October 29th, 1459

Born on October 29th, 1459

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 206,000 days old!

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... 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

85

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

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

64

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

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

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

44

R. L. Ryan

American actor (1946-1991)

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

27

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

52

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona

71

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

47

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

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

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

69

Hongwu Emperor

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

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

36

Jessica Dubé

Canadian pair skater

*October 29th, 1987, Drummondville

Same year
Born in 1459

59

Maximilian I

Holy Roman Emperor

*March 22nd, 1459, Wiener Neustadt †January 12th, 1519, Wels

64

Adrian VI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1522 to 1523

*March 2nd, 1459, Utrecht †September 14th, 1523, Rome

66

Jakob Fugger

German merchant (1459-1526)

*March 6th, 1459, Augsburg †December 30th, 1525, Augsburg

77

Paul Hofhaimer

Austrian organist and composer

*January 25th, 1459, Radstadt †January 1st, 1537, Salzburg

49

Conrad Celtes

German Renaissance humanist scholar and poet (1459-1508)

*February 1st, 1459, Wipfeld †February 4th, 1508, Vienna

47

Martin Behaim

German navigator and geographer to the King of Portugal

*October 6th, 1459, Nuremberg †July 29th, 1507, Lisbon

41

John I Albert

King of Poland

*December 27th, 1459, Kraków †June 17th, 1501, Toruń

64

Bernhard Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden

German theologian and renaissance humanist

*May 27th, 1459, Schechingen †December 16th, 1523, Eichstätt

77

Diego Ramírez de Fuenleal

Spanish chaplain

*December 7th, 1459, Villaescusa de Haro †August 11th, 1537, Cuenca

49

John I, Count Palatine of Simmern

Count Palatine of Simmern

*May 15th, 1459, Starkenburg †January 27th, 1509, Starkenburg

35

Şehzade Cem Sultan

Ottoman şehzade (pretender prince) who has become sultan for a short time

*December 22nd, 1459, Edirne †March 6th, 1495, Capua

564

Fernando del Rincón

Spanish painter

*November 30th, 1459, Guadalajara

69

John Skelton

English poet and tutor (1463-1529)

*November 30th, 1459, England †June 21st, 1529, Westminster

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Public holidays on October 29th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1459 is a normal year and no leap year.

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