September 29 holidays in 2025

Historical Events on September 29

• 1789: The first session of the U.S Congress begins.
• 1829: The Metropolitan Police of London is founded on this day.
• 1864: On this day during the American Civil War, the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm is waged.
• 1907: The cornerstone is laid for the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
• 1918: At the Battle of St. Quentin Canal during World War I, Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line.
• 1918: During WWI, Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica with Allied forces.
• 1941: The Babi Yar Massacre begins in the Ukrainian city of Kiev during World War II by German Einsatzgruppe C.
• 1954: A convention is signed that establishes the European Organization for Nuclear Research – otherwise known as CERN.
• 1971: The Arab League gets a new member: Oman.
• 1975: The world’s first black-owned and operated TV station – WGPR – begins operation on this day.
• 1988: Following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, NASA regroups and launches a return to flight mission – the STS 26.
• 1990: The predecessor to the F-22 Raptor, the YF-22, flies for the first time on this day.

Famous Birthdays on September 29

• Roman general and politician, Pompey is born in 106 BC.
• Queen consort of Scots, Margaret of England is born in 1240.
• Joan of Kent is born in 1328.
• Spanish novelists, playwright and poet, Miguel de Cervantes is born in 1547.
• Italian painter Caravaggio is born in 1571.
• English archbishop Thomas Tenison is born in 1636.
• Italian-American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, Enrico Fermi is born in 1901.
• American journalist Diana Vreeland is born in 1903.
• English-American actress Greer Garson is born in 1904.
• American singer and actor Gene Autry is born in 1907.
• American actress Virginia Bruce is born in 1910.
• American singer-songwriter and pianist, Jerry Lee Lewis is born in 1935.
• American author James Fogle is born in 1936.