On This Day — 29 September
2000s
2019
Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.
2019 Afghan presidential election
2016
Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
2016 Uri attack
2013
Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.
Gujba college massacre
2011
The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.
Dalit
2009
The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.
2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami
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.
Stock market crash
2007
Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
Calder Hall nuclear power station
2006
A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907
2005
John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States.
John Roberts
2004
The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
4179 Toutatis
2004
Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.
Burt Rutan
1900s
1992
Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.
Fernando Collor de Mello
1991
A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
1991 Haitian coup d'état
1990
Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.
Washington National Cathedral
1990
The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
Lockheed YF-22
1990
The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland.
Tampere Hall
1988
NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster.
STS-26
1981
An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft crashes into a firing range near Kahrizak, Iran, killing 80 people.
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
1979
Equatorial Guinean dictator Francisco Macías Nguema is executed by soldiers from Western Sahara.
Equatorial Guinea
1975
WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
WWJ-TV
1972
Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
Japan
1971
Oman joins the Arab League.
Arab League
1959
A Lockheed L-188 Electra crashes in Buffalo, Texas, killing 34 people.
Lockheed L-188 Electra
1957
The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
Kyshtym disaster
1954
The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
CERN
1941
During World War II, German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.
World War II
1940
Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
Avro Anson
1932
Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia during the Chaco War.
Battle of Boquerón (1932)
1923
The Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
Mandate for Palestine
1923
The Mandate for Syria and Lebanon takes effect.
Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
1923
The First American Track and Field championships for women are held.
1923 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
1920
Ukrainian War of Independence: The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic agree to a truce with the Makhnovshchina.
Ukrainian War of Independence
1918
World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation.
World War I
1918
World War I: The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.
Hindenburg Line
1918
World War I: Germany's Supreme Army Command tells Kaiser Wilhelm II and Imperial Chancellor Georg Michaelis to open negotiations for an armistice to end the war.
Oberste Heeresleitung
1911
Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire, In this war , Italy gains Libya which ends Ottoman rule in North Africa .
Italo-Turkish War
1907
The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
Washington National Cathedral
1800s
1885
The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
Blackpool Tramway
1864
The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought in the American Civil War.
Battle of Chaffin's Farm
1864
The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
Treaty of Lisbon (1864)
1855
The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.
Port of Iloilo
1850
The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.
Universalis Ecclesiae
1848
The Battle of Pákozd is a stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces and is the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution.
Battle of Pákozd
1829
The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
Metropolitan Police
Before 1800
1789
The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
United States Department of War
1724
J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 for the feast of archangel Michael, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas.
Johann Sebastian Bach
1717
An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
1717 Guatemala earthquake
1714
The Cossacks of the Tsardom of Russia kill about 800 people overnight in Hailuoto during the Great Wrath.
Cossacks
1578
Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.
Tegucigalpa
1567
During the French War of Religion, Protestant coup officials in Nîmes massacre Catholic priests in an event now known as the Michelade.
French Wars of Religion
1364
During the Hundred Years' War, Anglo-Breton forces defeat the Franco-Breton army in Brittany, ending the War of the Breton Succession.
Hundred Years' War
1267
The Treaty of Montgomery recognises Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales, but only as a vassal of King Henry III.
Treaty of Montgomery
1227
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades during the Investiture Controversy.
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
1011
Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.
Siege of Canterbury
-61
Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
Pompey