September 29th, 1924

Born on September 29th, 1924

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 36,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 641 days, exactly on January 17th, 2026, people who were born on September 29th, 1924 will be 37,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, 1924

78

Marina Berti

British Italian actress (1924-2002)

*September 29th, 1924, London †October 29th, 2002, Rome

99

Bernard Pottier

French linguist

*September 29th, 1924, Paris

81

Jacques Grangette

French test pilot

*September 29th, 1924, Saint-Mandé †April 6th, 2006, Cornebarrieu

72

Helga Raumer

German actress

*September 29th, 1924, Berlin †May 25th, 1997, Berlin

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Who's birthday is on September 29th?

80

Lech Wałęsa

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

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

86

Silvio Berlusconi

Italian politician and media tycoon (1936–2023)

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

55

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

53

Enrico Fermi

Italian-American physicist (1901-1954)

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

56

Sara Sankey

British badminton player

*September 29th, 1967, Southport

91

Rainer Weiss

American physicist

*September 29th, 1932, Berlin

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

72

Michelle Bachelet

President of Chile

*September 29th, 1951, La Cisterna

74

Trevor Howard

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

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

104

Lukas Ammann

Swiss actor (1912-2017)

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

80

Wim Kok

Dutch politician (1938–2018)

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

64

James Villiers

Actor (1933-1998)

*September 29th, 1933, London †January 18th, 1998, Arundel

30

Jah Khalib

Kazakh rapper

*September 29th, 1993, Almaty

73

Gerhard Stoltenberg

German politician and minister (1928-2001)

*September 29th, 1928, Kiel †November 23rd, 2001, Bad Godesberg

60

Larry Linville

American actor (1939–2000)

*September 29th, 1939, Ojai †April 10th, 2000, New York City

81

Wolfgang Mischnick

German politician (1921-2002)

*September 29th, 1921, Dresden †October 6th, 2002, Bad Soden am Taunus

57

Madeline Kahn

American actress, singer (1942-1999)

*September 29th, 1942, Boston †December 3rd, 1999, New York City

94

Michelangelo Antonioni

Italian film director and screenwriter (1912–2007)

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

76

Felice Gimondi

Italian cyclist

*September 29th, 1942, Sedrina †August 16th, 2019, Giardini Naxos

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Born in 1924

80

Marlon Brando

American actor (1924–2004)

*April 3rd, 1924, Omaha †July 1st, 2004, Los Angeles

94

George H. W. Bush

President of the United States from 1989 to 1993

*June 12th, 1924, Milton †November 30th, 2018, Houston

99

Jimmy Carter

President of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*October 1st, 1924, Plains

92

Lola Albright

American actress and singer (1924–2017)

*July 20th, 1924, Akron †March 23rd, 2017, Toluca Lake

90

Peter Scholl-Latour

German-French journalist and author (1924-2014)

*March 9th, 1924, Bochum †August 16th, 2014, Rhöndorf

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

*January 7th, 1924, Leeds †May 10th, 2017, London

95

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

*February 21st, 1924, Kutama †September 6th, 2019, Gleneagles Hospital

92

Gustavo Rojo

Uruguayan-Mexican actor (1923-2017)

*September 5th, 1924, Atlantic Ocean †April 22nd, 2017, Mexico City

92

Paul Hébert

Canadian actor

*May 28th, 1924, Thetford Mines †April 20th, 2017, Quebec City

92

Sofía Ímber

Venezuelan journalist and cultural activist

*May 8th, 1924, Soroca †February 20th, 2017, Caracas

98

Leslie Phillips

British actor (1924–2022)

*April 20th, 1924, Tottenham †November 7th, 2022, Minneapolis

94

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

*May 22nd, 1924, 6th arrondissement of Paris †October 1st, 2018, Mouriès

80

Erik Balling

Danish film director

*November 29th, 1924, Nyborg †November 19th, 2005, Copenhagen

91

Karl Heinz Oppel

German actor and voice actor

*December 16th, 1924, Dresden †October 27th, 2016, Berlin

92

David Rubinger

Israeli photojournalist and photographer (1924-2017)

*June 24th, 1924, Vienna †March 1st, 2017, Jerusalem

95

Elisabeth Gesche

German nurse and honorary consul

*January 17th, 1924, Funchal †May 27th, 2019

87

Rauf Denktaş

Leader of Turkish Cypriots and founding President of TRNC (1924-2012)

*January 27th, 1924, Paphos †January 13th, 2012, North Nicosia

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

*December 19th, 1924, Harlem †January 28th, 2021, New York City

84

Pat Hingle

American actor (1924–2009)

*July 19th, 1924, Denver †January 3rd, 2009, Carolina Beach

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Public holidays on September 29th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1924 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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