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On Sept. 29, 1758, Horatio Nelson, who became an admiral and naval hero, was born in Burn ham Thorpe, England.

In 1829 London's reorganized police force, which became known as Scotland Yard, went on duty.

In 1901 Enrico Fermi, the physicist who helped develop America's first atomic weapons, was born in Rome.

In 1918 Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line during World War I.

In 1943 Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio signed an armistice aboard the British ship Nelson off Malta.

In 1957 the New York Giants played their last game at the Polo Grounds, losing to Pittsburgh 9-1, before moving to San Francisco Tour.

In 1988 the space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., marking America's return to manned space flight following the Challenger disaster.

In 1995 three U.S. servicemen were indicted in the rape of a 12-year-old Okinawan girl and handed over to Japanese authorities. (They were later convicted.)