September 29th in History

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September 29th in History

1911: Italy declares war on Turkey over who owns Tripoli, Libya
1916: American John D. Rockerfeller becomes the world's first billionaire
1944: Near the end of World War 2, the Red Army enters Yugoslavia

September 29th birthdays

1547: Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist
1758: Horatio Nelson, English admiral killed at Trafalgar
1901: Enrico Fermi, American nuclear physicist
1943: Lech Walesa, Polish leader; founder of Solidarity trade union