (1991 Haitian coup d'état).
  • 1992 –
    Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello resigns.
  • 2001 –
    The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication.

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