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2008 Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 777.68 points in the wake of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual bankruptcies, the largest single-day point loss in Wall Street history.

1789 Congress votes to create a U.S. army.

1833 A civil war breaks out in Spain between Carlists, who believe Don Carlos deserves the throne, and supporters of Queen Isabella.

1850Mormon leader Brigham Young is named the first governor of the Utah Territory.

1879 Dissatisfied Ute Indians kill Agent Nathan Meeker and nine others in the "Meeker Massacre."

1932 A five-day work week is established for General Motors workers.

1939 Germany and the Soviet Union reach an agreement on the division of Poland.

1941 30,000 Jews are gunned down in Kiev when Heinrich Himmler sends four strike squads to exterminate Soviet Jewish civilians and other "undesirables."

1943 Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf is published in the United States.

1971 Oman joins the Arab League.

1979 John Paul II becomes the first pope ever to visit Ireland.

1990 The YF-22, later named F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.

1992 Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello impeached for corruptions; he was the youngest president in the nation's history, taking office at age 40 in 1990.

2009 An 8.1 earthquake causes a tidal wave that claims 189 lives in Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga.

Born on September 29

1907 Gene Autry, actor, singer, star of radio, film and TV; known for his film roles as a "singing cowboy" (Oh, Susanna!, Back in the Saddle), he was influential in country music with songs that included "Back in the Saddle," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and "Frosty the Snowman."

1935 Jerry Lee Lewis, singer, songwriter, musician; influential figure in early rock 'n' roll ("Great Balls of Fire").