On This Day: September 29th

Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.

Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.

The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.

The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.

The stock market crashes with the Dow Jones dropping a then record 778 points after the United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails during the beginning stages of the Great Recession.

Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.

A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.

John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States.

The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.