Page 5: Historical Events In September - 29

1916  On this day in history john D. Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire.   

1916  Carl Ronald Giles, cartoonist on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line   

1918  On September - 29 australians storm the Hindenburg Line, France   

1918  On this day in history 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 on September - 29.   

1918  Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history don Castle, TX, actor (Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol)   

1920  On this day in history babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54   

1921  Pirates drop doubleheader to Cards to allow idle Giants to clinch NL on this day in history.   

1922  Mussolini ask Vatican for support of fascist party program on September - 29.   

1923  Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public on September - 29.   

1923  6th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Pelham CC Pelham NY on September - 29.   

1924  On September - 29 santo Domingo joins League of Nations   

1925  On September - 29 french Gen of Morocco, marshal Lyautey, is dismissed   

1925  E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Galgmannen), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1926  Norma Shearer wed Irving Thalberg on this day in history.   

1927  Tornado strikes St Louis Missouri on September - 29.   

1927  On September - 29 babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games   

1927  On September - 29 willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist (Nobel-1924), dies at 67   

1928  On September - 29 cardinals win NL pennant with a 3-1 win at Boston   

1928  On September - 29 arnold Kent, dies   

1929  Giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron/general/premier (1927-29), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1930  Boquer¢n battle ends Paraguay border dispute on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history 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.   

1930  1st Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC on September - 29.   

1932  On this day in history "Bill of Divorcement" premieres at the Mayfair   

1933  Little King, Cartoon Character, by Von Beuren, debut on September - 29.   

1933  Margaret Talmadge, dies on September - 29.   

1934  On September - 29 rondo Hatton weds Mabel Housh   

1935  On September - 29 5th Ryder Cup: US wins, 9-3 at Ridgewood Country Club (Ridgewood, New Jersey, US)   

1936  On September - 29 radio used for first time for a presidential campaign   

1936  Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign on September - 29.   

1937  Frans Slaats bicycles world record time (45,563 km) on this day in history.   

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1240  On September - 29 birth of margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, (d. 1275)   

1321  John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387) was born on September - 29.   

1328  On September - 29 birth of joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385)   

1388  On September - 29 birth of thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)   

1402  On this day in history birth of ferdinand, the Saint, Portuguese slave of Fez/saint   

1511  On September - 29 birth of michael Servetus, Spain, physician (Christianism Rostituta)   

1518  Tintoretto, Italian painter was born on this day in history.   

1547  On this day in history birth of miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish author and novelist (Don Quixote)   

0855  Lotharius I, Romanian-French emperor (signed Treaty of Verdun), dies on September - 29.   

1364  Death of Charles, Duke of Brittany on this day in history.   

1530  On this day in history andrea del Sato, [d'Agnolo di Franceszo], Italian painter, dies at 44   

1560  On this day in history gustaaf I, king of Sweden (1523-60), dies   

1575  Charles de Boisot, water beggar, dies in battle at about 45 on September - 29.   

1598  Floris I van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg, dies at about 61 on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history death of john Lippershey, inventor of telescope, buried   

1637  On this day in history death of lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint