Page 5: Historical Events In September - 29

1916  On September - 29 john D. Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire.   

1916  On this day in history carl Ronald Giles, cartoonist   

1918  Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line on this day in history.   

1918  Australians storm the Hindenburg Line, France on this day in history.   

1918  On September - 29 capt. John McGregor (2nd Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France   

1918  Captain GH Wilkins, official AIF photographer, rallies United States troops at the battle of the Hindenburg Line, while taking photographs For this action he is awarded a bar to his Military Cross, becoming the only Australian official photographer to be decorated for bravery in the field on this day in history.   

1918  On September - 29 allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line   

1918  On September - 29 don Castle, TX, actor (Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol)   

1920  Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54 on this day in history.   

1921  Pirates drop doubleheader to Cards to allow idle Giants to clinch NL on September - 29.   

1922  Mussolini ask Vatican for support of fascist party program on September - 29.   

1923  On this day in history steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public   

1923  On September - 29 6th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Pelham CC Pelham NY   

1924  Santo Domingo joins League of Nations on September - 29.   

1925  On this day in history french Gen of Morocco, marshal Lyautey, is dismissed   

1925  E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Galgmannen), dies at 36 on September - 29.   

1926  On September - 29 norma Shearer wed Irving Thalberg   

1927  On this day in history tornado strikes St Louis Missouri   

1927  Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games on September - 29.   

1927  On September - 29 willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist (Nobel-1924), dies at 67   

1928  On this day in history cardinals win NL pennant with a 3-1 win at Boston   

1928  Arnold Kent, dies on September - 29.   

1929  Giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron/general/premier (1927-29), dies at 66 on September - 29.   

1930  On this day in history boquer¢n battle ends Paraguay border dispute   

1930  On this day in history the final section of the 3'6" gauge railway on Prince Edward Island is converted to standard gauge. The conversion work on the island had started in 1919.   

1930  On this day in history 1st Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC   

1932  "Bill of Divorcement" premieres at the Mayfair on September - 29.   

1933  Little King, Cartoon Character, by Von Beuren, debut on this day in history.   

1933  On September - 29 margaret Talmadge, dies   

1934  On this day in history rondo Hatton weds Mabel Housh   

1935  5th Ryder Cup: US wins, 9-3 at Ridgewood Country Club (Ridgewood, New Jersey, US) on September - 29.   

1936  Radio used for first time for a presidential campaign on this day in history.   

1936  Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign on this day in history.   

1937  On September - 29 frans Slaats bicycles world record time (45,563 km)   

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1240  On September - 29 birth of margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, (d. 1275)   

1321  On this day in history birth of john of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)   

1328  Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385) was born on September - 29.   

1388  On September - 29 birth of thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)   

1402  On September - 29 birth of ferdinand, the Saint, Portuguese slave of Fez/saint   

1511  Michael Servetus, Spain, physician (Christianism Rostituta) was born on this day in history.   

1518  On September - 29 birth of tintoretto, Italian painter   

1547  On September - 29 birth of miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish author and novelist (Don Quixote)   

0855  Lotharius I, Romanian-French emperor (signed Treaty of Verdun), dies on September - 29.   

1364  Death of Charles, Duke of Brittany on September - 29.   

1530  Andrea del Sato, [d'Agnolo di Franceszo], Italian painter, dies at 44 on September - 29.   

1560  Gustaaf I, king of Sweden (1523-60), dies on this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history charles de Boisot, water beggar, dies in battle at about 45   

1598  Floris I van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg, dies at about 61 on this day in history.   

1619  Death of John Lippershey, inventor of telescope, buried on this day in history.   

1637  Death of Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint on this day in history.