Today is Wednesday, September 29, the 272nd day of 2010. There are 93 days left in the year.
1793 ― Tennis is first mentioned in an English sporting magazine
1829 ― Scotland Yard formed in London
1890 ― First pro baseball game, NY Metropolitans beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 in five innings at the Polo Grounds in NYC
1936 ― Radio used for first time for a presidential campaign
1944 ― Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia
1963 ― Rolling Stones first tour (opening act for Bo Diddley & Everly Bros)
1977 ― Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit
1979 ― Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong
1986 ― Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (first rookie brothers)
1988 ― U.N. peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace Prize