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Today in History: September 29 Crossword Puzzle

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A puzzle looking at some significant events and birthdays which took place on September 29. There is one anagram. Enjoy!
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      1. MARSHA makes a spiritual retreat (anag., 6)
      5. Stand up to; Sep 29, 1918: the Hindenburg 25A (German defence) unable to ____ Allied attacks (6)
      9. 9A + 17D: American actress starring in "The Barefoot Contessa", Sep 29, 1954 premier (first name, 3)
      11. Mozart's middle name (7)
      12. Sep 29, 1972: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the ____ Republic of China (poss., 7)
      13. Old ____: passé (3)
      15. "Amazing Stories", TV 31D created by ____ Spielberg, NBC debut Sep 29, 1985 (6)
      17. Sep 29, 1976: musician Boy ____ (Culture Club) expelled from school (6)
      18. Seńor's snoozes (7)
      19. Launch grp.; Sep 29, 1988: first Space Shuttle mission since "Challenger" disaster (acronym, 4)
      22. Coastal city; Philippine ____ of Iloilo opened to world trade, Sep 29, 1855 (4)
      24. Sep 29, 1955: Arthur Miller's play "View From ____" premiered in New York City (3,6)
      25. A fortified position; also see 5A (4)
      27. Those opposed (4)
      30. "____ Book: As Dictated to Barbara Bush" about pet dog, published Sep 29, 1990 (poss., 7)
      32. Sep 29, 2017: release of ____ Twain's "Now"; first album for 15 years (6)
      33. #40; Sep 29, 1983: President ____ receives 10D from Congress to keep U.S. troops in Lebanon (6)
      34. "That feels good!" (3)
      36. Sep 29, 1948: release of "Hamlet", Laurence ____ starred and directed; Best Picture, 1949 (7)
      37. Rabble-rouse (7)
      38. End of a soldier's email address (3)
      39. Part of the CIA? Warning from this group about Latin American countries' debts, Sep 29, 1982 (6)
      40. Sep 29, 1963: first screening of "____ and the Birdwatch", TV 31D with an eponymous Rough Collie (6)

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      2. Sep 29, 1977: Muhammad 20D fought Ernie ____, winning by a unanimous decision (7)
      3. Sep 29, 1991: U.S. release of "My Own Private Idaho" starring River Phoenix and Keanu ____ (6)
      4. Larry Linville (Sep 29, 1939-2000) played Major Frank Burns in "____", the Korean War TV 31D (4)
      5. Engrossed (4)
      6. Sep 29, 1963: The Rolling ____ first U.K. tour, opening for Bo Diddley and the Everly Brothers (7)
      7. Site of WW2 Allied landing in Italy, Sep 1943 (7)
      8. Actress Greer ____ (Sep 29, 1904-1996) won Oscar for 1942's "Mrs. Miniver" (6)
      10. Yes vote; Sep 29, 1983: President 33A receives ____ from Congress to keep U.S. troops in Lebanon (6)
      14. Sep 29, 1940: mid-air collision over Brocklesby, NSW, ____; planes land safely, locked together (9)
      16. African country where 42 people killed by Boko Haram, Sep 29, 2013 (7)
      17. 9A + 17D: American actress starring in "The Barefoot Contessa", premiered Sep 29, 1954 (surname, 7)
      20. The Greatest; also see 2D (3)
      21. Devoured (3)
      22. László Bíró (Sep 29, 1899-1985) invented the ballpoint ____ (3)
      23. American painter and sculptor ____ Lichtenstein (1923-Sep 29, 1997)
      25. Capital; Sep 29, 1864: Treaty of ____ defined Spanish and Portuguese borders (6)
      26. Getting closer (7)
      28. Ashraf Ghani, 5th ____ President (Sep 29, 2014-15 Aug 2021), government overthrown by Taliban (7)
      29. Crooner; Gene Autry (Sep 29, 1907-1998), American ____, actor and businessman (6)
      30. Underling (6)
      31. Sep 29, 1954: Game 1 of MLB's World ____, Cleveland Indians 2, New York Giants 5 (6)
      34. Sep 29, 1789: U.S. War Department establishes regular ____ with several hundred men (4)
      35. Sep 29, 1947: jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's first Carnegie ____ concert in New York City (4)