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Birthdates which occurred on September 29:
1511 Michael Servetus Spain, physician (Christianism Rostituta)
1755 Robert Lord Clive, founded British empire in India
1758 Horatio Nelson Burnham Thorpe Britain, naval hero at Trafalgar
1838 Henry Hobson Richardson US Romanesque revival architect
1848 Caroline Ardelia Yale US, educated deaf
1893 Fabien Sevitzky Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor (Phila Orch)
1895 Joseph Banks Rhine Penn, parapsychologist (Extra-Sensory Perception)
1901 Enrico Fermi Italy, physicist, gone fission (Nobel-1938)
1902 Miguel Alem n president of Mexico (1946-52)
1903 Ted Decorsia Bkln NY, actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon)
1907 Gene Autry Tioga Tx, cowpoke/singer/actor/Calif Angels owner
1907 Michael Shepley Plymouth England, actor (Dick & the Duchess)
1907 Richard Harkness Artesian SD, newscaster (Story of the Week)
1908 Greer Garson North Ireland, actress (Pride & Prejudice)
1910 Virginia Bruce actress (Action in Arabia)
1912 Michelangelo Antonioni Ferrara Italy, director (Blow-up)
1913 Stanley E Kramer producer/director (On the Beach)
1915 Brenda Marshall Phillipines, actress (Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark)
1916 Trevor Howard England, actor (Mutiny on Bounty, Ryan's Daughter)
1919 Masao Takemoto Japan, gymnast (Olympic-gold-1960)
1920 James Mitchell Calif, actor (Oklahoma, Devil's Doorway)
1922 Lizabeth Scott Scranton, Pa, actress (Dark City, Desert Fury)
1923 O.A. "Bum" Phillips football coach (Houston Oilers/New Orlean Saints)
1924 Steve Forrest Huntsville Tx, actor (Ben-Dallas, SWAT)
1925 John Tower (Sen-R-Tx)
1927 Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Brazil, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-52, 56)
1927 Paul McCloskey (Sen-R-Calif)
1929 Bob Newhart Oak Park Ill, actor/comedian (Bob Newhart Show)
1930 Richard Bonynge Sydney Australia, conductor (Aust Orch Sydney-1976)
1931 Anita Ekberg Sweden, actress (La Dolce Vita, War & Peace)
1931 Eddie Barth Phila, actor (Shaft, Simon & Simon)
1932 Robert Benton Texas, writer/director (Kramer vs Kramer)
1935 Jerry Lee Lewis singer (Great Balls of Fire, Breathless)
1939 Larry Linville Ojai Calif, actor (Frank Burns-M*A*S*H, Blue Movie)
1939 Mylene Demongeot Nice France, actress (Just Another Pretty Face)
1942 Donna Corcoran Quincy Mass, actress (Man Without a Star)
1942 Ian McShane Blackburn England, actor (Roots, Bare Essence)
1942 Jean-Luc Ponty France, fusion violinist (Frank Zappa)
1942 Madeline Kahn Boston Mass, actress (Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety)
1942 William Nelson (Rep-D-Fla), astronaut (STS 61C)
1943 Lech Walesa Popowo Poland, leads Polish Solidarity (Nobel 1983)
1948 Bryant Gumbel New Orleans La, sportscaster/TV host (Today Show)
1948 Mark Farner Mich, guitar/vocalist (Grand Funk Railroad-Locomotion)
1948 Viktor Krovopouskov USSR, sabres (Olympic-gold-1976, 1980)
1953 Drake Hogestyn Ft Wayne Indiana, actor (7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
1954 Cindy Morgan [Cichorski], Chicago Ill, actress (Tron)
1956 Sebastian Coe England, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1980, 84)
1960 Leslie Graves Silver City NM, actress (Capitol)
1960 Wendy White Atlanta Ga, tennis player
1964 Julie Peterson Havre de Grace Md, playmate (Feb, 1987)
1966 Jill Whelan Oakland Calif, actress (Vicki-Love Boat)
1968 Luke Goss rocker (Bros-I Owe You Nothing)
1968 Matt Goss rocker (Bros-I Owe You Nothing)
1969 Erika Eleniak Glendale Ca, playmate (Jul, 1989)
1970 Emily Lloyd actress (Wish You Were Here)

Deaths which occurred on September 29:
1197 Emperor Henry VI dies in Messina, Sicily.
1560 Gustaaf I, king of Sweden (1523-60), dies
1800 William Billings, US composer (Rose of Sharon), dies at 53
1895 Louis Pasteur dies
1913 - Rudolph C K Diesel, German constructer (Diesel Motor), dies at 55
1959 Harold Huber actor (I Cover Times Square), dies at 49
1962 Patrick Corry developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx
1964 Robert Burton actor (Dr Gordon-Kings Row), dies at 69
1970 Edward Everett Horton actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84
1975 Casey Stengel NY Yankee manager (1949-60), dies in Glendale at 85
1978 Pope John Paul I
1986 Betty Kean actress (Amy Tucker-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69
1987 Henry Ford II dies in Detroit at 70
1988 Charles Addams cartoonist (Addams Family), dies at 76 of heart attack
1989 A.A. Busch Jr brewer/baseball owner (St Louis Cards), dies at 90
1997 Roy Lichtenstein, pop artist, dies of pneumonia at 73
1998 Former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley died at age 80.

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1968 NEWBERRY WAYNE E. EAST ST LOUIS IL.
1969 CURRAN PARTICK R. BENSENVILLE IL.
1969 LONO LUTHER A. TACOMA WA.
1972 BOSILJEVAC MICHAEL J. OMAHA NE.
[REMAINS RETURNED 1988]
1972 BRETT ROBERT A. JR. CORVALLIS OR.
1972 COLTMAN WILLIAM C. PITTSBURGH PA.
1972 O'NEIL JAMES W. LOS ANGELES CA.
[03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]

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On this day...
235 St Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
440 Pope Leo I the Great, installed
855 Benedict III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1187 Saladin's army marches into Jerusalem
1349 People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning the wells
1364 Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany
1399 Richard II of England is deposed. His cousin, Henry of Lancaster, declares himself king under the name Henry IV
1513 Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean.
1567 Huguenots try to kidnap king Charles IX
1650 Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England)
1785 Chaidic sect is excommunicated in Cracow Poland
1789 1st congress adjourns
1789 US War Dept established a regular army
1793 Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine
1829 London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty
1829 Scotland Yard formed in London
1849 1st passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad)
1850 Mormon leader Brigham Young is named the first governor of the Utah Territory
1853 Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348
1859 Great auroral display in US
1863 The opera "Pescatori di Perle", more properly known as "Les Pêcheurs de Perles", is produced (Paris)
1879 NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt the reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players
1890 1st pro baseball game, NY Metropolitans beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at the Polo Grounds in NYC
1892 1st night football game played (Mansfield, Penn)
1902 Impresario David Belasco opened his 1st Broadway theater
1907 Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral
1911 Yanks steal 15 bases & get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning
1913 Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game
1915 A hurricane claims 275 in the Mississippi Delta
1915 Phila Phillies clinch their 1st pennant
1918 Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line
1920 Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54
1923 Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public
1927 Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games
1927 Tornado strikes St Louis Missouri
1928 Yanks (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10
1930 1st Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC
1930 Boquer¢n battle ends Paraguay border dispute
1936 Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign
1940 1st US merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware
1941 30,000 Jews are gunned down in Kiev by the SS.
1941 Heavyweight Champ Joe Louis KOs Lou Nova in 6
1943 Eisenhower & Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice
1943 Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf is published in the United States.
1944 Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia
1946 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards & Dodgers)
1946 Al Couture knockouts Ralph Walton in Lewiston Maine in 10« secs
1946 Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play 1st NFL game in LA
1951 1st color telecast of football game on network, Phila (CBS)
1951 S B Nicholson discovers 12th satellite of Jupiter
1953 AL approves Balt group purchase of St Louis Browns for $2,475,000
1953 Milton Berle Show premiers
1953 "Make Room for Daddy," starring Danny Thomas, premieres on ABC-TV
1954 Willie Mays famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' drive
1957 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan)
1957 NY Giants play & lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pitts)
1959 Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution
1962 Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket)
1963 2nd session of Ecumenical council, `Vatican II,' opens in Rome
1963 Card's Stan Musial's final game, gets his 3,630th hit
1963 Houston Colt .45 John Paciorek goes 3 for 3 in his only game
1963 Rolling Stones 1st tour (opening act for Bo Diddley & Everly Bros)
1965 Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"
1965 St L Cards Charlie Johnson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Cleve (49-13)
1968 Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg (3 punts)
1969 "Love American Style," premiers on ABC
1969 7th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 7-6
1969 Steve O'Neal of NY Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver
1973 Balt Orioles pull their 5th triple play (5-4-3 vs Detroit)
1973 Insurance ind announces auto racers get into more highway accidents
1973 Soyuz 12 returns to Earth
1976 SF Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0
1976 Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest
1977 Muhammad Ali won a unanimous, 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers
1977 Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit
1979 Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong
1979 Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit Ireland
1982 Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kills 7 in Chicago
1983 1st time Congress invokes War Powers Act
1983 Oakland A's Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0
1985 First of 5 cyanide-laced Tylenol victims dies
1985 "MacGyver," starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV
1986 Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (1st rookie brothers)
1986 USSR releases US journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges
1987 NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of the year
1988 26th Space Shuttle mission, Discovery 7 launched
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets the 200m woman's record (21.34)
1988 UN peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace prize
1990 Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years
1991 US beats Europeans 14« to 13« to capture the Ryder's cup
1995 OJ Simpson trial sent to the jury
1997 Jury selection in Terry Nichols Okla bombing trial begins

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Bhutan : Dhimbhulhami Tsechhu
Paraguay : Battle of Boquer¢n Day (1930)
US : Gold Star Mother's Day (Last Sunday in September) (Sunday)
Brunei : Constitution Day
India : Durga Puja
Ancient Greece : Feast of Nemesis
Cable Television Month

Religious Observances
RC, Ang, Luth : Feast of SS Michael, Gabriel, Raphael & all angels

Religious History
1770 The day before his death at age 56, English revivalist George Whitefield prayed: 'Lord Jesus, I am weary in thy work, but not of it.'
1803 The first Roman Catholic Church in Boston was formally dedicated. (Catholics had not been permitted any religious freedom within this predominantly Puritan colony prior to the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780.)
1967 Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth wrote in a letter: 'God has very different people who like one another to different degrees.'
1970 The New American Bible was published by the St. Anthony Guild Press. It represented the first English version Roman Catholic Bible to be translated from the original Biblical Greek and Hebrew languages. (The Rheims-Douai Version of 1610 had been based on Jerome's Latin Vulgate.)
1990 In Washington, DC, the National Cathedral (officially, the Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul) was completed after 83 years of construction. Begun in 1907, the Gothic edifice had been used in its incomplete form since 1912.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
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Thought for the day :
"May the farce be with you."

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you are the only car in the parking lot and you STILL hit a light pole.

Murphys Law of the day...(Gerrold's Fundamental Truth)
It's a good thing money can't buy happiness. We couldn't stand the commercials.

It a little known fact that...
The lowest temperature ever recorded in the world was 129 degrees below 0 at Vostok, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983.