Summary of the Day ✨ 29 September (29/09)
Global events saw violence mar Afghanistan’s 2019 presidential election while India conducted surgical strikes against militants in Kashmir following the Uri attack. Simultaneously, Nigeria mourned over 42 lives lost to a Boko Haram attack at an agricultural college, India secured convictions in the Vachathi case, and Samoa reeled from a devastating tsunami triggered by an 8.1 magnitude earthquake that claimed nearly 190 lives.
Historical Events 📜
- 2019: Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.
- 2016: Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts “surgical strikes” against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
- 2013: Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.
- 2011: The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.
- 2009: The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.
- 2008: The stock market crashes with the Dow Jones dropping a then record 778 points after the United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails during the beginning stages of the Great Recession.
- 2007: Calder Hall, the world’s first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
- 2006: A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
- 2005: John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States.
- 2004: The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
- 2004: Burt Rutan’s Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.
- 1992: Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.
- 1991: A Haitian coup d’état occurs.
- 1990: Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.
- 1990: The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
Famous Births 👶
- 2000: Jaden McDaniels, American basketball player
- 1999: Choi Ye-na, South Korean singer and dancer
- 1995: Sasha Lane, American actress
- 1994: Halsey, American singer
- 1994: Nicholas Galitzine, English actor
- 1993: Enxhi Seli-Zacharias, German politician
- 1991: Souleymane Doukara, French footballer
- 1990: Jordan Schroeder, American ice hockey player
- 1989: Shyima Hall, Egyptian human rights activist
- 1988: Kevin Durant, American basketball player
- 1987: Josh Farro, American musician
- 1986: Inika McPherson, American track and field athlete
- 1985: Calvin Johnson, American football player
- 1985: Michelle Payne, Australian jockey
- 1984: Per Mertesacker, German footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Patrick Murray, British actor (born 1956)
- 2025: Alan McDonald, Scottish Church Minister (born 1951)
- 2024: Ozzie Virgil Sr., Dominican baseball player and coach (born 1932)
- 2022: Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist and mathematician (born 1922)
- 2022: Akissi Kouamé, Ivorian army officer (born 1955)
- 2020: Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Emir (born 1929)
- 2020: Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer, actress, and activist (born 1941)
- 2019: Martin Bernheimer, German-American music critic (born 1936)
- 2018: Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (born 1934)
- 2017: Tom Alter, Indian actor (born 1950)
- 2016: Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipina politician (born 1945)
- 2015: Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1932)
- 2015: Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (born 1934)
- 2015: Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1931)
- 2014: Mary Cadogan, English author (born 1928)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Charles, Duke of Brittany - Christian feast day:
Hripsime - Christian feast day:
Jean de Montmirail - Christian feast day:
Theodota of Philippi - Christian feast day:
September 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Christian feast day:
the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. One of the four quarter days in the Irish calendar. (England and Ireland). Called Michaelmas in some western liturgical traditions. - Inventors’ Day (Argentina)
- Victory of Boquerón Day (Paraguay)