Page 5: Historical Events In September - 29

1916  On September - 29 john D. Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire.   

1916  On September - 29 carl Ronald Giles, cartoonist   

1918  On September - 29 allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line   

1918  Australians storm the Hindenburg Line, France on this day in history.   

1918  On September - 29 capt. John McGregor (2nd Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France   

1918  On this day in history captain GH Wilkins, official AIF photographer, rallies United States troops at the battle of the Hindenburg Line, while taking photographs For this action he is awarded a bar to his Military Cross, becoming the only Australian official photographer to be decorated for bravery in the field   

1918  On this day in history allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line   

1918  Don Castle, TX, actor (Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol) on this day in history.   

1920  On September - 29 babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54   

1921  On this day in history pirates drop doubleheader to Cards to allow idle Giants to clinch NL   

1922  Mussolini ask Vatican for support of fascist party program on September - 29.   

1923  Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public on this day in history.   

1923  6th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Pelham CC Pelham NY on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history santo Domingo joins League of Nations   

1925  On this day in history french Gen of Morocco, marshal Lyautey, is dismissed   

1925  E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Galgmannen), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history norma Shearer wed Irving Thalberg   

1927  Tornado strikes St Louis Missouri on this day in history.   

1927  Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games on September - 29.   

1927  On this day in history willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist (Nobel-1924), dies at 67   

1928  Cardinals win NL pennant with a 3-1 win at Boston on this day in history.   

1928  Arnold Kent, dies on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron/general/premier (1927-29), dies at 66   

1930  On this day in history boquer¢n battle ends Paraguay border dispute   

1930  On September - 29 the final section of the 3'6" gauge railway on Prince Edward Island is converted to standard gauge. The conversion work on the island had started in 1919.   

1930  1st Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history "Bill of Divorcement" premieres at the Mayfair   

1933  Little King, Cartoon Character, by Von Beuren, debut on September - 29.   

1933  On September - 29 margaret Talmadge, dies   

1934  On September - 29 rondo Hatton weds Mabel Housh   

1935  On September - 29 5th Ryder Cup: US wins, 9-3 at Ridgewood Country Club (Ridgewood, New Jersey, US)   

1936  Radio used for first time for a presidential campaign on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign   

1937  On this day in history frans Slaats bicycles world record time (45,563 km)   

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1240  On September - 29 birth of margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, (d. 1275)   

1321  On September - 29 birth of john of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)   

1328  Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385) was born on September - 29.   

1388  Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421) was born on this day in history.   

1402  Ferdinand, the Saint, Portuguese slave of Fez/saint was born on this day in history.   

1511  On September - 29 birth of michael Servetus, Spain, physician (Christianism Rostituta)   

1518  On this day in history birth of tintoretto, Italian painter   

1547  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish author and novelist (Don Quixote) was born on September - 29.   

0855  Lotharius I, Romanian-French emperor (signed Treaty of Verdun), dies on September - 29.   

1364  Death of Charles, Duke of Brittany on September - 29.   

1530  On September - 29 andrea del Sato, [d'Agnolo di Franceszo], Italian painter, dies at 44   

1560  On this day in history gustaaf I, king of Sweden (1523-60), dies   

1575  Charles de Boisot, water beggar, dies in battle at about 45 on September - 29.   

1598  Floris I van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg, dies at about 61 on this day in history.   

1619  Death of John Lippershey, inventor of telescope, buried on this day in history.   

1637  Death of Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint on this day in history.