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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 29th September 2022   
   29 Sep 22 06:06:25   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@bbs.alt119.net   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1567 - War of Religion breaks out in France - Huguenots try to kidnap King   
   Charles IX   
      
   1650 - Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England)   
      
   1793 - Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine   
      
   1962 - "Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show" debuts on ABC-TV   
      
   1978 - "Flying High," debuts on CBS   
      
   2018 - Rapper Kanye West announces on Twitter he is changing his name to Ye   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1511 - Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian and physician (Christianism   
   Rostituta), born in Villanueva or Tudela, Spain (d. 1553)   
      
   1758 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral and hero of Trafalgar, born in Burnham   
   Thorpe, Norfolk (d. 1805)   
      
   1928 - Ankie [Johanna A Hoving-]Peypers, Dutch author and poet   
      
   1936 - Silvio Berlusconi, Italian media tycoon and politician, Prime Minister   
   of Italy (1994-5, 2001-6, 2008-11), born in Milan, Italy   
      
   1944 - Torben Jensen, Danish actor (Taxa, Hayfever, Watch Me Fly, Guldregn)   
      
   1955 - Benoît Ferreux, French actor (Murmur of the Heart), born in Bordeaux,   
   France   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1364 - Charles, Duke of Brittany   
      
   1900 - Samuel Fenton Cary, American politician and temperance movement leader   
   (Rep-IR-Ohio), dies at 86   
      
   1937 - Ray Ewry, American track and field athlete (8 Olympic golds 1900, 04,   
   08), dies at 63   
      
   1980 - Bindo Maserati, Italian auto engineer and businessman (manager Maserati   
   Racing; founder O.S.C.A. Racing), dies at 97   
      
   1995 - George Chesterman Phillips, British naval officer, dies at 90   
      
   2009 - Sperantza Vrana, Greek actress (b. 1926 or 1932)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
   https://www.onthisday.com/day/september/29   
      
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