About September 29
September 29, 2023 is the 272nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 93 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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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 134 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 29
- 1227 –Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades.
- 1650 –Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters in Threadneedle Street, London.
- 1717 –An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city’s architecture and making authorities consider moving the capital to a different city.
- 1848 –Battle of Pákozd: stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces at Pákozd; the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
- 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.
- 1885 –The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
- 1907 –The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
- 1941 –World War II: Holocaust in Kyiv, Soviet Union: German Einsatzgruppe C begins the Babyn Yar massacre, according to the Einsatzgruppen operational situation report.
- 1943 –World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMS Nelson off Malta.
- 1962 –Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched.
- 1964 –The Argentine comic strip Mafalda is published for the first time.
- 1966 –The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.
- 1971 –Oman joins the Arab League.
- 1972 –Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
- 1975 –WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, becomes the world’s first black-owned-and-operated television station.
- 1988 –Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 1990 –Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed.
- 1990 –The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
- 1991 –Military coup in Haiti (1991 Haitian coup d'état).
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