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Historical Events on September 29

  • Mithridatic Wars

    61 BC

    Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.

  • Battle of Chaffin's Farm

    1864

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

  • Battle of St. Quentin Canal

    1918

    World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica. The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack. Germany's Supreme Army Command tells the Kaiser and the Chancellor to open negotiations for an armistice.

  • British Mandate for Palestine (legal instrument)

    1923

    The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.

  • Einsatzgruppe C

    1941

    World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Soviet Union: German Einsatzgruppe C begins the Babi Yar massacre, according to the Einsatzgruppen operational situation report.

  • Nikita Khrushchev

    1960

    Nikita Khrushchev, leader of Soviet Union, disrupts a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts.

  • Arab League

    1971

    Oman joins the Arab League.

  • 4179 Toutatis

    2004

    The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.

  • Dow Jones Industrial Average

    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.

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