September 29
Today in America's Present Past
1608 | Entrepreneur Christopher Newport arrives in Virginia for the second time.
1789 | Congress: Established a regular standing U.S. Army.
1818 | Inventor Samuel Morse wed Lucretia Walker.
1825 | Daniel Shays died.
1881 | Economist Ludwig von Mises was born.
1901 | Physicist Enrico Fermi was born.
1906 | U.S. intervenes in Cuba and ousts Estrada Palma.
1907 | Entertainer Gene Autry was born.
1907 | Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral.
1910 | Painter Winslow Homer died.
1916 | Entrepreneur John D. Rockefeller becomes the world’s first billionaire.
1923 | Author Stan Berenstain was born.
1935 | Entertainer Jerry Lee Lewis was born.
1936 | Radio: First presidential radio ad airs.
1946 | Radio: ”Adventures of Sam Spade” debuted.
1948 | Journalist Bryant Gumbel was born.
1957 | Comedian Andrew Dice Clay was born.
1960 | TV: “My Three Sons” debuted.
1962 | POTUS: Democrat President Kennedy authorizes the use of Federal troops to integrate the University of Mississippi.
1967 | Author Carson McCullers died.
1972 | Robert McNamara, former US Secretary of Defense, is nearly thrown overboard on a ferry by an artist wanting to confront him about his role in the Vietnam War.
1975 | TV: Sharon Crews, America’s first African-American weathercaster, takes to the air in Detroit.
1982 | TV: “Cheers” debuted.
1989 | Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor convicted of slapping a police officer in Beverly Hills, California.
1990 | First Lady Barbara Bush publishes her book “Millie’s Book.”
1987 | Entrepreneur Henry Ford II died.
1988 | Basketball Pro Kevin Durant was born.
1989 | Entrepreneur August A. “Gussie” Busch Jr. died.
1995 | Activist Madalyn Murray O’Hair was murdered.
1998 | Politician Tom Bradley died.
2005 | SCOTUS: Chief Justice John Roberts was sworn in.
2010 | Actor Tony Curtis died.