Page 7: Historical Events In September - 29

1977  Muhammad Ali won a unanimous, 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers   

1977  Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit.   

1977  Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, Russian composer, dies at 78.   

1978  John Paul I, Pope for 34 days, dies at 65   

1979  Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong.   

1979  Pope John Paul II is recorded as becoming inaugural pope to visit Ireland.   

1982  Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules results in the deaths of 7 in Chicago   

1982  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.   

1985  inaugural of 5 cyanide-laced Tylenol victims dies.   

1986  In this year, USSR releases US journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges.   

1986  Betty Kean, actress (Amy Tucker-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69.   

1987  Henry Ford II, president Ford Motor Co, dies at 70.   

1988  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   

1991  Gijsbert Perlee, Amsterdam's organ builder/grinder (Arabian), dies.   

1992  Paul Jabara, singer/actor (Last Dance), dies of AIDS at 44   

1993  Ghuslam Wyne, premier of Lahore Pakistan, murdered at 60.   

1994  Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer, murdered at 26   

1995  Francis Frederick Johnson, architect, dies at 84   

1996  Endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea and Poison/Silence), dies at 73   

1997  Milner Connorton Gray, designer, dies at 97.   

2005  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.   

2006  U.S. Representative Mark Foley (R-FL) steps down after it is revealed that he sent explicit e-mails for several years to underage male pages.   

2006  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   

2014  Ashraf Ghani is recorded as becoming President of Afghanistan.   

2017  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.   

2018  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   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds one million.   

2020  The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah dies at the age of 91. Crown Prince Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is named his successor   

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1240  Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, (d. 1275) was born on this day in history.   

1321  On this day in history birth of john of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)   

1328  Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385) was born on this day in history.   

1388  On this day in history birth of thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)   

1402  Ferdinand, the Saint, Portuguese slave of Fez/saint was born on this day in history.   

1511  On this day in history birth of michael Servetus, Spain, physician (Christianism Rostituta)   

1518  On September - 29 birth of tintoretto, Italian painter   

1547  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish author and novelist (Don Quixote) was born on this day in history.   

0855  On this day in history lotharius I, Romanian-French emperor (signed Treaty of Verdun), dies   

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

1530  On September - 29 andrea del Sato, [d'Agnolo di Franceszo], Italian painter, dies at 44   

1560  Gustaaf I, king of Sweden (1523-60), dies on this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history charles de Boisot, water beggar, dies in battle at about 45   

1598  On this day in history floris I van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg, dies at about 61   

1619  Death of John Lippershey, inventor of telescope, buried on this day in history.   

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