September 29th, 1897

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Born on September 29th, 1897 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on September 29th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on September 29th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (September 1897)

Born on September 29th, 1897

Weekday

Wednesday

September 29th, 1897 was a Wednesday.

Age

126

People born on September 29th, 1897 will turn 127 this year (2024), in exactly 156 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1897 - October 23rd, 1897

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 46,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 770 days, exactly on June 5th, 2026, people who were born on September 29th, 1897 will be 47,000 days old!

46,230 Days

6,604 Weeks

1,518 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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What happened on September 29th?

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 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

Twelve countries signed a convention to establish the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which manages the world's largest particle physics laboratory.

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, 1760

The Williamsburg Bray School, the oldest-surviving school building in the U.S. dedicated to educating Black children, opened at Benjamin Franklin's suggestion.

September 29th, 1011

An army of Viking pirates that had besieged the English city of Canterbury for weeks took Archbishop Ælfheah prisoner and seized power.

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

Born on September 29th, 1897

Herbert Agar

American journalist (1897-1980)

*September 29th, 1897, New Rochelle †November 24th, 1980, Sussex

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 29th?

Enrico Fermi

Italian-American physicist (1901-1954)

*September 29th, 1901, Rome †November 28th, 1954, Chicago

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

Silvio Berlusconi

Italian politician and media tycoon (1936–2023)

*September 29th, 1936, Milan †June 12th, 2023, San Raffaele Hospital

Sara Sankey

British badminton player

*September 29th, 1967, Southport

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

Trevor Howard

English film, stage and television actor (1913–1988)

*September 29th, 1913, Cliftonville †January 7th, 1988, Bushey

Michelle Bachelet

President of Chile

*September 29th, 1951, La Cisterna

Miguel de Unamuno

Spanish poet

*September 29th, 1864, Bilbao †December 31st, 1936, Salamanca

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Lukas Ammann

Swiss actor (1912-2017)

*September 29th, 1912, Basel †May 3rd, 2017, Munich

Jah Khalib

Kazakh rapper

*September 29th, 1993, Almaty

Michelangelo Antonioni

Italian film director and screenwriter (1912–2007)

*September 29th, 1912, Ferrara †July 30th, 2007, Rome

Rainer Weiss

American physicist

*September 29th, 1932, Berlin

Roman Jakobson

Russian-American linguist, philosopher and semiotician

*September 29th, 1896, Moscow †July 18th, 1982, Cambridge

Matthias Mangiapane

*September 29th, 1983, Langen

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)

*September 29th, 1547, Alcalá de Henares †April 22nd, 1616, Madrid

Zachary Levi

American actor

*September 29th, 1980, Lake Charles

Wim Kok

Dutch politician (1938–2018)

*September 29th, 1938, Bergambacht †October 20th, 2018, Amsterdam

Ludwig von Mises

Austrian-American economist

*September 29th, 1881, Lviv †October 10th, 1973, New York City

Same year
Born in 1897

Dirk Stikker

Politician and badminton player (1897-1979)

*February 5th, 1897, Winschoten †December 23rd, 1979, Wassenaar

William Faulkner

American writer (1897–1962)

*September 25th, 1897, New Albany †July 6th, 1962, Byhalia

Pierre Loeb

French Jewish galerist and art dealer persecuted by Nazis (1897-1964)

*September 24th, 1897, Paris †May 4th, 1964

Amelia Earhart

American aviation pioneer and author

*July 24th, 1897, Atchison †January 5th, 1939, Howland Island

Ludwig Erhard

Chancellor of West Germany (1963–1966)

*February 4th, 1897, Fürth †May 5th, 1977, Bonn

Paavo Nurmi

Finnish middle and long distance runner (1897-1973)

*June 13th, 1897, Turku †October 2nd, 1973, Helsinki

Paul VI

Head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978

*September 26th, 1897, Concesio †August 6th, 1978, Castel Gandolfo

Irène Joliot-Curie

French scientist (1897-1956)

*September 12th, 1897, 13th arrondissement of Paris †March 17th, 1956, Paris

Georges Bataille

French intellectual and literary figure

*September 10th, 1897, Billom †July 9th, 1962, Paris

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

*October 29th, 1897, Rheydt †May 1st, 1945, Berlin

Marian Anderson

African-American contralto (1897–1993)

*February 21st, 1897, Philadelphia †April 8th, 1993, Portland

Judith Anderson

Australian stage and screen actress (1897–1992)

*February 10th, 1897, Adelaide †January 3rd, 1992, Santa Barbara

Kate O'Brien

Irish novelist, playwright and activist

*December 3rd, 1897, Limerick †August 13th, 1974, Canterbury

Viola Dana

Actress (1897-1987)

*June 26th, 1897, Brooklyn †July 3rd, 1987, Woodland Hills

Thornton Wilder

American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

*April 17th, 1897, Madison †December 7th, 1975, Hamden

Alfredo Bracchi

Italian writer and actor (1897-1976)

*December 30th, 1897, Milan †October 11th, 1976, Milan

Frank Capra

Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)

*May 18th, 1897, Bisacquino †September 3rd, 1991, La Quinta

Lester B. Pearson

14th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1963 to 1968

*April 23rd, 1897, Toronto †December 27th, 1972, Ottawa

Everett Bradley

American pentathlete

*May 19th, 1897, Cedar Rapids †July 25th, 1969, Wichita

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Mary Ellis

American opera singer (1897–2003)

*June 15th, 1897, New York City †January 30th, 2003, London

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 29th

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

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.

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archangel

Inventors' Day (Argentina)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventors'_Day

Victory of Boquerón Day (Paraguay)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Paraguay

World Heart Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heart_Federation

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIX.IX.MDCCCXCVII

29.9.1897

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XC = 90

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1897 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
September 1897

September 1897

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September 29th, 1897

Born on September 29th, 1897

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 46,000 days old!

46,230 Days

6,604 Weeks

1,518 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on September 29th?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Twelve countries signed a convention to establish the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which manages the world's largest particle physics laboratory.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Williamsburg Bray School, the oldest-surviving school building in the U.S. dedicated to educating Black children, opened at Benjamin Franklin's suggestion.

An army of Viking pirates that had besieged the English city of Canterbury for weeks took Archbishop Ælfheah prisoner and seized power.

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

Born on September 29th, 1897

American journalist (1897-1980)

Same Day Who's birthday is on September 29th?

Same year Born in 1897

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 29th

Charles, Duke of Brittany

Hripsime

Jean de Montmirail

Theodota of Philippi

September 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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)

World Heart Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

29.9.1897

Legend

Leap year

Calendar September 1897

September 1897

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 46,000 days old!

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

Same Day
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Same year
Born in 1897

Calendar
September 1897

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
35			1	2	3	4	5
36	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
37	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
38	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
39	27	28	29	30