Religious Observances on September 29

• Jewish: Sukkot IV (CH’’M) סוכות ד׳ (חוה״מ)

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On This Day in History — September 29

• 2013 — Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Nigeria.
• 2009 — The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake strikes with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami follows, leaving 189 dead and hundreds injured.
• 2008 — Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest single-day point loss in its history.
• 2007 — Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
• 2006 — Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collides in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Mato Grosso, Brazil, killing 154 people, and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
• 2004 — The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.

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Notable Births on September 29

• 1998 — Vera Lapko, Belarusian tennis player
• 1995 — Alice Matteucci, Italian tennis player
• 1994 — Britteny Cox, Australian skier
• 1994 — Halsey, American singer
• 1993 — Lee Hong-bin, South Korean singer
• 1993 — Viktor Romanenkov, Estonian figure skater

Notable Deaths on September 29

• 2016 — Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipina politician (b. 1945)
• 2015 — Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1932)
• 2015 — Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (b. 1934)
• 2015 — William Kerslake, American wrestler and engineer (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Jean Ter-Merguerian, French-Armenian violinist (b. 1935)
• 2015 — Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)

Sports on September 29

• NFL: Philadelphia Eagles @ Chicago Bears — 00:15 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Philadelphia Phillies @ Atlanta Braves — 18:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago White Sox @ Houston Astros — 21:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Florida Panthers @ Carolina Hurricanes — 21:00 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Las Vegas Aces @ Indiana Fever — 22:30 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Montreal Canadiens @ Toronto Maple Leafs — 23:00 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on September 30

• 🌍 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Canada)

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Religious Observances on September 30

• Jewish: Sukkot V (CH’’M) סוכות ה׳ (חוה״מ)

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On This Day in History — September 30

• 2017 — Titus Zeman SDB. - priest, beatification ceremony in Bratislava, Slovakia.
• 2016 — Hurricane Matthew became a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea, since Hurricane Felix in 2007.
• 2009 — The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake shakes central Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). This dip-slip (reverse) earthquake left 1,115 people dead, and was followed several days later by a 6.6 Mw...
• 2005 — The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
• 2004 — The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat is retired.
• 1999 — The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.

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Notable Births on September 30

• 2002 — Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress
• 1997 — Yana Kudryavtseva, Russian gymnast
• 1997 — Max Verstappen, Dutch Formula One driver
• 1996 — Jacob Host, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 — Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast
• 1989 — André Weis, German footballer

Notable Deaths on September 30

• 2017 — Monty Hall, American game show host (b. 1921)
• 2015 — Guido Altarelli, Italian-Swiss physicist and academic (b. 1941)
• 2015 — Claude Dauphin, French businessman (b. 1951)
• 2015 — Göran Hägg, Swedish author and critic (b. 1947)
• 2014 — Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician (b. 1940)
• 2014 — Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)

Sports on September 30

• NHL: New York Rangers @ Boston Bruins — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Minnesota Lynx @ New York Liberty — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Vancouver Canucks @ Edmonton Oilers — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago Cubs @ San Diego Padres — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Chicago Blackhawks @ Vegas Golden Knights — 02:30 UTC Scheduled

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