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September 29: Day of the Week
September 29, 2024 is the 273rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 93 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.
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Here’s the September calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
September 29 Historical Event(s)
1848
Battle of Pákozd: stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces at Pákozd; the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
1885
The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
1911
Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
1943
World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMS Nelson off Malta.
1951
The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC.
1963
The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.
1979
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to set foot on Irish soil with his pastoral visit to the Republic of Ireland.
1988
Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
2004
The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the prize.
2006
Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collides in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Mato Grosso, Brazil, killing 154 total people, and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
Who were born on September 29?
1678
Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)
1904
Greer Garson, British actress (d. 1996)
1942
Bill Nelson, American politician
1948
Bryant Gumbel, American television personality
1955
Benoît Ferreux, French actor
1960
Alan McGee, British music industry mogul and musician
1962
Roger Bart, American actor
1970
Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
1981
Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian/Spanish handball player
1984
Isha Sharvani, Indian dancer and actress
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