Today is Sunday, September twenty ninth, the 273rd day of 2024. There are 93 days left within the yr.
Today in history:
On September 29, 1982, extra-strength Tylenol capsules laced with deadly cyanide claimed the primary of seven victims within the Chicago area; The case, which led to legislative and packaging improvements to forestall product tampering, stays unsolved.
Also on this date:
In 1789, Congress officially established a daily army under the U.S. Constitution.
In 1954, Willie Mays of the New York Giants ran over his shoulder to catch a ball hit by Vic Wirtz of the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series; “The Catch” would turn into probably the most famous plays in baseball history.
In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed laws establishing the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.
In 1990, construction of the Washington National Cathedral was accomplished, 83 years to the day after the cornerstone was laid in a ceremony attended by President Theodore Roosevelt.
In 2005, John G. Roberts Jr. was sworn in because the nation's seventeenth chief justice after receiving Senate confirmation.
In 2017, Tom Price resigned as President Donald Trump's Secretary of Health and Human Services amid investigations into his use of costly charter flights for official travel at taxpayer expense.
In 2018, Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk agreed to pay a complete of $40 million to settle a government lawsuit that claimed Musk misled investors with misleading statements a couple of planned takeover of the corporate.
In 2021, a Los Angeles judge suspended Britney Spears' father from the conservatorship that had controlled her life and money for 13 years, saying the agreement reflected a “toxic environment.”
In 2022, rescue crews piloted boats and waded through flooded streets to avoid wasting 1000’s of Floridians trapped after Hurricane Ian destroyed homes and businesses and left thousands and thousands at midnight.
Today's birthdays:
- The author and director Robert Benton is 92 years old.
- NASA administrator and former Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, is 82 years old.
- Actor Ian McShane is 82.
- The jazz musician Jean-Luc Ponty is 82.
- Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa (lehk vah-WEN'-sah) is 81 years old.
- Television journalist and sports reporter Bryant Gumbel is 76.
- Olympic gold medalist Sebastian Coe is 68 years old.
- Rock musician Les Claypool is 61.
- Actor Zachary Levi is 44.
- Actress Chrissy Metz (TV: “This Is Us”) is 44.
- Actress Kelly McCreary (TV: “Grey’s Anatomy”) is 43.
- Football Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson is 39.
- NBA All-Star Kevin Durant is 36.
- Pop singer Halsey is 30.
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