Find out the events that made it to the history books on September 29:
- 235 – St. Pontianus ended his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1829 – The first units of the London Metropolitan Police appear on the streets of the British capital.
- 1902 – President John F. Kennedy authorized use of federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi.
- 1918 – Allied forces began their breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line during World War I.
- 1954 – The European Organization for Nuclear Research,CERN, was established.
- 1956 – President Samoza of Nicaragua was assassinated.
- 1971 – The US performed a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1972 – Canada launched its first-ever satellite, Alouette 1.
- 1975 – USSR performed an underground nuclear test.
- 1977 – The Japanese government agreed to the demands of the Red Army terrorist of $6,000,000 plus the release of 9 terrorists in exchange for the release of 146 persons held hostage.
- 1978 – Pope John Paul I was found dead in his Vatican apartment, just over a month after becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 1979 – Pope John Paul II became the 1st pope to visit Ireland.
- 1983 – The U.S. Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 U.S. Marines in Lebanon.
- 1988 – The UN peacekeeping forces won Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1988 – China performed a nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC.
- 1991 – President of Haiti Jean-Bertrand Aristide was deposed in a military coup.
- 1992 – The Brazilian Parliament suspended President Fernando Collor.
- 1994 – 800 people died following the sinking of MS Estonia, in the Baltic Sea.
- 1996 – U.S. won the Federation Cup over Spain.
- 2020 – The first debate between US Presidential candidates; Donald Trump and Joe Biden, was held.