September 29 - The Day in History

September 29 : General Interest 2005: Reporter Judith Miller released from prison On this day in 2005, New York Times reporter Judith Miller is released from a federal detention center in Alexandria, Virginia, after agreeing to testify in the investigation into the leaking of the identity of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame... read more American Revolution 1780 : British spy sentenced to death http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-spy-sentenced-to-death Automotive 1913 : Inventor Rudolf Diesel vanishes http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/inventor-rudolf-diesel-vanishes Civil War 1864 : Union tries to break stalemate in Virginia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-new-market-heights-chaffins-farmfort-harrison Cold War 1953 : Russians want the American dream http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russians-want-the-american-dream Crime 1982 : Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cyanide-laced-tylenol-kills-six 2006 : School principal murdered by student in Wisconsin http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/school-principal-murdered-by-student-in-wisconsin Disaster 1957 : Trains collide in Pakistan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/train-crash-in-pakistan General Interest 1758 : Lord Nelson born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lord-nelson-born 1941 : Babi Yar massacre begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/babi-yar-massacre-begins 1982 : The Tylenol murders http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-tylenol-murders 1988 : American woman climbs Everest http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-woman-climbs-everest Hollywood 1913 : "Message filmmaker" Stanley Kramer is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/message-filmmaker-stanley-kramer-is-born Literary 1547 : Miguel de Cervantes is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/miguel-de-cervantes-is-born Music 1907 : Gene Autry, "The Singing Cowboy," is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gene-autry-quotthe-singing-cowboyquot-is-born Old West 1907 : The great singing cowboy, Gene Autry, is born in Texas http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-singing-cowboy-gene-autry-is-born-in-texas Presidential 1942 : JFK thanks Clare Booth Luce for good-luck coin http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jfk-thanks-clare-booth-luce-for-good-luck-coin Sports 1954 : Willie Mays makes catch http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/willie-mays-makes-catch Vietnam War 1965 : Hanoi announces that downed pilots will be treated as war criminals http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hanoi-announces-that-downed-pilots-will-be-treated-as-war-criminals 1969 : Charges dropped against Green Berets http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/charges-dropped-against-green-berets World War I 1918 : Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allied-forces-break-through-the-hindenburg-line World War II 1939 : Nazis and communists divvy up Poland http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nazis-and-communists-divvy-up-poland

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