October 29th, 1757

Born on October 29th, 1757

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 97,000 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?

64

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

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

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

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

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

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

71

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

52

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

79

Denny Laine

British rock musician (1944–2023)

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

27

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

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

36

Jessica Dubé

Canadian pair skater

*October 29th, 1987, Drummondville

25

Lance Stroll

Canadian and Belgian racing driver

*October 29th, 1998, Montreal

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89

Christophine Reinwald

German artist (1757–1847)

*September 4th, 1757, Marbach am Neckar †August 31st, 1847, Meiningen

64

Johann Matthäus Bechstein

German naturalist, forester, ornithologist, entomologist, and herpetologist (1757-1822)

*July 11th, 1757, Waltershausen †February 23rd, 1822, Dreißigacker

69

William Blake

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

*November 28th, 1757, London †August 12th, 1827, Charing Cross

47

Alexander Hamilton

American founding father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)

*January 11th, 1757, Charlestown †July 12th, 1804, New York City

97

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton

American philanthropist and wife of Alexander Hamilton (1757–1854)

*August 9th, 1757, Albany †November 9th, 1854, Washington, D.C.

81

Benjamin Pierce

American politician (1757–1839)

*December 25th, 1757, Chelmsford †April 1st, 1839, Hillsborough County

79

Charles X of France

King of France from 1824 to 1830

*October 9th, 1757, Versailles †November 6th, 1836, Gorizia

76

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

French general and politician (1757–1834)

*September 6th, 1757, Chavaniac-Lafayette †May 20th, 1834, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

40

George Vancouver

18th-century English naval explorer

*June 22nd, 1757, King's Lynn †May 10th, 1798, Petersham

68

Jean-Jacques Lequeu

French architect

*September 14th, 1757, Rouen †March 28th, 1826, Paris

40

Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet

French diplomat (1757-1797)

*August 19th, 1757, Baton Rouge †December 17th, 1797, Constantinople

86

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1801 to 1804

*May 30th, 1757, London Borough of Camden †February 15th, 1844, White Lodge

69

Royall Tyler

American playwright and jurist

*June 18th, 1757, Boston †August 26th, 1826, Brattleboro

58

Pierre Augereau

General, Marshal of France (1757-1816)

*October 21st, 1757, Paris †June 12th, 1816, La Houssaye-en-Brie

65

Karl Leonhard Reinhold

Austrian philosopher

*October 26th, 1757, Vienna †April 10th, 1823, Kiel

64

Antonio Canova

Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)

*November 1st, 1757, Possagno †October 13th, 1822, Venice

72

Wojciech Bogusławski

Polish actor, director, dramatist

*April 9th, 1757, Glinno, Poznań County †July 23rd, 1829, Warsaw

75

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth

Royal Navy admiral (1757-1833)

*April 19th, 1757, Dover †January 23rd, 1833, Teignmouth

78

Claus Schall

Danish musician (1757-1835)

*April 28th, 1757, Copenhagen †August 10th, 1835, Copenhagen

76

Alexis Boyer

French surgeon

*March 1st, 1757, Uzerche †November 23rd, 1833, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1757 is a normal year and no leap year.

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