October 29th, 1958

Born on October 29th, 1958

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1958

65

David Remnick

American journalist, writer and editor (born 1958)

*October 29th, 1958, Hackensack

65

Nicolette Kressl

German politician

*October 29th, 1958, Heilbronn

65

Christa Kern

Austrian actress

*October 29th, 1958, Eisenerz

65

Danny Vranes

American basketball player

*October 29th, 1958, Salt Lake City

65

Blažej Baláž

Slovak artist

*October 29th, 1958, Nevoľné

62

María Teresa Marú Mejía

Mexican politician (1958-2021)

*October 29th, 1958, Mexico City †August 3rd, 2021, Toluca

65

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Canadian playwright, novelist, actress and broadcast journalist

*October 29th, 1958, Baden-Baden

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Who's birthday is on October 29th?

66

Dan Castellaneta

American actor (born 1957)

*October 29th, 1957, Chicago

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

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

61

John Magufuli

5th President of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021

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

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

64

Tamar Baruch

Dutch actress

*October 29th, 1959, Laren

71

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

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

52

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

55

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

79

Denny Laine

British rock musician (1944–2023)

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

53

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player

*October 29th, 1970, Voorhout

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

63

Fabiola Gianotti

Italian particle physicist and CERN Director-General

*October 29th, 1960, Rome

64

Finola Hughes

British actress

*October 29th, 1959, London

64

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

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

76

Richard Dreyfuss

American actor

*October 29th, 1947, Brooklyn

40

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

64

Mike Gartner

Canadian ice hockey player

*October 29th, 1959, Ottawa

50

Tom Baxter

British singer-songwriter

*October 29th, 1973, Ipswich

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Born in 1958

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

66

Gary Numan

English musician (born 1958)

*March 8th, 1958, Hammersmith

65

Jane Wiedlin

American musician

*May 20th, 1958, Oconomowoc

65

Jon Cassar

Maltese-Canadian director and producer

*April 27th, 1958, Valletta

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

65

Wayne Hussey

English musician, singer of The Mission

*May 26th, 1958, Bristol

65

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

*August 16th, 1958, Bay City

65

Olaf Scholz

German politician (SPD) and 9th Federal Chancellor of Germany (since 2021)

*June 14th, 1958, Osnabrück

65

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

65

Glenn Gregory

English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

*May 16th, 1958, Sheffield

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1958, Frederiksberg †November 22nd, 2022

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

66

Alec Baldwin

American actor, comedian and producer (born 1958)

*April 3rd, 1958, Amityville

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

66

Reinhard Wolters

German historian of classical history and numismatist

*March 14th, 1958, Duisburg

65

Achim Arbeiter

German archaeologist

*September 3rd, 1958, Dierdorf

65

Tim Butler

English songwriter and musician

*December 7th, 1958, Teddington

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No: With 365 days 1958 is a normal year and no leap year.

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