How Many Days Until September 29?

This day in history: September 29

1. 1963

   The University of East Anglia (coat of arms featured) was founded in Norwich, England, after talk of establishing a university in the city began as early as the 19th century.

2. 1964

   Mafalda, a popular comic strip by Quino, was first published in newspapers in Argentina.

3. 1990

   The Lockheed YF-22, the prototype for the F-22 Raptor, made its first flight.

4. 1991

   The award-winning Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast premiered while unfinished at the New York Film Festival.

5. 2004

   Archaeologists and volunteers began excavation of the remains of Fort Tanjong Katong in Singapore.

6. 2005

   John Roberts became the 17th Chief Justice of the United States; he would be the first Chief Justice to serve for twenty years since Melville Fuller in 1908.

7. 2006

   Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collided in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Brazil, killing 154 people and triggering a national aviation crisis.

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