Today is Friday, September 29, the 272nd day of 2017. There are 93 days left in the year.
1969 — "Love American Style," premiers on ABC
1973 — Soyuz 12 returns to Earth
1977 — Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit
1979 — Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong
1979 — Pope John Paul II becomes first pope to visit Ireland
1983 — First time U.S. Congress invokes War Powers Act
1983 — Oakland A’s Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0
1986 — Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (first rookie brothers)
1986 — USSR releases U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges