^B{^#!16!29 September^N! Feast day of Saints Rhipsime, Gaiana and Companions, St Theodota of Philippolis, and St Michael, St Raphael, and St Gabriel, archangels.
^B{1399^B} The first monarch to abdicate, Richard II, was replaced by Bolingbroke who ascended the throne as Henry IV. ^B{1829^B} The first regular police force in London was inaugurated; the officers became known as 'bobbies' after Robert Peel, the Home Secretary who founded the modern police force. ^B{1911^B} Italy declared war on Turkey over possession of Tripoli, in Libya. ^B{1916^B} John D Rockefeller became the world's first billionaire during the share boom in the US. ^B{1938^B} The Munich Agreement between Germany and France, Italy and Britain was signed. ^B{1944^B} Soviet troops entered Yugoslavia. ^B{1950^B} The first automatic telephone answering machine was tested by the US Bell Telephone Company. ^B{1991^B} Haiti's first freely elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was ousted in a military coup.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish playwright and novelist, ^B{1547^B}; Horatio Nelson, Viscount, English admiral, ^B{1758^B}; Enrico Fermi, US physicist, ^B{1901^B}; Jerry Lee Lewis, US singer and pianist, ^B{1935^B}; Lech Walesa, Polish leader, ^B{1943^B}; Sebastian Coe, English athlete, ^B{1956^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Winslow Homer, US painter, ^B{1910^B}; Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, ^B{1913^B}; Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist, ^B{1927^B}; Winifred Holtby, English novelist, ^B{1935^B}; Bruce Bairnsfather, British cartoonist, ^B{1959^B}; Carson McCullers, US author, ^B{1967^B}.
