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Selected anniversaries
September 29: Michaelmas (Western Christianity)
Willie Mays
- 1724 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas, for the feast of archangel Michael.
- 1918 – World War I: The Battle of St Quentin Canal took place, which led to the British Fourth Army making the first breach of the German defensive Hindenburg Line.
- 1954 – Willie Mays (pictured) of the New York Giants made The Catch, one of the most famous defensive plays in the history of Major League Baseball.
- 1964 – Mafalda, a popular comic strip by Quino, was first published in newspapers in Argentina.
- 2004 – Archaeologists and volunteers began excavation of the remains of Fort Tanjong Katong in Singapore.
- Karl Freiherr Haus von Hausen (b. 1823)
- Edward Pulsford (b. 1844; d. 1919)
- Annie Dove Denmark (b. 1887)
- Valston Hancock (d. 1998)
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