MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Today is Monday, September 29, the 273rd day of 2008. There are 93 days left in the year.

1650 _ Henry Robinson opens first marriage bureau (England)

1789 _ U.S. War Dept established a regular army

1793 _ Tennis is first mentioned in an English sporting magazine

1829 _ Scotland Yard formed in London

1849 _ First passenger train service to Peekskill, N.Y. (New Haven Railroad)

1936 _ Radio used for first time for a presidential campaign

1963 _ Rolling Stones first tour (opening act for Bo Diddley & Everly Brothers)

1979 _ Pope John Paul II becomes first pope to visit Ireland

1986 _ USSR releases U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges

1988 _ U.N. peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace Prize