October 29th, 1692

Born on October 29th, 1692

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 121,000 days old!

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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?

85

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

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

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

63

Martin Folkes

British mathematician and astronomer

*October 29th, 1690, Westminster †June 28th, 1754, London

61

Johann Christoph Richter

German merchant and naturalist (1689-1751)

*October 29th, 1689, Leipzig †February 27th, 1751, Leipzig

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

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

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

47

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

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

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

52

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

52

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona

71

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

27

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

79

Denny Laine

British rock musician (1944–2023)

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

40

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

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

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77

Giuseppe Tartini

Italian composer and violinist (1692-1770)

*April 8th, 1692, Piran †February 26th, 1770, Padua

73

Elisabeth Farnese

Queen consort of Spain (1692-1766)

*October 25th, 1692, Palazzo della Pilotta †July 11th, 1766, Aranjuez

71

John Byrom

English poet and inventor of a shorthand system

*February 29th, 1692, Manchester †September 26th, 1763, Manchester

82

Eusebius Amort

German Roman Catholic theologian

*November 15th, 1692, Bad Tölz †February 5th, 1775, Polling

75

Jean Restout

French painter (1692-1768)

*March 26th, 1692, Rouen †January 1st, 1768, Paris

72

Petrus Wesseling

German librarian, law librarian and writer

*January 7th, 1692, Burgsteinfurt †November 9th, 1764, Utrecht

70

Louis Racine

French poet of the Age of the Enlightenment

*November 6th, 1692, Paris †January 29th, 1763, Paris

47

Geminiano Giacomelli

Italian composer

*May 28th, 1692, Colorno †January 25th, 1740, Loreto

47

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon

French politician and prince (1692-1740)

*August 18th, 1692, Versailles †January 27th, 1740, Chantilly

65

Princess Isabella Charlotte of Nassau-Dietz

(1692-1757)

*January 22nd, 1692, Leeuwarden †September 18th, 1757

62

Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée

French playwright (1692-1754)

*February 14th, 1692, Paris †March 14th, 1754, Paris

58

Egid Quirin Asam

German sculptor (1692-1750)

*January 1st, 1692, Tegernsee †April 29th, 1750, Mannheim

69

Pieter van Musschenbroek

Dutch naturalist (*1692 – †1761)

*March 14th, 1692, Leiden †September 19th, 1761, Leiden

72

Wilhelm Ernst Starke

German theologian (1692-1764)

*April 19th, 1692, Ballenstedt †June 25th, 1764, Bernburg

76

Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni

Italian poet (1692-1768)

*November 21st, 1692, Genoa †December 20th, 1768, Parma

72

Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus

French antiquarian (1692-1765)

*October 31st, 1692, Paris †September 5th, 1765, Paris

57

Ferdinand Leopold, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

German nobleman; ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1692-1750)

*December 4th, 1692, Sigmaringen †July 23rd, 1750, Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces

87

Joseph Highmore

British artist (1692-1780)

*June 13th, 1692, London †March 3rd, 1780, Canterbury

69

William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

*April 1st, 1692, Philippsthal (Werra) †May 13th, 1761, Breda

52

Frederick Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*August 14th, 1692, Rudolstadt †September 1st, 1744, Rudolstadt

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Leap year

Yes: 1692 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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