Historical Events In September - 29
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
1974 On this day in history john Smallenbroek, Dutch Internal minister, dies at 72
1975 Casey Stengel, NY Yankee manager (1949-60), dies in Glendale at 85 on September - 29.
1977 Muhammad Ali won a unanimous, 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers on this day in history.
1977 On this day in history soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit
1977 On this day in history alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, Russian composer, dies at 78
1978 John Paul I, Pope for 34 days, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1979 Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong on this day in history.
1979 On September - 29 pope John Paul II becomes first pope to visit Ireland
1982 On this day in history cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kills 7 in Chicago
1982 On September - 29 h C Slinger Nitschke, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1931-32), dies
1984 Marnix Gijsen, [Jan-Al Goris], writer (Lament for Agnes), dies at 85 on this day in history.
1985 On September - 29 first of 5 cyanide-laced Tylenol victims dies
1986 USSR releases US journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges on this day in history.
1986 Betty Kean, actress (Amy Tucker-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69 on September - 29.
1987 On this day in history henry Ford II, president Ford Motor Co, dies at 70
1988 On September - 29 charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76
1989 A A Busch Jr, brewer/baseball owner (St Louis Cards), dies at 90 on this day in history.
1991 Gijsbert Perlee, Amsterdam's organ builder/grinder (Arabian), dies on September - 29.
1992 Paul Jabara, singer/actor (Last Dance), dies of AIDS at 44 on this day in history.
1993 On this day in history ghuslam Wyne, premier of Lahore Pakistan, murdered at 60
1994 Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer, murdered at 26 on this day in history.
1995 Francis Frederick Johnson, architect, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1996 On this day in history endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea & Poison/Silence), dies at 73
1997 Milner Connorton Gray, designer, dies at 97 on September - 29.
2005 John G. Roberts, Jr. is confirmed and sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States on this day in history.
2006 Gol Flight 1907, a Boeing 737-800, collides with a business jet over the Amazon Rainforest killing all 154 onboard on this day in history.
2006 On this day in history u.S. Representative Mark Foley (R-FL) resigns after it is revealed that he sent explicit e-mails for several years to underage male pages.
2006 On September - 29 michael A. Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
2013 On this day in history 42 people are killed by Boko Harem in a college attack in Gujba, Nigeria
2014 Ashraf Ghani becomes President of Afghanistan on September - 29.
2017 Mysterious sonic attacks on US diplomats prompt US to warn citizens not to travel to Cuba and pull some embassy staff on this day in history.
2018 On this day in history nY Yankees Venezuelan 2nd baseman Gleyber Torres smashes a 2-run homer in 8-5 win v Boston at Fenway Park; Yankees MLB record 265th homer of the season; Giancarlo Stanton adds #266 in 7th
2018 On September - 29 rapper Kanye West announces on Twitter he is changing his name to Ye
2018 Large demonstrations across Brazil against far-right presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro on this day in history.