A few of the great historical events that happened today in history, September 29th!
1197 | Emperor Henry VI dies in Messina, Sicily. |
1399 | Richard II of England is deposed. His cousin, Henry of Lancaster, declares himself king under the name Henry IV. |
1493 | Christopher Columbus leaves Cadiz, Spain, on his second voyage to the new world. |
1513 | Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean. |
1789 | The U.S. War Department established a regular army with a strength of several hundred men. |
1833 | A civil war breaks out in Spain between Carlisists, who believe Don Carlos deserves the throne, and supporters of Queen Isabella. |
1850 | Mormon leader Brigham Young is named the first governor of the Utah Territory. |
1864 | Union troops capture the Confederate Fort Harrison, outside Petersburg, Virginia. |
1879 | Dissatisfied Ute Indians kill Agent Nathan Meeker and nine others in the “Meeker Massacre.” |
1918 | Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough on the Hindenburg Line during World War I. |
1932 | A five-day work week is established for General Motors workers. |
1939 | Germany and the Soviet Union reach an agreement on the division of Poland. |
1941 | 30,000 Jews are gunned down in Kiev when Henrich Himmler sends four strike squads to exterminate Soviet Jewish civilians and other “undesirables.” |
1943 | Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf is published in the United States. |
1950 | Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev repeatedly disrupts a UN General Assembly meeting with his violent outbursts over intervention in the Belgian Congo, US U2 spy planes, and arms control. |
1954 | New York Giants centerfielder Willie Mays made a running catch with his back to home plate on a 450-foot blast by Cleveland Indians batter Vic Wertz in Game 1 of the World Series. |
1957 | Baseball’s New York Giants played their last game at the Polo Grounds before moving to San Francisco for the next season. |
1960 | General Douglas MacArthur officially returns Seoul, South Korea, to President Syngman Rhee. |
1962 | Canada launches its first satellite, Alouette 1. |
1962 | The popular Argentinian comic strip Mafalda beings publication, in the weekly Primera Plana; focusing on a six-year-old girl (Mafalda) and her friends, it has been called the Argentinian Peanuts. |
1966 | Chevrolet introduces the Camaro, which will become an iconic car. |
1971 | Oman joins the Arab League. |
1978 | Pope John Paul I was found dead in his Vatican apartment a little more than one month after becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church. |
1979 | John Paul II becomes the first pope ever to visit Ireland. |
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