History Events on September 29

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

#Kyshtym_disaster

The Battle of Pákozd is a stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces, and is the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution.

#Battle_of_Pákozd

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

#Washington_National_Cathedral

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

#Lockheed_YF-22

Germany's Supreme Army Command tells the Kaiser and the Chancellor to open negotiations for an armistice.

#Oberste_Heeresleitung

A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.

#Gol_Transportes_Aéreos_Flight_1907

The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.

#Port_of_Iloilo

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

#WWJ-TV

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

#Battle_of_Boquerón_(1932)

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades.

#Frederick_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.

#SpaceShipOne

Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

#2016_Indian_Line_of_Control_strike

Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.

#Italo-Turkish_War

A Haitian coup d'état occurs.

#1991_Haitian_coup_d'état

Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.

#2019_Afghan_presidential_election

Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.

#Ælfheah_of_Canterbury

At least 59 people are reported dead due to monsoon rains in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India. 350 people have died this year due to rain in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

#Uttar_Pradesh

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

#Washington_National_Cathedral

Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.

#Fernando_Collor_de_Mello

Oman joins the Arab League.

#Arab_League

The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.

#United_States_Department_of_War

Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.

#Tegucigalpa

The Treaty of Montgomery recognises Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales, but only as a vassal of King Henry III.

#Treaty_of_Montgomery

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

#Babi_Yar

The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.

#Universalis_Ecclesiae

English forces defeat the French in Brittany, ending the War of the Breton Succession.

#Battle_of_Auray

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

#STS-26

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

#1940_Brocklesby_mid-air_collision

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

#Battle_of_Chaffin's_Farm

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

#CERN

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

#China-Japan_relations

An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

#1717_Guatemala_earthquake

The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.

#Vachathi_case

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

#Pompey

The 1st United States Congress adjourns.

#1st_United_States_Congress

World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.

#Armistice_of_Salonica

The 8.1 Mw? Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills 189 and injures hundreds.

#2009_Samoa_earthquake_and_tsunami

Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.

Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.

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

The dictator Francisco Macias of Equatorial Guinea is shot by soldiers from Western Sahara.

The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.

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

The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.

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

The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.

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

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

The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.