September 29th, 1866

Born on September 29th, 1866

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 58,000 days old!

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What happened on September 29th?

September 29th, 1964

Mafalda, a popular comic strip by Quino, was first published in newspapers in Argentina.

September 29th, 2006

Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collided in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Brazil, killing 154 people and triggering a national aviation crisis.

September 29th, 2004

Archaeologists and volunteers began excavation of the remains of Fort Tanjong Katong in Singapore.

September 29th, 1991

The award-winning Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast premiered while unfinished at the New York Film Festival.

September 29th, 1990

The Lockheed YF-22, the prototype for the F-22 Raptor, made its first flight.

September 29th, 1963

The University of East Anglia (coat of arms featured) was founded in Norwich, England, after talk of establishing a university in the city began as early as the 19th century.

September 29th, 1957

An explosion at the Soviet nuclear reprocessing plant Mayak released 74 to 1,850 PBq of radioactive material.

September 29th, 1955

The first Indonesian legislative election resulted in an unexpectedly poor result for the Masyumi Party of incumbent prime minister Burhanuddin Harahap (pictured).

September 29th, 1954

Willie Mays (pictured) of the New York Giants made The Catch, one of the most famous defensive plays in the history of Major League Baseball.

September 29th, 1941

The Holocaust: Nazi forces, aided by Ukrainian collaborators, began a massacre of Jews in a ravine in Kyiv, killing more than 30,000 civilians in two days and thousands more in the following months.

September 29th, 1940

During a Royal Australian Air Force training exercise over Brocklesby, two planes collided and interlocked in mid-air (pictured); the pilot of the upper plane was able to land safely using the lower plane's engines.

September 29th, 1923

The Mandate for Palestine came into effect, officially creating the protectorates of Mandatory Palestine under British administration and Transjordan as a separate emirate under King Abdullah I.

September 29th, 1918

World War I: The Battle of St Quentin Canal took place, which led to the British Fourth Army making the first breach of the German defensive Hindenburg Line.

September 29th, 1833

The Spanish American wars of independence ended with the death of King Ferdinand VII, with what had once been the Spanish Empire disintegrating into independent Latin American states.

September 29th, 1724

J. S. Bach led the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas, for the feast of archangel Michael.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 29th

Born on September 29th, 1866

63

J. E. Casely Hayford

Ghanaian politician (1866-1930)

*September 29th, 1866, Cape Coast †August 11th, 1930, Accra

Same year
Born in 1866

78

Romain Rolland

French author (1866-1944)

*January 29th, 1866, Clamecy †December 30th, 1944, Vézelay

44

Gustav Adolf von Götzen

German explorer, diplomat and colonial administrator (1866–1910)

*May 12th, 1866, Ścinawka Górna †December 2nd, 1910, Berlin

79

H. G. Wells

English writer (1866–1946)

*September 21st, 1866, Bromley †August 13th, 1946, London

86

Benedetto Croce

Italian philosopher (1866-1952)

*February 25th, 1866, Pescasseroli †November 20th, 1952, Naples

58

Charles Mangin

French general (1866–1925)

*July 6th, 1866, Sarrebourg †May 12th, 1925, Paris

78

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian painter (1866–1944)

*December 4th, 1866, Moscow †December 13th, 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine

87

Jacinto Benavente

Spanish writer (1866-1954)

*August 12th, 1866, Murcia †July 14th, 1954, Málaga

63

Jeppe Aakjær

Danish poet and novelist (1866–1930)

*September 10th, 1866, Åkær †April 22nd, 1930, Jenle

75

André Bellessort

French writer

*March 19th, 1866, Laval †January 22nd, 1942, Paris

79

Thomas Hunt Morgan

American biologist (1866–1945)

*September 25th, 1866, Lexington †December 4th, 1945, Pasadena

67

Francisco Acebal

Spanish novelist, playwright and journalist

*April 5th, 1866, Gijón †September 5th, 1933, Madrid

52

Alfred Werner

Swiss chemist Nobel laureate (1866-1919)

*December 12th, 1866, Mulhouse †November 15th, 1919, Zurich

59

Erik Satie

French composer and pianist (1866-1925)

*May 17th, 1866, Honfleur †July 1st, 1925, Paris

74

Victor Hollaender

German composer and conductor (1866–1940)

*April 20th, 1866, Głubczyce †October 24th, 1940, Hollywood

85

Gelett Burgess

Artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist

*January 30th, 1866, Boston †September 18th, 1951, Carmel-by-the-Sea

58

René Quinton

French biologist, invented the treatment Quinton serum, abandoned by modern medicine

*December 15th, 1866, Chaumes-en-Brie †July 9th, 1925, 17th arrondissement of Paris

85

George Broadhurst

American playwright (1866–1952)

*June 3rd, 1866, Walsall †January 31st, 1952, Santa Barbara

79

Josephine Sabel

American singer and comedian (1866-1945)

*October 3rd, 1866, Lawrence †December 24th, 1945, Patchogue

71

Ramsay MacDonald

British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935

*October 12th, 1866, Lossiemouth †November 9th, 1937, Atlantic Ocean

63

Jean Francis Auburtin

French painter (1866-1930)

*December 2nd, 1866, 10th arrondissement of Paris †May 22nd, 1930, Dieppe

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Public holidays on September 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on September 29th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1866 is a normal year and no leap year.

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