October 29
Appearance
October 29is the 302nd day of the year (303rd inleap years) in theGregorian calendar.There are 63 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 312-Constantine IentersRomeafter his victory at the Milvian Bridge.
- 969-Byzantinetroops occupyAntioch,Syria.
- 1390- The firstwitchcrafttrial to take place inParisbegins, later ending in three people beingexecuted.
- 1422-Charles VII of Francebecomesking.
- 1618– English explorer and statesmanWalter Raleighis executed.
- 1675-Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnizmakes the first use of thelong sas a symbol of theintegralincalculus.
- 1787–Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's operaDon Giovanniis publicly performed for the first time, inPrague.
- 1792- TheMount HoodvolcanoinOregonis given its name.
- 1863– At a meeting inGeneva,18 countries agree to form theInternational Red Cross.
- 1863-American Civil War:Battle of Wauhatchietakes place.
- 1867- Near theBritish Virgin Islands,the BritishshipRMSRhonesinks in a stronghurricane,killing at least 24 people.
- 1886- The first ticker-tape parade takes place inNew York Cityto celebrate theinauguration,on the previous day, of theStatue of Liberty.
- 1888- TheConvention of Constantinopleis signed. It guarantees freemaritimepassage through theSuez Canal,both in peace-time and in times of war.
- 1894-New Zealandpassenger steamerWairarapastrikes areefoff easternAustraliaand sinks, killing 121 people.
- 1900- Anexplosionat aNew Yorkchemical factory kills almost 200 people.
1901 – 1950
[change|change source]- 1901– For fatally shooting US PresidentWilliam McKinley,Leon Czolgoszis executed by electrocution.
- 1901- AmericannurseJane Toppanis arrested, afterautopsiesof the Davies family found traces ofpoison.It is later revealed that she was aserial killer.
- 1917-Max MeiserofBerlinsets the first rules for the game ofhandball.
- 1918- The German High Seafleetis grounded when sailors mutiny on the night toOctober 30.
- 1921- The trial ofSacco and Vanzettibegins in theUnited States.
- 1922–Victor Emmanuel III of ItalyappointsBenito Mussolinias Prime Minister.
- 1923– TheRepublicofTurkeyis declared byMustafa Kemal Atatürk.Ankarabecomes thecapital city.
- 1929– TheNew York Stock Exchangecollapses, starting theGreat Depression.
- 1941-Holocaust:In theKaunasGhetto,over 10,000Jewsare shot by German occupiers.
- 1942-World War II:German U-boatU 575sinks British passengershipAbossoin the NorthAtlantic Ocean,killing 362 people.
- 1944-World War II:ThecityofBredain theNetherlandsis liberated by the 1stPolishArmoured Division.
- 1945– Brazilian PresidentGetulio Vargasresigns.
1951 – 2000
[change|change source]- 1955– TheSovietbattleshipNovorossiyskis sunk by an explosion inSevastopol,killing 608 officers.
- 1956-Suez Canal:Israeliforces invade theSinai PeninsulaandpushEgyptianforces back to theSuez Canal.
- 1956- TheTangier Protocolis signed. The international city ofTangieris returned toMorocco.
- 1960- InLouisville, Kentucky,Muhammad Ali(then known asCassius Clay) wins his first professional fight.
- 1964- The United Republic ofTanganyikaandZanzibarchanges its name toTanzania,withJulius NyerereasPresident.
- 1967- End of theMontrealWorld's Fair.
- 1969- The first-evercomputer-to-computerlink is created by ARPANET, a forerunner to theinternet.
- 1973– TheBosphorusBridge inIstanbulis opened byTurkey's then-PresidentFahri Koroturk,to mark 50 years of the Republic.
- 1983- 500,000 people protest against cruisemissilesinThe Hague,Netherlands.
- 1986-Prime Minister of the United KingdomMargaret Thatcheropens the last stretch of theM25motorway.
- 1991– The American Galileo spacecraft approaches the 951 Gaspraasteroid.
- 1994-Francisco Martin Duranfires over twodozenshots at theWhite House.He is arrested in suspicion of trying to killBill Clinton.
- 1998–Hurricane Mitchwreaks havoc acrossCentral America,causing destruction, flooding a several deaths after making landfall.
- 1998–South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission condemns all sides forhuman rightsviolations.
- 1998– American astronautJohn Glennbecomes the oldest person in space.
- 1998– A Turkish airliner with 39 people on board, flying fromAdanatoAnkara,is hijacked by Kurdish militants, demanding the pilot to fly toSwitzerland.The pilot successfully lands in Ankara after tricking the militants into thinking that he was flying toSofia,Bulgariato refuel.
- 1998- A nightclubfireinGothenburg,Swedenkills 63 people.
- 1999– A tropicalcyclonehits southern and easternIndia,particularly affecting the state ofOrissa.10,000 people are estimated to have been killed and 1.5 million made homeless.
From 2001
[change|change source]- 2002– A department store fire inHo Chi Minh City,Vietnamkills at least 60 people and leaves around 100 missing.
- 2004–Norodom Sihamoniofficially succeeds his fatherNorodom Sihanoukas King ofCambodia.
- 2005– Terrorist bombings occur inDelhi,India.
- 2006-Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvais elected to a second term asPresident of Brazil.
- 2008–Delta Airlinesmerges withNorthwest Airlines.
- 2012- After leaving a trail of destruction across theCaribbean,killing 67 people,Hurricane Sandystrikes the east coast of theUnited States,causing major flooding, and in some partssnowfall,to several Eastern andGreat Lakesstates as well as parts of southernCanada.New York Cityis among the major cities affected. At least 33 people are killed.
- 2013- A new undergroundrailwaytunnelacross theBosphorus,inIstanbul,is opened.
- 2015- ThePeople's Republic of Chinaabandons itsone-child policy.
- 2018-Lion Air Flight 610crashes into theJava Seashortly after take-off fromJakarta,killing all 189 people on board.
- 2018-Angela Merkelannounces her intention to resign asChancellor of Germanyin2021.
- 2019-United Kingdom general election, 2019:TheHouse of Commons of the United Kingdomvotes in favour of holding the country's firstDecembergeneral election (onDecember 12) in 96 years.
Births
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 1017–Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor(d.1056)
- 1463-Alessandro Achillini,Italianphysicianandphilosopher(d.1512)
- 1504-Shin Saimdang,Koreanwriter,artistandpoet(d.1551)
- 1507-Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba(d.1582)
- 1704-John Byng,Englishadmiral(d.1757)
- 1740–James Boswell,Scottish biographer ofSamuel Johnson(d.1795)
- 1745-William Hayley,Englishpoet,biographerand patron of thearts(d.1820)
- 1811-Louis Blanc,French politician and historian (d.1882)
- 1813-Narciso Campero,PresidentofBolivia(d.1896)
- 1815–L'udovit Stur,Slovakianpolitician and writer of the Slovak language (d.1856)
- 1815-Daniel Emmett,Americancomposer(d.1904)
- 1816– KingFerdinand II of Portugal(d.1885)
- 1822-Mieczyslaw Halka Ledochowski,PolishRoman Catholiccardinal(d.1902)
- 1828-Thomas Francis Bayard,Americanstatesman,diplomatandlawyer(d.1898)
- 1831-Othniel Charles Marsh,Americanpaleontologist(d.1899)
- 1832-Narcisa de Jesus,Ecuadoreansaint (d.1869)
- 1837-Abraham Kuyper,Prime Minister of the Netherlands(d.1920)
- 1855-Jacques Curie,Frenchphysicist(d.1941)
- 1855-Moses McNeil,Scottishfootballer,founding member ofRangers F.C.(d.1938)
- 1861–Andrei Ryabushkin,Russian painter (d.1904)
- 1866-Antonio Luna,Filipinorevolutionarygeneral(d.1899)
- 1875–Marie of Edinburgh,QueenofRomania(d.1938)
- 1875-Alva B. Adams,United StatesSenatorfromColorado(d.1941)
- 1877-Narcisa de León,Filipinomovie producer(d.1966)
- 1878-Alexander von Falkenhausen,German general and resistance activist (d.1966)
- 1879–Franz von Papen,German politician (d.1969)
- 1880-Abram Ioffe,Sovietphysicist(d.1960)
- 1881-John DeWitt,Americanathlete(d.1930)
- 1882–Jean Giraudoux,French writer (d.1944)
- 1883-Victor Hochepied,Frenchswimmer(d.1966)
- 1888-Li Dazhao,Chinese intellectual (d.1927)
- 1890-Alfredo Ottaviani,Italiancardinal(d.1979)
- 1891–Fanny Brice,American comedienne (d.1951)
- 1892-Ottla Kafka,sister ofFranz Kafka(d.1943)
- 1892-Wendy Wood,Scottish independence activist, artist, sculptor and painter (d.1981)
- 1897–Joseph Goebbels,NaziMinister of Propaganda (d.1945)
- 1899–Akim Tamiroff,Russian-American actor (d.1972)
1901 – 1950
[change|change source]- 1905-Henry Green,English writer (d.1973)
- 1906-Fredric Brown,Americanscience fictionandmysterywriter (d.1972)
- 1907-Lotfia ElNady,Egyptianaviatrix(d.2002)
- 1908-Jimmy Simpson,Scottishfootballer(d.1972)
- 1910–Alfred Jules Ayer,Britishphilosopher(d.1989)
- 1913-Al Suomi,Americanice hockeyplayer (d.2014)
- 1914- PatriarchMaxim of Bulgaria(d.2012)
- 1915-William Berenberg,Americanphysician(d.2005)
- 1917-Eddie Constantine,American actor and singer (d.1993)
- 1917-Harold Garfinkel,Americansociologist(d.2011)
- 1917-Henry Carlsson,Swedishfootballer(d.1999)
- 1918-Diana Serra Cary,American actress
- 1920–Baruj Benacerraf,Venezuelan-bornimmunologist,Nobel Prizewinner (d.2011)
- 1922-Neal Hefti,Americanjazz musician(d.2008)
- 1923-Carl Djerassi,Austrian-Americanchemist,novelistandplaywright(d.2015)
- 1923-Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs,Dutch athlete (d.2015)
- 1924–Danielle Mitterrand,Frenchactivistand former First Lady ofFrance(d.2011)
- 1924-Zbigniew Herbert,Polish writer (d.1998)
- 1925–Robert Hardy,English actor (d.2017)
- 1925-Klaus Roth,German-Britishmathematician(d.2015)
- 1925-Dominick Dunne,Americanjournalistandauthor(d.2009)
- 1925-Zoot Sims,Americanjazzsaxophonist (d.1985)
- 1926–Necmettin Erbakan,Turkish politician and formerPrime MinisterofTurkey(d.2011)
- 1927-Frank Sedgman,Australiantennisplayer
- 1929-Yevgeny Primakov,Russian politician (d.2015)
- 1930-Bertha Brouwer,Dutch sprinter (d.2006)
- 1930-Niki de Saint Phalle,Frenchsculptorand painter (d.2002)
- 1930-Omara Portuondo,Cubansingeranddancer
- 1931-Franco Interlenghi,Italian actor (d.2015)
- 1931-Vaali,Indianactor,poetandsongwriter(d.2013)
- 1932-Joyce Gould, Baroness Gould of Portnewton,English pharmacist and politician
- 1932-Charlotte Knobloch,German actress
- 1932-Ronald Kitaj,Americanartist(d.2007)
- 1932-Velma Barfield,Americanserial killer(d.1984)
- 1933-John Andrews,Australian-Canadianarchitect
- 1933-Alex Wilson,Scottishfootballer(d.2010)
- 1934-Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg,German nobleman (d.2017)
- 1935–Isao Takahata,Japaneseanimated moviedirector (d.2018)
- 1936-Akiko Kojima,Japanese model
- 1938–Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,formerPresidentofLiberia,Nobel Peace Prizewinner
- 1938-Ralph Bakshi,Americanmovie director
- 1938-Wilbert McClure,American boxer
- 1940-Connie Mack,United StatesSenator
- 1940-Frida Boccara,French singer (d.1996)
- 1941-Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler,English politician
- 1942-Bob Ross,American painter (d.1995)
- 1943-Wolfgang Kosack,Germanegyptologist
- 1943-Don Simpson,Americanmovie producer(d.1996)
- 1944-Denny Laine,British musician
- 1944-Otto Wiesheu,German politician
- 1945-Melba Moore,American singer
- 1946–Peter Green,British musician (Fleetwood Mac) (d.2020)
- 1947-Thorsteinn Pálsson,formerPrime MinisterofIceland
- 1947–Richard Dreyfuss,American actor
- 1947-Helen Coonan,Australian politician
- 1948-Kate Jackson,American actress
- 1949-James Williamson,American musician (The Stooges)
- 1950-Rino Gaetano,Italian singer and musician (d.1981)
- 1950–Abdullah Gül,11thPresident of Turkey
1951 – 1975
[change|change source]- 1951-Dirk Kempthorne,30thGovernorofIdaho
- 1953-Denis Potvin,Americanice hockeyplayer
- 1953- Lorelei King, American voice actress
- 1954-Hisao Sekiguchi,Japanesefootballer
- 1955-Roger O'Donnell,British musician (The Cure)
- 1955–Kevin DuBrow,American rock singer (d.2007)
- 1957–Dan Castellaneta,American actor, voice ofHomer Simpson
- 1958-Stefan Dennis,Australian actor
- 1958-David Remnick,American writer and editor
- 1959-John Magufuli,5thPresidentofTanzania(d.2021)
- 1959-Kuniharu Nakamoto,Japanesefootballer
- 1960-Fabiola Gianotti,Italianphysicist
- 1961-Joel Otto,Americanice hockeyplayer and coach
- 1961–Randy Jackson,American musician
- 1962-Einar Orn Benediktsson,Icelandic musician
- 1964-Yasmin Le Bon,British model
- 1964-Luciana Littizzetto,Italian actress
- 1966-Ian Durrant,Scottishfootballer
- 1967-Rufus Sewell,British actor
- 1967–Joely Fisher,American actress
- 1968–Johann Olav Koss,Norwegian speed skater
- 1970–Edwin van der Sar,Dutchfootballer
- 1970–Phillip Cocu,Dutchfootballer
- 1971-Chiara Badano,Italian teenager andsaint(d.1990)
- 1971-Daniel J. Bernstein,German-Americanmathematician,professorandcomputerprogrammer
- 1971-Greg Blewett,Australiancricketer
- 1971–Matthew Hayden,Australian cricketer
- 1971–Winona Ryder,American actress
- 1972–Gabrielle Union,American actress
- 1973-Masakiyo Maezono,Japanesefootballer
- 1973–Robert Pirès,French footballer
- 1974-Alexandre Lopes,Brazilian footballer
- 1974–Michael Vaughan,English cricketer
- 1975-Kelly Lin,Chinese actress
- 1975–Frank Baumann,German footballer
From 1976
[change|change source]- 1976-Stephen Craigan,Northern Irish footballer
- 1976 -Milena Govich,American actress
- 1977-Brendan Fehr,American actor
- 1978-Kelly Smith,Englishfootballer
- 1980-Ben Foster,American actor
- 1980 -Kaine Robertson,New Zealand-born Italianrugbyplayer
- 1981-Lene Alexandra,Norwegian singer and model
- 1981 -Amanda Beard,American swimmer
- 1981 -Ruslan Rotan,Ukrainianfootballer
- 1981 -Reemma Sen,Indian actress
- 1982-Chelan Simmons,Canadian actress
- 1983-Johnny Lewis,American actor (d.2012)
- 1984-Chris Baio,Americanrock musician
- 1984 -Eric Staal,Canadianice hockeyplayer
- 1985-Cal Crutchlow,Britishmotorcycleracer
- 1985 -Janet Montgomery,Englishactressanddancer
- 1985 -Vijendar Singh,Indian boxer
- 1986-Derek Theler,American actor and model
- 1987-Tove Lo,Swedish singer
- 1987 -Makoto Ogawa,Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
- 1988-Andy King,Welshfootballer
- 1988-Kayne Vincent,New Zealandfootballer
- 1990-Amarna Miller,former Spanish porn actress, vlogger &YouTuber
- 1990 -Eric Saade,Swedish singer
- 1991-Nikita Zaitsev,Russianice hockeyplayer
- 1993–India Eisley,American actress
- 1998-Lance Stross,Canadian racing driver
Deaths
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 1038-Aethelnoth,Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1138-Boleslaw III Wrymouth,Polish prince (b.1086)
- 1268-Conradin,Italian King (b.1252)
- 1268-Frederick I, Margrave of Baden(b.1249)
- 1321- KingStephen Uros II MilutinofSerbia(b.1253)
- 1618–Walter Raleigh,English explorer and political figure (b. c.1552)
- 1783–Jean Le Rond d'Alembert,Frenchmathematician(b.1717)
- 1829–Maria Anna Mozart,Austrian musician (b.1751)
- 1873-John of Saxony(b.1801)
- 1877–Nathan Bedford Forrest,American Confederate General (b.1821)
- 1885-George B. McClellan,American general and politician (b.1826)
- 1889-Nikolay Chernyshevsky,Russian writer, publicist, critic and revolutionary (b.1828)
- 1897–Henry George,American writer and politician (b.1839)
1901 – 2000
[change|change source]- 1901–Leon Czolgosz,assassin ofWilliam McKinley(b.1873)
- 1911–Joseph Pulitzer,Hungarian-American newspaper publisher (b.1847)
- 1914-Félix Bracquemond,French painter (b.1833)
- 1916-John Sebastian Little,21stGovernorofArkansas(b.1851)
- 1918-Rudolf Tobias,Estonian composer (b.1873)
- 1919-Albert Benjamin Simpson,Canadian preacher,theologianand author (b.1843)
- 1924-Frances Hodgson Burnett,English-Americanplaywrightandauthor(b.1849)
- 1932-Joseph Rabinski,Polish-Frenchneurologist(b.1857)
- 1933-Albert Calmette,Frenchphysician(b.1863)
- 1933-Paul Painlevé,Frenchmathematicianand politician,Prime Minister of France(b.1853)
- 1936-Ramiro de Maeztu,Spanish writer and political theorist (b.1874)
- 1940-Phan Boi Chau,Vietnameseactivist (b.1863)
- 1947-Frances Folsom Cleveland,First Lady of the United States(b.1864)
- 1950– KingGustav V of Sweden(b.1858)
- 1956-Walter Evans Edge,GovernorofNew Jersey(b.1873)
- 1957–Rosemarie Nitribitt,German call girl and murder victim (b.1933)
- 1957–Louis B. Mayer,American movie producer (b.1885)
- 1971–Arne Tiselius,Swedish chemist (b.1902)
- 1971-Duane Allman,Americansinger-songwriterandguitarist(b.1946)
- 1977-Chiyonoyama Masanobu,Japanesesumowrestler (b.1926)
- 1980-Giorgio Borg Olivier,7thPrime MinisterofMalta(b.1911)
- 1981-Georges Brassens,Frenchsinger-songwriterandpoet(b.1921)
- 1987–Woody Herman,American musician (b.1913)
- 1988-Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay,Indianactivist(b.1903)
- 1991-Mario Scelba,Prime Minister of Italy(b.1901)
- 1995–Terry Southern,American writer (b.1924)
- 1997–Anton LaVey,founder of theChurch of Satan(b.1930)
- 1997-Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos,Greek-Americanastronomerand astrophysicist(b.1947)
- 1998-Paul Misraki,French composer (b.1908)
From 2001
[change|change source]- 2002-Glenn McQueen,Americananimator(b.1960)
- 2003–Franco Corelli,Italian tenor (b.1921)
- 2003-Hal Clement,Americanscience fictionwriter (b.1922)
- 2004–Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester,British royal (b.1901)
- 2004–Edward Oliver LeBlanc,1stPrime MinisterofDominica(b.1923)
- 2009-Norman Painting,British radio actor (b.1924)
- 2011–Jimmy Savile,Britishtelevisionpersonality and sexual abuser (b.1926)
- 2012-J. Bernlef,Dutch writer (b.1937)
- 2012-Albano Harguindeguy,Argentine general (b.1927)
- 2014-Klas Ingesson,Swedishfootballer(b.1968)
- 2015-Ernesto Boy Herrera,Filipino politician (b.1942)
- 2017-Ninian Stephen,Governor-General of Australia(b.1923)
- 2017-Tony Madigan,Australian boxer and rugby player (b.1930)
- 2017-Dennis Banks,Native Americanteacher, activist and author (b.1937)
- 2017-Manfredi Nicoletti,Italianarchitect(b.1930)
- 2017-Linda Nochlin,American art historian and essayist (b.1931)
- 2017-Richard E. Cavazos,American army general (b.1929)
- 2017-Frank Holder,Guyanesejazzsinger and percussionist (b.1925)
- 2017-Peter Schutz,German-born American businessman (b.1930)
- 2018-Lodi Gyari Rinpoche,Tibetan diplomat (b.1949)
- 2019-Gerald Baliles,American politician,Governor of Virginia(b.1940)
- 2019-John Witherspoon,American actor and comedian (b.1942)
- 2021-Ashley Mallett,Australiancricketer(b.1945)
- 2021-Clément Mouamba,Congolesepolitician (b.1943)
- 2021-Puneeth Rajkumar,Indian actor (b.1975)
- 2021-Rossano Rubicondi,Italian actor (b.1972)
Observances
[change|change source]- Coronation Day (Cambodia)
- Republic Day (Turkey), to mark the declaration of the Republic byMustafa Kemal Atatürkin1923.
- Cyrus the GreatDay (Iran)
- WorldStrokeDay
- NationalCatDay (United States)