September 29

Today Is...

International Coffee Day

World Heart Day

Michaelmas
(Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael)

MAGS Day
(Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society, celebrate by volunteering at [or visiting] a archaeological, geological, natural science, or earth science museum in your area

Mutation Day (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
(The celebration of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Splinter's mutation, eventually leading to the Ninja Turtles formation, Cowabunga!)

VFW Day
(devoted to the VFW organization and those members who have served our nation, the Veterans of Foreign Wars)

Confucius Day
(Honors one of the world's greatest philosophers.)

Inventors Day

National Biscotti Day

Broadway Musicals Day

Birthdays
551 BC - Confucius
1899 -  László József Bíró, inventor of the ball point pen (d. 1988)
1901 -  Enrico Fermi, nuclear physicist, credited with the creation of the first nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1(d. 1954)
1904 – Greer Garson, English-American actress and singer (d. 1996)
1907 – Gene Autry, American singer and actor, "The Singing Cowboy" (d. 1998)
1913 – Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)
1913 – Stanley Kramer, American director and producer (d. 2001)
1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1942 – Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer (d. 1999)
1942 – Jean-Luc Ponty, French violinist and composer (Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever)
1948 - Bryant Gumbel, TV journalist, newsman
1957 – Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor
1966 – Jill Whelan, American actress (Captain Stubing's daughter in "The Love Boat" and radio host

Today In History

1789 – The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.

1789 – The 1st United States Congress adjourns.

1845 - "The Raven" is published in the 'New York Evening Mirror', the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe
1861 - Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
1885 – The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
1886 - Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
1900 - The American League is organized in Philadelphia with eight founding teams.
1907 - Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American United States Senate or U.S. Senator.
1936 - The List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame (chronological) known as first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.

1951 – The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC.

1963 - The List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees or first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
1988 – Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.