On This Day in History September 29, 2018

Historical Events 1567  War of Religion breaks out in France - Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX 1829  The first units of the London Metropolitan Police appear on the streets of the British capital 2008  Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, its largest single-day point loss, following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Horatio Nelson (1758 - 1805) Jerry Lee Lewis 83rd Birthday Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616) Pompey the Great (106 BC - 48 BC) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Nguyen Van Thieu (1923 - 2001) Rudolf Diesel (1858 - 1913)