Page 7: Historical Events In September - 29
Sunday, 26 October 2025
1974 John Smallenbroek, Dutch Internal minister, dies at 72 on September - 29. 

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 September - 29. 

1977 On this day in history soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit 

1977 On September - 29 alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, Russian composer, dies at 78 

1978 John Paul I, Pope for 34 days, dies at 65 on September - 29. 

1979 On September - 29 gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong 

1979 On September - 29 pope John Paul II becomes first pope to visit Ireland 

1982 Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kills 7 in Chicago on September - 29. 

1982 H C Slinger Nitschke, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1931-32), dies on September - 29. 

1984 Marnix Gijsen, [Jan-Al Goris], writer (Lament for Agnes), dies at 85 on September - 29. 

1985 First of 5 cyanide-laced Tylenol victims dies on September - 29. 

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 this day in history. 

1987 On September - 29 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 On September - 29 gijsbert Perlee, Amsterdam's organ builder/grinder (Arabian), dies 

1992 Paul Jabara, singer/actor (Last Dance), dies of AIDS at 44 on this day in history. 

1993 Ghuslam Wyne, premier of Lahore Pakistan, murdered at 60 on September - 29. 

1994 Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer, murdered at 26 on September - 29. 

1995 On September - 29 francis Frederick Johnson, architect, dies at 84 

1996 Endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea & Poison/Silence), dies at 73 on September - 29. 

1997 Milner Connorton Gray, designer, dies at 97 on September - 29. 

2005 On September - 29 john G. Roberts, Jr. is confirmed and sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States. 

2006 Gol Flight 1907, a Boeing 737-800, collides with a business jet over the Amazon Rainforest killing all 154 onboard on September - 29. 

2006 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 on September - 29. 

2006 On this day in history michael A. Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. 

2013 42 people are killed by Boko Harem in a college attack in Gujba, Nigeria on September - 29. 

2014 On September - 29 ashraf Ghani becomes President of Afghanistan 

2017 On this day in history mysterious sonic attacks on US diplomats prompt US to warn citizens not to travel to Cuba and pull some embassy staff 

2018 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 on this day in history. 

2018 On September - 29 rapper Kanye West announces on Twitter he is changing his name to Ye 

2018 On this day in history large demonstrations across Brazil against far-right presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro 

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