What happend on 29th September

28.09
30.09
2008

Pope Benedict III becomes pope.

2005

US Senate confirms The Honorable John Roberts to be the next Chief Justice of the United States.

2004

The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne performed a successful spaceflight, thereby halfway to winning the prize.

2004

Baseball: The Montreal Expos play their last game at Olympic Stadium.

2004

The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.

2003

Hurricane Juan makes landfall at Nova Scotia.

2001

The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication.

1996

Super Mario 64, a revolutionary platformer game for the Nintendo 64, is released in the United States.

1992

Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello resigns.

1988

NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster.