September 29 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

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

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 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... ↗
• 2008 — Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest... ↗
• 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,... ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 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