September 29
September 29 is the 273rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 93 days remain until the year's end. It falls in autumn (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Libra.
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Astronomy
On September 29 the Sun's declination is approximately -3.8°. At this latitude the Sun is south of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere shorter days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a September 29.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
- Christian feast day: Charles, Duke of Brittany
- Christian feast day: Hripsime
- Christian feast day: Jean de Montmirail
- Christian feast day: Theodota of Philippi
- Christian feast day: September 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
2019 — Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election. ↗(7 years ago)more
Presidential elections were held in Afghanistan on 28 September 2019. According to preliminary results, which runner-up Abdullah Abdullah appealed against, incumbent Ashraf Ghani was re-elected with 923,592 votes, 50.64% of the vote. After delays over disputed votes, Ghani was declared the winner in the final results on 18 February 2020.
2016 — Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts 'surgical strikes' against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. ↗(10 years ago)more
The 2016 Uri attack was carried out on 18 September 2016 by four militants from Jaish-e-Mohammed against an Indian Army brigade headquarters near the town of Uri in the Indian Jammu and Kashmir. 19 Indian soldiers were killed in the attack, and 19–30 others were injured.
2013 — Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria. ↗(13 years ago)more
On 29 September 2013, gunmen from Boko Haram entered the male dormitory in the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing fifty students and teachers.
2011 — The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case. ↗(15 years ago)more
Dalit, also called Harijans is a term used for untouchables and outcasts, who represent the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. Dalits were excluded from the fourfold varna of the caste hierarchy in Hinduism and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of Panchama.
- 2009 — The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds. ↗(17 years ago)
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The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Tonga–Kermadec subduction zone. The submarine earthquake occurred in an extensional environment and had a moment magnitude of 8.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). It was the largest earthquake of 2009.
2008 — 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. ↗(18 years ago)more
A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a major cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth. Crashes are driven by panic selling and underlying economic factors. They often follow speculation and economic bubbles.
2007 — Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion. ↗(19 years ago)more
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station is a former Magnox nuclear power station on the Sellafield site in Cumbria in North West England. Calder Hall was the first full-scale nuclear power station to enter operation in the West, and was the sister plant to the Chapelcross plant in Scotland.
2006 — A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis. ↗(20 years ago)more
On 29 September 2006, Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, a Boeing 737-800 on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Manaus, Brazil, to Brasília and Rio de Janeiro, collided mid-air with an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet flying on an opposite heading over the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.
2005 — John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States. ↗(21 years ago)more
John Glover Roberts Jr. is an American jurist who has served since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States. Though primarily an institutionalist, he has been described as having a moderate conservative judicial philosophy.
2004 — The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth. ↗(22 years ago)more
4179 Toutatis is an elongated, stony asteroid and slow rotator, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo asteroid group, approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by French astronomer Christian Pollas at Caussols in 1989, the asteroid was named after Toutatis from Celtic mythology.
2004 — Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize. ↗(22 years ago)more
Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan is an American retired aerospace engineer and entrepreneur noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, and energy-efficient air and space craft. He designed the record-breaking Voyager, which in 1986 was the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling.
1992 — Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached. ↗(34 years ago)more
Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello is a Brazilian politician who served as the 32nd president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his impeachment trial by the Brazilian Senate. Collor was the first president democratically elected after the end of the Brazilian military dictatorship.
Notable births
2000 — Jaden McDaniels, American basketball player ↗(26 years ago)more
Jaden McDaniels is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies. He attended Federal Way High School in Federal Way, Washington, where he was named a McDonald's All-American and Washington Gatorade Player of the Year as a seni...
1999 — Choi Ye-na, South Korean singer and dancer ↗(27 years ago)more
Choi Ye-na, known mononymously as Yena, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a soloist and actress under YH Entertainment, and a former member of South Korean–Japanese girl group Iz*One, having finished fourth on Mnet's reality girl group survival show Produce 48. Yena made her solo debut on January 17, 2022, with the release of her first EP Smiley.
1995 — Sasha Lane, American actress ↗(31 years ago)more
Sasha Bianca Lane is an American actress. She made her film debut in American Honey (2016), directed by Andrea Arnold, before portraying Hunter C-20 in the first season of the Disney+ television series Loki, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
1994 — Halsey, American singer ↗(32 years ago)more
Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, known professionally as Halsey, is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Noted for her distinctive singing voice, she has received numerous accolades, including three Billboard Music Awards, a Billboard Women in Music Award, and an American Music Award, as well as nominations for three Grammy Awards.
1994 — Nicholas Galitzine, English actor ↗(32 years ago)more
Nicholas Dimitri Constantine Galitzine is an English actor. After his acting debut in The Beat Beneath My Feet (2014), he appeared in an episode of the television series Legends, and had leading roles in the 2016 teen drama films High Strung and Handsome Devil.
- 1993 — Enxhi Seli-Zacharias, German politician ↗(33 years ago)
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Enxhi Seli-Zacharias is an Albanian-born German politician serving as a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2022. She is the deputy group leader of the Alternative for Germany.
Notable deaths
2025 — Patrick Murray, British actor (born 1956) ↗(1 years ago)more
Patrick Noel Murray was a British actor. He was best known for playing Mickey Pearce in the British sitcom television series Only Fools and Horses from 1983 to 2003. He also had roles in ITV Playhouse (1977), Scum and Quadrophenia (1979), Breaking Glass (1980), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Bergerac (1983), Dempsey and Makepeace (1986), and The Firm (...
- 2025 — Alan McDonald, Scottish Church Minister (born 1951) ↗(1 years ago)
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Alan Douglas McDonald was a Scottish parish minister who was the moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, from the Assembly of May 2006 until May 2007.
2024 — Ozzie Virgil Sr., Dominican baseball player and coach (born 1932) ↗(2 years ago)more
Osvaldo José Virgil Pichardo was a Dominican professional baseball player and coach. He was the first person from the Dominican Republic to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) post-integration, appearing in 324 MLB games between 1956 and 1969 as a utility player for the New York / San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orio...
- 2022 — Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist and mathematician (born 1922) ↗(4 years ago)
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Kathleen Hylda Valerie Booth was a British computer scientist and mathematician who co-wrote the first assembly language and co-designed the assembler and autocode for the first computer systems at Birkbeck College, University of London. She helped design three different machines including the ARC, SEC, and APE(X)C.
2022 — Akissi Kouamé, Ivorian army officer (born 1955) ↗(4 years ago)more
Brigadier-General Akissi Kouamé was an Ivorian army officer. She joined the army's medical service in 1981, whilst still a medical student. Kouamé became the first woman in the army to qualify as a paratrooper and in 2012 became its first female general.
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (273) | 3 × 7 × 13 · composite (no) |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (93) | 3 × 31 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 29092026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | -3.82° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 82 days |