2019 Afghan presidential election
Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.
What happened on September 29
35 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 1011 to 2025.
Standout on September 29
2019
2019 Afghan presidential election
Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.
About September 29
September 29 is the 272nd day of the year. These facts are computed from the calendar, not copied from anywhere.
- Day of the year
- Day 272 of 365 (273 in leap years)93 days left in the year (93 in leap years)
- Falls on
- Tuesday in 2026, Wednesday in 2027, Friday in 2028, Saturday in 2029, Sunday in 2030
- Week
- ISO week 40 of 2026 · Q3
- Zodiac sign
- ♎ Libra (September 23 – October 22)
- Season
- Autumn in the north · Spring in the south
- September birthstone
- Sapphirewisdom, loyalty and nobility
- September birth flower
- Aster / Morning glorypatience, wisdom and affection
- Next occurrence
- In 337 days
- Roman numerals
- XXIX.IXday.month — see the Roman numeral date tool
Anniversaries in 2026
- 40thInika McPherson1986
- 20thGol Transportes Aéreos Flight 19072006
- 10th2016 Uri attack2016
- 10thMiriam Defensor Santiago2016
- 1stAlan McDonald (minister)2025
- 1stPatrick Murray (actor)2025
September 29 through the years
- 10 years ago2016
- 2016 Uri attack · Miriam Defensor Santiago
- 25 years ago2001
- Nothing recorded
- 50 years ago1976
- Nothing recorded
- 100 years ago1926
- Nothing recorded
- 200 years ago1826
- Nothing recorded
Born on September 29 — ages this year
- 2000Jaden McDanielsturns 26
- 1999Choi Ye-naturns 27
- 1995Sasha Laneturns 31
- 1994Halsey (singer)turns 32
- 1994Nicholas Galitzineturns 32
- 1993Enxhi Seli-Zachariasturns 33
Historical events 35
A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
2016 Uri attack
Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
Gujba college massacre
Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.
Dalit
The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.
2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami
The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.
Stock market crash
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.
Calder Hall nuclear power station
Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907
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.
John Roberts
John Roberts became the 17th Chief Justice of the United States; he would be the first Chief Justice to serve for twenty years since Melville Fuller in 1908.
Fort Tanjong Katong
Archaeologists and volunteers began excavation of the remains of Fort Tanjong Katong in Singapore.
4179 Toutatis
The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
Burt Rutan
Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.
Fernando Collor de Mello
Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.
Walt Disney Animation Studios
The award-winning Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast premiered while unfinished at the New York Film Festival.
1991 Haitian coup d'état
A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
Washington National Cathedral
Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.
Lockheed YF-22
The Lockheed YF-22, the prototype for the F-22 Raptor, made its first flight.
Tampere Hall
The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland.
STS-26
NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster.
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft crashes into a firing range near Kahrizak, Iran, killing 80 people.
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinean dictator Francisco Macías Nguema is executed by soldiers from Western Sahara.
WWJ-TV
WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
Mafalda
Mafalda, a popular comic strip by Quino, was first published in newspapers in Argentina.
University of East Anglia
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.
Nuclear reprocessing
An explosion at the Soviet nuclear reprocessing plant Mayak released 74 to 1,850 PBq of radioactive material.
1955 Indonesian legislative election
The first Indonesian legislative election resulted in an unexpectedly poor result for the Masyumi Party of incumbent prime minister Burhanuddin Harahap (pictured).
Willie Mays
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.
The Holocaust
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.
Royal Australian Air Force
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.
Mandate for Palestine
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
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.
Spanish American wars of independence
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.
Williamsburg Bray School
The Williamsburg Bray School, the oldest-surviving school building in the U.S. dedicated to educating Black children, opened at Benjamin Franklin's suggestion.
Johann Sebastian Bach
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.
Siege of Canterbury
An army of Viking pirates that had besieged the English city of Canterbury for weeks took Archbishop Ælfheah prisoner and seized power.
Births 20
A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Deaths 20
A notable person who died on this day.
Kathleen Booth
Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist and mathematician (born 1922)
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Emir (born 1929)
Hellmuth Karasek
Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (born 1934)
Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1932)
Holidays & observances 8
A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
René Goupil
Christian feast day: René Goupil
Hripsime
Christian feast day: Hripsime
Cyriacus the Anchorite
Christian feast day: Cyriacus the Anchorite
Guillaume Courtet
Christian feast day: Guillaume Courtet
Charles of Blois-Châtillon
Christian feast day: Charles, Duke of Brittany
Jean de Montmirail
Christian feast day: Jean de Montmirail
John of Dukla
Christian feast day: John of Dukla
Beatification
Christian feast day: Blessed Francesc de Paula Castelló Aleu
Spread across the centuries
- 11th century1
- 18th century2
- 19th century1
- 20th century39
- 21st century32
Earliest: Siege of Canterbury (1011). Most recent: Patrick Murray (actor) (2025).
What the categories mean, and how the standout is chosen
- Historical events
- A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Births
- A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Deaths
- A notable person who died on this day.
- Milestones
- A first, a founding or a turning point our editors flagged as a landmark moment.
- Holidays & observances
- A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
- Standout / notable
- Editor-written entries come first, then entries covered by the most Wikipedia language editions. For the standout tile we prefer an entry that has a picture.
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Questions about September 29
What day of the year is September 29?
September 29 is the 272nd day of the year, with 93 days left after it.
What star sign is September 29?
September 29 falls under Libra (September 23 – October 22), a air sign ruled by Venus. The birthstone for the month is Sapphire.
How many things happened on September 29?
We record 83 entries for September 29: 35 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 1011 to 2025.
Who was born on September 29?
Jaden McDaniels (2000) is among the notable births on September 29. The births section lists the rest.
How often is the September 29 page updated?
The day is filled the first time anyone opens it and then re-checked for new entries about every 90 days. Computed facts such as the weekday and the anniversaries update every year.
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