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29 September 2023
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2006 - Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collided in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Brazil, killing 154 people and triggering a national aviation crisis.2006 mid-air collision over Brazil
Anniversary
2005 - John Roberts became the 17th Chief Justice of the United States; he would be the first Chief Justice to serve for twenty years since Melville Fuller in 1908.Chief Justice of the United States since 2005
Anniversary
2004 - Archaeologists and volunteers began excavation of the remains of Fort Tanjong Katong in Singapore.Colonial Singapore defensive structure
Anniversary
1991 - The award-winning Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast premiered while unfinished at the New York Film Festival.American animation studio
Anniversary
1990 - The Lockheed YF-22, the prototype for the F-22 Raptor, made its first flight.American aircraft prototype
Historical events
History
2019 - Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.History
2016 - Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.Attack on Indian troops by insurgents in Jammu and Kashmir
History
2013 - Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.2013 mass shooting by Islamist militants in Gujba, Yobe State, Nigeria
History
2011 - The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.Marginalised castes in the Indian subcontinent
History
2009 - The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.Natural disaster in the southern Pacific Ocean
History
2008 - The stock market crashes with the Dow Jones dropping a then record 778 points after the United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails during the beginning stages of the Great Recession.Sudden widespread decline of stock prices
History
2007 - Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.UK nuclear power station (1956–2003)
History
2006 - A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.2006 mid-air collision over Brazil
History
2005 - John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States.Chief Justice of the United States since 2005
History
2004 - The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.Near-Earth asteroid of the Apollo and Alinda group
Notable births
Born
2000 - Jaden McDaniels, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 2000)
Born
1999 - Choi Ye-na, South Korean singer and dancerSouth Korean singer (born 1999)
Born
1990 - Jordan Schroeder, American ice hockey playerAmerican ice hockey player (born 1990)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Alan McDonald, Scottish Church Minister (born 1951)Scottish parish minister (1951–2025)
Died
2024 - Ozzie Virgil Sr., Dominican baseball player and coach (born 1932)Dominican baseball player and coach (1932–2024)
Died
2022 - Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist and mathematician (born 1922)British computer scientist (1922–2022)
Died
2022 - Akissi Kouamé, Ivorian army officer (born 1955)Ivorian army officer (1955–2022)
Died
2020 - Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Emir (born 1929)Emir of Kuwait from 2006 to 2020
Died
2020 - Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer, actress, and activist (born 1941)Australian and American singer, actress, TV host, and activist (1941–2020)
Died
2019 - Martin Bernheimer, German-American music critic (born 1936)American music critic (1936–2019)
Sky
Moon phase
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated
Lunar age: 14.3 days
Sun zodiac
Libra
6.09 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Aries
7.27 degrees
Constellation: Cetus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.