On This Day for September 29 - British mandate in Palestine, Enrico Fermi is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. September 29 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Enrico Fermi READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1923 British mandate in Palestine READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2005: American jurist John G. Roberts, Jr., was sworn in as the 17th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. [ Why are there nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court?] 1961: Julia Gillard, who in 2010 became Australia's first female prime minister, was born in Wales. [Test your knowledge of Australia's government and political system.] 1938: The American harness racehorse Greyhound established a trotting record for 1 mile in 1:551/4 (it was broken in 1969). [Take our quiz about horse racing.] 1938: Poland demanded the cession of Teschen , a rich region that had been contested and then divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia following World War I. [Read about eight hotly disputed borders of the world.] 1918: German Chancellor Georg von Hertling tendered his resignation on the day of the Bulgarian armistice and the British attack of the Western Front during World War I. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about World War I.] 1906: The United States occupied Cuba after the rebellion surrounding the reelection of Tomás Estrada Palma. [ How much do you know about the ties and feuds between the U.S. and Cuba?] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1988 Kevin Durant American basketball player 1935 Jerry Lee Lewis American musician 1936 Silvio Berlusconi Italian media magnate and prime minister 1571 Caravaggio Italian painter 1758 Horatio Nelson British naval commander -106 Pompey the Great Roman statesman SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help