October 29th, 1951

Born on October 29th, 1951

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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

Born on October 29th, 1951

72

Anne Alvaro

French actress

*October 29th, 1951, Oran

72

Dirk Kempthorne

49th United States Secretary of the Interior

*October 29th, 1951, San Diego

72

Tiff Needell

Racecar driver

*October 29th, 1951, Havant

55

Fausto Correia

Portuguese politician (1951-2007)

*October 29th, 1951, Coimbra †October 9th, 2007, Brussels-Capital Region

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

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

71

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

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

44

R. L. Ryan

American actor (1946-1991)

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

78

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

30

Rino Gaetano

Italian recording artist; singer-songwriter

*October 29th, 1950, Crotone †June 2nd, 1981, Rome

79

Denny Laine

British rock musician (1944–2023)

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

76

Richard Dreyfuss

American actor

*October 29th, 1947, Brooklyn

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

66

Dan Castellaneta

American actor (born 1957)

*October 29th, 1957, Chicago

52

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

52

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

55

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

61

John Magufuli

5th President of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021

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

64

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

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

53

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player

*October 29th, 1970, Voorhout

69

Lee Child

British thriller writer

*October 29th, 1954, Coventry

40

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

75

Frans de Waal

Dutch primatologist and ethologist (1948–2024)

*October 29th, 1948, 's-Hertogenbosch †March 14th, 2024, Atlanta

27

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

Same year
Born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

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No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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