"Today is Monday, Sept. 29, the 272nd day of 2025. There are 93 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 29, 1954, Willie Mays of the New York Giants made a running, over-the-shoulder catch of a ball hit by Vic Wirtz of the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series; The Catch would become one of the most famous plays in baseball history. Also on this date: In 1789, Congress officially established a regular army under the U.S. Constitution."
"In 1938, British, French, German and Italian leaders concluded the Munich Agreement, which was aimed at appeasing Adolf Hitler by allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed an act creating the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1982, Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with deadly cyanide claimed the first of seven victims in the Chicago area; the case, which led to legislation and packaging improvements to deter product tampering, remains unsolved."
Sept. 29 includes events across U.S. and world history. On Sept. 29, 1954, Willie Mays made a running, over-the-shoulder catch in Game 1 of the World Series, a play known as The Catch. In 1789, Congress established a regular army under the Constitution. In 1938, European leaders concluded the Munich Agreement permitting Nazi annexation of the Sudetenland. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson created the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1982, cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules killed seven; the case remains unsolved. In 1988 the space shuttle program resumed with Discovery.
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