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Today in History: September 29

480 BC
Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I

235
St Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1399
Richard II of England is deposed. His cousin, Henry of Lancaster, declares himself king under the name Henry IV.

1493
Christopher Columbus leaves Cadiz, Spain, on his second voyage to the

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

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

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

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.

1960
General Douglas MacArthur officially returns Seoul, South Korea, to President Syngman Rhee.

1966
Chevrolet introduces the Camaro, which will become an iconic car.

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.

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

2017
Mercury Nashville Records releases "Now", the 5th studio album by Shania Twain, her first in 15 years

2021
Prison riot between rival drug cartels in Litoral penitentiary, Ecuador, results in 116 deaths, with some beheaded or decapitated

2021
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declares 23 species of bird, fish and other wildlife extinct, including the ivory-billed woodpecker

Today in History: 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").

1943
Lech Walesa, president of Poland (1990-95); co-founder of Solidarity, the first independent trade union in the Soviet bloc; won Nobel Peace Prize, 1983.

1955
Ann Bancroft, explorer, author; first woman to reach North Pole on foot nd by sled and first woman to cross both polar ice caps.

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