29 September

Caravaggio
29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610
Italian Baroque artist, painted numerous works icluding ‘Raising of Lazarus’ and ‘John the Baptist’. Paintings can be seen in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; the National Gallery, London and the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. » more

François Boucher
29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770
French artist remembered, among other works, for some design work for the palaces of Fontainebleau and Versailles in France. » more

Robert Clive
28 September 1725 – 22 November 1774
English administrator in India and Manager of The East India Company. » more

Horatio Nelson
29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805
English Naval Admiral, killed in the Battle of Trafalgar. » more

Elizabeth Gaskell
29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865
English author, remembered primarily for her biography of Charlotte Brontë. » more

Gerard Heineken
29 September 1841 — 18 March 1893
Dutch brewer who established the Heineken Brewery. » more

Thorleif Haug
28 September 1894 – 12 December 1934
Norwegian champion skier who won multiple medals at Winter Olympics. » more

Sir William Butlin
29 September 1899 – 12 June 1980
English fun park operator who founded the Butlin Holiday Camps in 1936. » more

Greer Garson
29 September 1904 – 6 April 1996
English born actress. MGM star of the 1940s era and Academy Awards winner. » more

Colin Dexter
29 September 1930
English novelist who wrote the ‘Inspector Morse’ crime novels. » more

Lech Walesa
29 September 1943
Polish Trade Union leader who founded Solidarity and subsequent President of Poland. Nobel laureate. » more

Today’s Quote
The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten.
 … Andre Malraux (1901 – 1976)

Today’s No. 1 Hit
1963 – Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton

Today’s event
29 September 1650 – The ‘Office of Addresses and Encounters’ opened in London by Henry Robinson. The first dating service.
29 September 1885 – The first electric tram(streetcar) service in England commences in Blackpool.
29 September 1962 – Canada joins the space age with the launch of the Alouette 1 scientific research satellite.
29 September 1983 – The musical ‘A Chorus Line’ becomes the longest running Broadway show. It eventually closed on 28 April 1990 after 6,137 performances.