28 September 2016. Leading Israeli politician, Shimon Peres, died (aged 93). He was President of Israel (2007 to 2014) and Prime Minister of Israel (twice). Upon his retirement in 2014, he was the world’s oldest head of state. pic.twitter.com/qmIPYPkcN9

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 28, 2022

PHOTO OF THE DAY: The Batman villains from the 1966 film. pic.twitter.com/WbdTaFy4sk

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 28, 2022

September 29th

522 BC Darius I of Persia kills Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire

480 BC Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I

1567 War of Religion breaks out in France - Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX

1829 The first units of the London Metropolitan Police appear on the streets of the British capital, the city's 1st modern police force

2008 Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, its largest single-day point loss, following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual

Did You Know?

American oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller becomes the world's first billionaire

Today in History in 1916

Would You Believe?

Robert McNamara, former US Secretary of Defense, is almost thrown overboard on a ferry by an artist wanting to confront him on his role in escalating US involvement in the Vietnam war (no charges pressed)

Today in History in 1972

https://www.onthisday.com/

This day 41 years ago – 29 September 1979 – Pope John Paul II landed at Dublin Airport for a three-day visit to Ireland.

Later, he celebrated Mass in Phoenix Park. Approximately 1,250,000 people were in attendance, at a time when the population of the Irish state was 3,365,000. pic.twitter.com/u56iBGTgdW

— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) September 29, 2020

This day 35 years ago - 29 September 1984 - prison officer Brian Stack died, having been shot in the neck by a Provisional IRA member 18 months prior.

Stack worked in Portlaoise Prison, Co Laois, and was the only member of the Irish Prison Service killed during the Troubles. pic.twitter.com/t1Yt4iuik6

— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) September 29, 2019

[Trigger warning] #OTD in 2011, Indian papers reported that 215 officials had been found guilty of atrocities including gang rape against Dalit villagers. Amongst the victims was Gandhimathi, who like all the other victims waived her right to anonymity in order to prosecute. pic.twitter.com/zDgi2qUUF0

— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) September 29, 2022

On this day in 1915, Alabama passed a law forbidding public and private medical facilities from letting any "white female nurse" provide care to a Black man. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/sKUXKOJOqE

— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) September 29, 2022

29 September 1571. Leading artist, Michelangelo Caravaggio, was born in Milan. His paintings displayed a dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting. pic.twitter.com/IKIhmDxUoy

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 29, 2022

29 September 1829. The first constables of the Metropolitan Police of London appeared on the streets of the capital. The force had been founded by Robert Peel, under the Metropolitan Police Act (1829), and included the Bow Street Horse Patrol which had been organised since 1805. pic.twitter.com/F3k6SFHXVg

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 29, 2022

29 September 1885. The first public electric tramway system in Britain was officially opened in Blackpool by Alderman Harwood, the Mayor of Manchester. Blackpool Corporation paid for the system, with the tramcars provided by the Blackpool Electric Tramway Company. pic.twitter.com/44X093oca6

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 29, 2022

29 September 1913. German engineer, Rudolf Diesel, who invented the Diesel Engine, died (aged 55). He had boarded the steamer SS Dresden in Antwerp and was last seen taking dinner on board. It seems he most probably threw himself overboard as his body was found in the river. pic.twitter.com/IdvKMwtB1b

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 29, 2022

29-30 September 1941. The horrific, Babi Yar Massacre, of Jews in Kyiv, Ukraine, by the SS Einsatzgruppen occurred. A total 33,771 were killed in a 2-day series of mass shootings (the photo is of the memorial). It’s one of the most horrific incidents of the Holocaust. pic.twitter.com/tVpcDs4u8A

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 29, 2022

29 September 1943. Lech Wałęsa, was born in Popowo, Poland. He co-founded, Solidarity, the Soviet bloc’s first independent trade union. He later served as the first post 1945 democratically-elected President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. pic.twitter.com/cule4F2r0w

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 29, 2022

29 September 1954. The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), was signed. CERN was originally devoted to the study of atomic nuclei, but was soon applied to higher-energy physics, and the study of interactions between subatomic particles. pic.twitter.com/wNWE81Hfwu

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 29, 2022

29 September 1955. A View From the Bridge, a play by Arthur Miller (pictured), opened in New York City at the Coronet Theatre. The play is set in 1950s America, in an Italian-American neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. pic.twitter.com/hJoSgl81Ly

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 29, 2022

29 September 1981. Bill Shankly, Liverpool’s inspirational manager, died (aged 68). After becoming LFC manager in 1959, he transformed the club from a second division side when he arrived to one of the best teams in England and Europe. pic.twitter.com/MIdj95LqwP

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 29, 2022

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Astronaut Neil Armstrong having a meal before he departed for the Moon (1969). pic.twitter.com/hWdIqpeiEW

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 29, 2022

September 30th

489 Germanic King of Italy Odoacer attacks Ostrogothic leader Theodoric the Great at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again

1124 Orval abbey church consecrated in southeast Belgium

1199 Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew

1399 King Richard II of England's (supposed) abdication read out in the House of Commons by the Archbishop of Canterbury. In reality deposed by his cousin and successor Henry IV

1520 Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan (rules till 1566)

1544 King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France

1555 Bishop of Oxford Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic

1619 Remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp