On This Day — October 29

🕰️ Notable Events on October 29

• 2015 — China announces the end of One-child policy after 35 years. Wikipedia ↗
• 2012 — Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages. Wikipedia ↗
• 2008 — Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five. Wikipedia ↗
• 2005 — Bombings in Delhi, India kill more than 60. Wikipedia ↗
• 2004 — The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Wikipedia ↗
• 2002 — Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime. Wikipedia ↗
• 1999 — A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India. Wikipedia ↗
• 1998 — In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities. Wikipedia ↗
• 1998 — Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space. Wikipedia ↗
• 1998 — ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission. Wikipedia ↗
• 1998 — While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of six and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he is landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel. Wikipedia ↗
• 1998 — Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras. Wikipedia ↗
• 1998 — The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200. Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton. Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid. Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway. Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport. Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615. Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident. Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet. Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors. Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Syria exits from the United Arab Republic. Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight. Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio. Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset. Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal. Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — The Soviet battleship Novorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol. Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco. Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Safsaf massacre: Israeli soldiers capture the Palestinian village of Safsaf in the Galilee; after, between 52 and 64 villagers are massacred by the IDF. Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — The Dutch city of Breda is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division. Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary. Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews. Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action". Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression. Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister. Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed. Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts. Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football. Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918-19. Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Ottoman entry into World War I. Wikipedia ↗
• 1901 — In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine. Wikipedia ↗
• 1901 — Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution. Wikipedia ↗
• 1888 — The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace. Wikipedia ↗
• 1863 — Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross. Wikipedia ↗
• 1863 — American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee. Wikipedia ↗
• 1792 — Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River. Wikipedia ↗
• 1787 — Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague. Wikipedia ↗
• 1675 — Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus. Wikipedia ↗
• 1665 — Portuguese forces defeat the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitate King António I of Kongo, also known as Nvita a Nkanga. Wikipedia ↗
• 1658 — Second Northern War: Naval forces of the Dutch Republic defeat the Swedes in the Battle of the Sound. Wikipedia ↗
• 1618 — English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England. Wikipedia ↗
• 1611 — Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa. Wikipedia ↗
• 1591 — Pope Innocent IX is elected. Wikipedia ↗
• 1467 — Battle of Brustem:Charles the Bold defeats Prince-Bishopric of Liège. Wikipedia ↗
• 1390 — First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people. Wikipedia ↗
• 1268 — Conradin is executed along with his companion Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily. Wikipedia ↗
• 969 — Byzantine troops occupy Antioch, Syria. Wikipedia ↗
• 437 — Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople unifying the two branches of the House of Theodosius. Wikipedia ↗
• 312 — Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber and beheaded. Wikipedia ↗
• Cyrus the Great (founder of Persian Empire) entered the capital of Babylon and allowed the Jews to return to their land. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on October 29

• 1998 — Lance Stroll, Canadian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — India Eisley, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Grant Hall, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Eric Saade, Swedish singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Florin Gardoș, Romanian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Sam Hutsby, English golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Roman Van Uden, New Zealand cyclist Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Andy Dalton, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Jessica Dubé, Canadian figure skater Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Tove Lo, Swedish singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Sarita Pérez de Tagle, Filipino actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Nataly Dawn, American singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Cal Crutchlow, English motorcycle racer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Janet Montgomery, English actress and dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Jefferson Severino, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Vijender Singh, Indian boxer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Chris Baio, American bass player (Vampire Weekend) Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Les Davies, Welsh footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Lee Chung-ah, South Korean actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Maurice Clarett, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Freddy Eastwood, Welsh footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Dana Eveland, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Nurcan Taylan, Turkish weightlifter Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Chelan Simmons, Canadian model and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Amanda Beard, American swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Angelika dela Cruz, Filipino actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Georgios Fotakis, Greek footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Ben Foster, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Nadejda Ostrovskaya, Belarusian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Kaine Robertson, New Zealand-Italian rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Andrew-Lee Potts, English actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Travis Henry, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Kelly Smith, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Jon Abrahams, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Vaggelis Kaounos, Greek footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Stephen Craigan, Irish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Milena Govich, American actress, singer, and dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor, director, and choreographer Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Kelly Lin, Chinese model and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Baba Ali, Iranian-born American comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Michael Vaughan, English cricketer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Yenny Wahid, Indonesian activist and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Adam Bacher, South African cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Vonetta Flowers American bobsledder, sprinter, and long jumper Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Robert Pirès, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Takafumi Horie, Japanese businessman, founded Livedoor Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Gabrielle Union, American actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Daniel J. Bernstein, American mathematician, cryptologist, and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Greg Blewett, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Winona Ryder, American actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Kaido Reivelt, Estonian physicist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Toby Smith, English keyboardist and songwriter (Jamiroquai) (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — David Farr, English director and playwright Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Chris Verene, American photographer Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater and physician Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Joely Fisher, American actress and director Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Rufus Sewell, English actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Mary Bucholtz, American linguist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Tyler Collins, American singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Andrew Ettingshausen, Australian rugby league player and television host Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Michael Passons, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Yasmin Le Bon, English model Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Eddie McGuire, Australian businessman and television host Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Gerald Morris, American author Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic singer, trumpet player, and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Randy Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Joel Otto, American ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Fabiola Gianotti, Italian physicist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Thorsten Schlumberger, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Jesse Barfield, American baseball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter, sculptor, and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — David Remnick, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice artist, comedian, singer and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican-American boxer Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Kevin DuBrow, American heavy metal singer-songwriter (Quiet Riot) (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Denis Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Marcia Fudge, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Dirk Kempthorne, American businessman and politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Tiff Needell, English race car driver and television host Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Abdullah Gül, Turkish academic and politician, 11th President of Turkey Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Kieron Baker, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Paul Orndorff, American football player and wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — David Paton, Scottish guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — James Williamson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Raphael Carl Lee, American surgeon and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Frans de Waal, Dutch-American ethologist, author, and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Kate Jackson, American actress, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Helen Coonan, Australian lawyer and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Communications Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Richard Dreyfuss, American actor and activist Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Peter Green, English singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Mick Gallagher, English keyboard player and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Ron Maag, American businessman and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Melba Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Gerrit Ybema, Dutch civil servant and politician (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Claude Brochu, Canadian businessman Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Mehmet Haberal, Turkish surgeon and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Denny Laine, English singer-songwriter and musician (The Moody Blues; Wings) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch musician and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Lee Clayton, American rock/country musician and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Bob Ross, American painter and television host (d. 1995) Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — George Davies, English fashion designer Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler, English politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Connie Mack III, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Jack Shepherd, English actor, director, and playwright Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Galen Weston, English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded George Weston Limited Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Ralph Bakshi, American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician, 24th President of Liberia, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Peter Stampfel, American fiddle player, violinist, and singer-songwriter (The Holy Modal Rounders) Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Sonny Osborne, American bluegrass singer and banjo player Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — David Allen, English cricketer (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Eddie Hopkinson, English footballer (d. 2004) Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Joyce Gould, Baroness Gould of Potternewton, English pharmacist and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor and painter (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer (Cuarteto d'Aida and Buena Vista Social Club) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Natalie Sleeth, American pianist and composer (d. 1992) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗

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