Today is Sunday, Sept. 29, the 272nd day of 2019. There are 93 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight: On Sept. 29, 1789, the U.S. War Department established a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
On this date:
In 1829, London’s reorganized police force, which became known as Scotland Yard, went on duty.
In 1938, British, French, German and Italian leaders concluded the Munich Agreement, which was aimed at appeasing Adolf Hitler by allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland.
In 1975, baseball manager Casey Stengel died in Glendale, California, at age 85.
In 1978, Pope John Paul I was found dead in his Vatican apartment just over a month after becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church.
In 1982, Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with deadly cyanide claimed the first of seven victims in the Chicago area. (To date, the case remains unsolved.)
In 2005, John G. Roberts Jr. was sworn in as the nation’s 17th chief justice after winning Senate confirmation.
Today’s birthdays: Singer Jerry Lee Lewis is 84. Nobel Peace laureate Lech Walesa is 76. TV personality Bryant Gumbel is 71. Rock singer-musician Mark Farner is 71. Olympic gold medal runner Sebastian Coe is 63. Singer Suzzy Roche (The Roches) is 63. Comedian-actor Andrew “Dice” Clay is 62. Actress Emily Lloyd is 49. Actress Natasha Gregson Wagner is 49. NBA All-Star Kevin Durant is 31. Actor Doug Brochu is 29. Singer Phillip Phillips is 29. Pop singer Halsey is 25. Actress Clara Mamet is 25.
Thought for today: “Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.” — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (1830-1916).
— Associated Press
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