September 29 in history — What Happened Today in History

A Haitian coup d'état occurs.

Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.

The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.

The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland.

NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster.

An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft crashes into a firing range near Kahrizak, Iran, killing 80 people.

Equatorial Guinean dictator Francisco Macías Nguema is executed by soldiers from Western Sahara.

WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.

Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.

Oman joins the Arab League.

A Lockheed L-188 Electra crashes in Buffalo, Texas, killing 34 people.

The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.

The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.

During World War II, German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.

Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.

Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia during the Chaco War.

The Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.

The Mandate for Syria and Lebanon takes effect.

The First American Track and Field championships for women are held.

Ukrainian War of Independence: The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic agree to a truce with the Makhnovshchina.

World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation.

World War I: The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.

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.

Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire, In this war , Italy gains Libya which ends Ottoman rule in North Africa .

The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.

The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought in the American Civil War.

The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.

Josh Farro, American musician

Inika McPherson, American track and field athlete

Calvin Johnson, American football player

Michelle Payne, Australian jockey

Per Mertesacker, German footballer

Ryan Garry, English footballer and coach

Kelly McCreary, American actress

Suzanne Shaw, English actress and singer

Dallas Green, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Zachary Levi, American actor and singer

Chrissy Metz, American actress

Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Neville Roach, English footballer

Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (born 1934)

Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1931)

Mary Cadogan, English author (born 1928)

John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (born 1921)

Harold Agnew, American physicist and engineer (born 1921)

S. N. Goenka, Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation (born 1924)

Marcella Hazan, Italian cooking writer (born 1924)

Neil Smith, Scottish geographer and academic (born 1954)

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (born 1926)

Malcolm Wicks, English academic and politician (born 1947)

Sylvia Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1936)

Tony Curtis, American actor (born 1925)

Greg Giraldo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1965)