Today in History: September 29, Willie Mays makes “The Catch”
In the current era is Monday Sept the nd day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On Sept Willie Mays of the New York Giants made a running over-the-shoulder catch of a ball hit by Vic Wirtz of the Cleveland Indians in Encounter of the World Series The Catch would become one of the majority famous plays in baseball history Also on this date In Congress officially established a regular army under the U S Constitution Related Articles Gunman opens fire at Michigan church and sets it ablaze killing at least and wounding Police Deadly shooting in North Carolina was highly premeditated and location was targeted H- B visa Trump administration changes spark bipartisan attack on Silicon Valley tech giants UCSD faculty fear learner employee information may have been shared with Trump administration for analysis In contemporary times in History September Coronavirus pandemic hits grim milestone In 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 President Lyndon Johnson signed an act creating the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts In Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with deadly cyanide claimed the first of seven casualties in the Chicago area the event which led to bill and packaging improvements to deter product tampering remains unsolved In the U S space shuttle undertaking resumed after a -month suspension following the Challenger tragedy with the launch of Discovery carrying a crew of five astronauts from the John F Kennedy Space Center in Florida Discovery s crew deployed a satellite and conducted science experiments before returning to Earth with a landing on Oct at Edwards Air Force Base in California In the construction of Washington National Cathedral concluded years to the day after its foundation stone was laid in a ceremony attended by President Theodore Roosevelt In John G Roberts Jr was sworn in as the nation s th chief justice after winning Senate confirmation In Tom Price resigned as President Donald Trump s secretary of Healthcare and Human Services amid investigations into his use of costly charter flights for official trip at taxpayer expense In Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk agreed to pay a total of million to settle a executive lawsuit alleging that Musk had duped investors with misleading statements about a proposed buyout of the company In a judge in Los Angeles suspended Britney Spears father from the conservatorship that had controlled her life and money for years saying the arrangement reflected a toxic habitat In rescue crews piloted boats and waded through flooded streets to save thousands of Floridians trapped after Hurricane Ian destroyed homes and businesses and left millions in the dark In the current era s Birthdays Former NASA administrator and ex-Sen Bill Nelson D-Florida is Actor Ian McShane is Jazz musician Jean-Luc Ponty is Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa former president of Poland is Retired TV journalist and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel is Olympic gold medal runner Sebastian Coe is Rock musician Les Claypool is Actor Zachary Levi is Actor Chrissy Metz TV This Is Us is Actor Kelly McCreary TV Grey s Anatomy is Football Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson is NBA All-Star Kevin Durant is Pop singer Halsey is
