October 29th, 1961

Born on October 29th, 1961

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, 1961

62

Randy Jackson

American singer and musician (born 1961)

*October 29th, 1961, Gary

62

Tonči Huljić

Croatian musician

*October 29th, 1961, Split

62

Joel Otto

American ice hockey player

*October 29th, 1961, Elk River

62

Danny Berrios

American singer and evangelist

*October 29th, 1961, Miami

62

Kai-Uwe Ricke

German Manager

*October 29th, 1961, Krefeld

62

Cornelia Oschkenat

German sprinter and hurdler

*October 29th, 1961, Neubrandenburg

62

Oleksiy Gorbunov

Soviet and Ukrainian actor

*October 29th, 1961, Kyiv

62

Nagendra Babu

Indian actor

*October 29th, 1961, Mogalthur

62

Nathaniel Crosby

Professional golfer

*October 29th, 1961, Hillsborough

62

Marina Di Guardo

Italian writer

*October 29th, 1961, Novara

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

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

52

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

66

Dan Castellaneta

American actor (born 1957)

*October 29th, 1957, Chicago

55

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

71

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

52

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

63

Fabiola Gianotti

Italian particle physicist and CERN Director-General

*October 29th, 1960, Rome

64

Tamar Baruch

Dutch actress

*October 29th, 1959, Laren

53

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player

*October 29th, 1970, Voorhout

78

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

44

R. L. Ryan

American actor (1946-1991)

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

60

Christophe Alévêque

French humorist

*October 29th, 1963, Le Creusot

79

Denny Laine

British rock musician (1944–2023)

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

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

40

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

63

Dieter Nuhr

German kabarett artist

*October 29th, 1960, Wesel

56

Rufus Sewell

British actor (born 1967)

*October 29th, 1967, Twickenham

64

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

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

Same year
Born in 1961

62

Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

*August 4th, 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

63

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

63

Lothar Matthäus

German footballer, manager and pundit

*March 21st, 1961, Erlangen

63

Steven Weber

American actor

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

62

Jan-Eric Antonsson

Badminton player

*September 9th, 1961, Karlskrona

62

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

63

Eddie Murphy

American stand-up comedian and actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

36

Diana, Princess of Wales

Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

*July 1st, 1961, Sandringham †August 31st, 1997, Paris

62

Dirk Heidenblut

German politician

*April 21st, 1961, Essen

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

62

Joko Widodo

President of Indonesia since 2014

*June 21st, 1961, Surakarta City

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1961 is a normal year and no leap year.

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