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| | *Ø* Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine | Book of Days | September 29 | Michaelmas St Michael William Topaz ... |
 | | Horatio, Lord Nelson, English admiral, born on September 29, 1758, said at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. |
 | | The story was long told that the reason that people eat goose at Michaelmas is that when Queen Elizabeth I was dining with Sir Neville Umfreyville on September 29, 1588, she heard news that the Spanish Armada had been defeated. |
 | | It was commemorated for centuries on March 24, the day before the Annunciation (or, Lady Day, which remembers the day Mary conceived Jesus), but has been transferred by the Catholic Church to September 29, which Gabriel now shares with fellow archangels, Michael and Raphael. |
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