0235 St Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0855 Benedict III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0855 The Holy Roman Emperor Lothair dies September 29 at age 60 after dividing his lands between his three sons and is succeeded as emperor by his son of 33, who will reign until 875 as Louis II
1349 People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning the wells
1364 Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany
1650 Henry Robinson opens first marriage bureau (England)
1785 Chaidic sect is excommunicated in Cracow Poland
1789 First congress adjourns
1789 US War Dept established a regular army
1793 Tennis is first mentioned in an English sporting magazine
1849 First passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad)
1853 Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348
1859 Great auroral display in US
1863 The opera "Pescatori di Perle", more properly known as "Les Pêcheurs de Perles", is produced (Paris)
1902 Impresario David Belasco opened his first Broadway theater
1907 Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral
1915 A hurricane claims 275 in the Mississippi Delta
1918 Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line
1918 Australians storm the Hindenburg Line, France
1918 Capt. John McGregor (2nd Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France
1918 Captain GH Wilkins, official AIF photographer, rallies United States troops at the battle of the Hindenburg Line, while taking photographs For this action he is awarded a bar to his Military Cross, becoming the only Australian official photographer to be decorated for bravery in the field
1923 Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public
1927 Tornado strikes St Louis Missouri
1930 Boquer¢n battle ends Paraguay border dispute
1930 The final section of the 3'6" gauge railway on Prince Edward Island is converted to standard gauge. The conversion work on the island had started in 1919.
