Today is Tuesday, September 29, the 272nd day 2009. There are 93 days left in the year.
1793 _ Tennis is first mentioned in an English sporting magazine
1829 _ Scotland Yard formed in London
1853 _ Emigrant ship ``Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348
1890 _ First pro baseball game, NY Metropolitans beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at the Polo Grounds in NYC
1920 _ Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54
1941 _ Heavyweight Champ Joe Louis KOs Lou Nova in 6th round
1944 _ Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia
1963 _ Rolling Stones first tour (opening act for Bo Diddley & Everly Bros)
1979 _ Pope John Paul II becomes first pope to visit Ireland
1988 _ U.N. peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace Prize