On This Day:
Monday September 29, 2014 This is the 272nd day of the year, with 93 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: Las Vegas Growth has made Las Vegas one of the wealthiest cities in the country, but it has also brought problems to the area. Las Vegas is among the country's leaders in personal and property crimes, as well as suicide rates, alcohol consumption, and illegal drug use.
Holidays Paraguay: Battle of Boqueron Day.
Bhutan: Dhimbhulhami Tsechhu.
Michaelmas Day/St. Michael's Day.
Pennsylvania: Goose Day.
Feast day of Saints Rhipsime, Gaiana and Companions, St. Theodota of Philippolis, and St. Michael, St. Raphael, and St. Gabriel, archangels.
Feast Day of Saints Felix and Audauctus, St. Fantinus, St. Pammachius, St. Margaret Ward, and St. Ruan or Rumon.
Events 1399 - Richard II of England was deposed and his cousin, Henry of Lancaster, declared himself King Henry IV.
1787 - Congress voted to send the just-completed Constitution of the United States of America to the state legislatures for their approval.
1789 - U.S. War Department established a regular army. Josiah Harmar was appointed the first commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army.
1829 - The first regular police patrols appeared on the streets of London.
1833 - Civil war broke out in Spain between those who believe Don Carlos deserved the throne, and supporters of Queen Isabella.
1899 - Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) was established by Congress.
1902 - David Belasco opened his first Broadway theater.
1911 - Italy declared war on Turkey over possession of Tripoli.
1916 - American John D Rockefeller became the world's first billionaire.
1923 - Great Britain began to govern the territory of Palestine under a mandate granted by the League of Nations. This ended 400 years of Turkish rule and 1300 years of Arab rule.
1941 - Babi Yar Massacre of 33,771 Jewish men, women, and children started in the German-occupied Ukraine. Most of the Jewish residents of Kiev died over a two-day period.
1943 - General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio signed an armistice aboard a British ship off Malta.
1950 - General Douglas MacArthur officially returned Seoul, South Korea, to President Syngman Rhee.
1950 - The first automatic telephone answering machine was tested by the Bell Telephone Company.
1961 - Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev performed with the Paris Opera after he was granted asylum in France.
1970 - Egyptian Vice President Anwar el-Sadat was sworn-in as the president of Egypt following the death of Gamal Abdel Nasser.
1982 - Seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules poisoned with cyanide. A suspect for the murders was never found. The incident led to safety seals on most consumer products.
1987 - "Thirtysomething" premiered on TV.
1988 - Space shuttle Discovery was the first manned flight to launch after the Challenger disaster.
1988 - Stacy Allison became the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1995 - The O.J. Simpson trial was sent to the jury for deliberation.
1996 - Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64 in North America.
2003 - Hurricane Juan makes landfall at Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
2006 - US Representative Mark Foley resigns after allegations of inappropriate emails to house pages were introduced.
Births 1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist.
1725 - Robert Clive, founder of the British Empire in India.
1758 - English Admiral Horatio Nelson (Lord Nelson).
1858 - Rudolf Diesel, Bavarian-born engineer and inventor.
1901 - Enrico Fermi, Italian-born American physicist who helped create the first nuclear reactor.
1907 - Gene Autry, American actor, only person to have 5 Hollywood Walk of Fame stars (for film, radio, TV, stage, records).
1908 - Greer Garson, Academy Award-winning American actress.
1916 - Trevor Howard, British actor.
1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.
1943 - Lech Walesa, Nobel Peace Prize-winner, president of Poland, and founder of Poland's Solidarity Party.
1948 - Bryant Gumbel, American television personality.
1956 - Sebastian Coe, British Olympic champion middle-distance runner.
1957 - Andrew Dice Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein), American comedian and actor.
1963 - Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player.
Deaths 1197 - Henry VI, German king and Holy Roman Emperor.
1910 - Winslow Homer, American painter.
1970 - Edward Everett Horton, character actor born in Brooklyn, New York.
1975 - Casey Stengel, US baseball great.
1987 - Henry Ford II, commonly known as "Hank the Deuce," was the son of Edsel Ford and grandson of Henry Ford.
1997 - Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and founder of Pop art.
1998 - Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles.
2001 - Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, former General and President of South Vietnam.
2005 - Austin Leslie, internationally famous New Orleans chef whose work defined "Creole Soul."
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