October 29th, 1792

Born on October 29th, 1792

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What happened on October 29th, 1792?

October 29th, 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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hood

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Robert_Broughton

What else 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.

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

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

85

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

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

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

47

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

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

78

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

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

71

Louis Blanc

French politician and historian (1811-1882)

*October 29th, 1811, Madrid †December 6th, 1882, Cannes

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

Same year
Born in 1792

29

Percy Bysshe Shelley

British Romantic poet (1792–1822)

*August 4th, 1792, Horsham †July 8th, 1822, La Spezia

85

Pius IX

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878

*May 13th, 1792, Senigallia †February 7th, 1878, Apostolic Palace

51

Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis

French mathematician, mechanical engineer, and scientist (*1792 – †1843)

*May 21st, 1792, Paris †September 19th, 1843, Paris

72

George M. Dallas

Vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849

*July 10th, 1792, Philadelphia †December 31st, 1864, Philadelphia

63

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky

Russian mathematician (*1792 – †1856)

*November 20th, 1792, Nizhny Novgorod †February 12th, 1856, Kazan

76

Gioachino Rossini

Italian opera composer (1792-1868)

*February 29th, 1792, Casa Rossini †November 13th, 1868, Passy

74

Jacques Ignace Hittorff

French architect (1792-1867)

*August 20th, 1792, Cologne †March 25th, 1867, 9th arrondissement of Paris

75

Joshua Alder

British zoologist

*January 1st, 1792, Newcastle upon Tyne †January 1st, 1867, Newcastle upon Tyne

79

John Frederick William Herschel

English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (*1792 – †1871)

*March 7th, 1792, Slough †May 11th, 1871, Kent

76

Thaddeus Stevens

American statesman (1792–1868)

*April 4th, 1792, Danville †August 11th, 1868, Washington, D.C.

24

Liborio Mejía

President of Colombia

*July 28th, 1792, Rionegro †September 3rd, 1816, Bogotá

85

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1846–1852 and 1865–1866

*August 18th, 1792, Mayfair †May 28th, 1878, Pembroke Lodge

86

Jeanne Jugan

French saint

*October 25th, 1792, Cancale †August 29th, 1879, Saint-Pern

75

Francis Granger

American politician (1792-1868)

*December 1st, 1792, Suffield †August 31st, 1868, Canandaigua

59

Hendrik Potgieter

South African politician (1792-1852)

*December 19th, 1792, Graaff-Reinet †December 16th, 1852, Schoemansdal, Limpopo

42

Edward Irving

Scottish clergyman

*August 4th, 1792, Annan †December 7th, 1834, Albury

55

Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach

German surgeon (1792-1847)

*February 1st, 1792, Königsberg †November 11th, 1847, Berlin

91

Joaquim António de Aguiar

Prime minister of Portugal (1792-1884)

*August 24th, 1792, Coimbra †May 26th, 1884, Lisbon

72

Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol

Guatemalan politician (1792-1865)

*August 29th, 1792, Guatemala City †February 17th, 1865, Guatemala City

67

Christian Gmelin

Württembergian mineralogist and professor of chemistry (1792-1860)

*October 12th, 1792, Tübingen †May 13th, 1860, Tübingen

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Leap year

Yes: 1792 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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