October 29th, 1278

Born on October 29th, 1278

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 272,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 651 days, exactly on April 11th, 2026, people who were born on October 29th, 1278 will be 273,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 29th?

October 29th, 1883

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage for the Kingdom of Hawaii.

October 29th, 2013

The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait.

October 29th, 2012

Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history.

October 29th, 1999

About 10,000 people died when a tropical cyclone made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near the city of Bhubaneswar.

October 29th, 1998

At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.

October 29th, 1991

Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of 951 Gaspra.

October 29th, 1986

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways.

October 29th, 1960

A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.S., resulting in 22 deaths.

October 29th, 1956

Israeli Border Police massacred 48 Arab citizens of Kafr Qasim, among them women and children who were returning from work.

October 29th, 1955

An explosion, likely caused by a World War II–era naval mine, capsized the Soviet ship Novorossiysk in the harbor of Sevastopol, with the loss of 608 men.

October 29th, 1948

Arab–Israeli War: The Israel Defense Forces massacred at least 52 villagers while capturing the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf.

October 29th, 1868

The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to imperial forces during the Boshin War.

October 29th, 1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Wauhatchie, one of the few night battles of the war, concluded with the Union Army opening a supply line to troops in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

October 29th, 1831

Rioting broke out in Bristol, England, after the Second Reform Bill failed to pass parliament, causing 250 casualties and £300,000 of damage (pictured).

October 29th, 1792

William Robert Broughton, a member of George Vancouver's expedition, observed a peak in the present-day U.S. state of Oregon and named it Mount Hood after British admiral Samuel Hood.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 29th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 29th?

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

64

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

*October 29th, 1880, Frankfurt †August 20th, 1945, Wrocław

85

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

*October 29th, 1656, Haggerston †January 14th, 1742, Greenwich

69

Hongwu Emperor

Founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398

*October 29th, 1328, Fengyang County †June 24th, 1398, Nanjing

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

89

Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

*October 29th, 1879, Werl †May 2nd, 1969, Sasbach

61

Jean Giraudoux

French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)

*October 29th, 1882, Bellac †January 31st, 1944, Paris

78

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

52

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

27

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

44

R. L. Ryan

American actor (1946-1991)

*October 29th, 1946, Pennsylvania †March 22nd, 1991, Pennsylvania

52

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona

47

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

*October 29th, 1897, Rheydt †May 1st, 1945, Berlin

71

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

40

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

79

Denny Laine

British rock musician (1944–2023)

*October 29th, 1944, Tyseley †December 5th, 2023, Naples

55

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

53

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player

*October 29th, 1970, Voorhout

36

Jessica Dubé

Canadian pair skater

*October 29th, 1987, Drummondville

25

Lance Stroll

Canadian and Belgian racing driver

*October 29th, 1998, Montreal

66

Dan Castellaneta

American actor (born 1957)

*October 29th, 1957, Chicago

34

Irina Karamanos

Chilean anthropologist and political scientist

*October 29th, 1989, Las Condes

30

Niccolò Bonifazio

Italian cyclist

*October 29th, 1993, Cuneo

76

Richard Dreyfuss

American actor

*October 29th, 1947, Brooklyn

50

Tom Baxter

British singer-songwriter

*October 29th, 1973, Ipswich

35

Ryan Cochrane

Canadian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist

*October 29th, 1988, Victoria

33

Jascha Rust

German actor

*October 29th, 1990, Berlin

61

John Magufuli

5th President of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021

*October 29th, 1959, Chato District †March 17th, 2021, Dar es Salaam

50

Vonetta Flowers

Bobsledder

*October 29th, 1973, Birmingham

94

Aurélie Nemours

French painter (1910–2005)

*October 29th, 1910, 17th arrondissement of Paris †January 27th, 2005, 13th arrondissement of Paris

30

Alberto Bettiol

Road racing cyclist

*October 29th, 1993, Poggibonsi

50

Robert Pires

French association football player

*October 29th, 1973, Reims

56

Rufus Sewell

British actor (born 1967)

*October 29th, 1967, Twickenham

36

Tove Lo

Swedish singer

*October 29th, 1987, Viken church parish

34

Primož Roglič

Slovenian ski jumper and bicycle racer

*October 29th, 1989, Trbovlje

33

Eric Saade

Swedish singer, songwriter and television presenter

*October 29th, 1990, Kattarp

88

Peter Watkins

English film director

*October 29th, 1935, Norbiton

43

Ben Foster

American actor

*October 29th, 1980, Boston

90

Baruj Benacerraf

Venezuelan-American- Moroccan immunologist

*October 29th, 1920, Caracas †August 2nd, 2011, Boston

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Public holidays on October 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 29th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1278 is a normal year and no leap year.

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