October 29th, 1963

Born on October 29th, 1963

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What happened on October 29th?

October 29th, 2007

Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mogadishu.

October 29th, 1883

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage (coin pictured) for the Hawaiian Kingdom.

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 the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near 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

Following the nationalisation of the Egypt's Suez Canal, Israel, France, and the United Kingdom invaded the Sinai Peninsula.

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).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 29th

Born on October 29th, 1963

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Christophe Alévêque

French humorist

*October 29th, 1963, Le Creusot

62

Jed Brophy

New Zealand film actor

*October 29th, 1963, Manawatū-Whanganui Region

62

Damian Chapa

American actor and filmmaker

*October 29th, 1963, Dayton

62

Tim Minear

American screenwriter and director

*October 29th, 1963, New York City

Same year
Born in 1963

63

Xuxa

Brazilian television presenter, actress, singer and former model and Wiggles member

*March 27th, 1963, Santa Rosa

63

Uwe Steimle

German actor

*June 20th, 1963, Dresden

63

Florence Parly

French politician

*May 8th, 1963, Boulogne-Billancourt

63

Martin Brygmann

Danish composer, comedian and actor

*January 25th, 1963, Kølvrå

63

Shane Reti

New Zealand politician and doctor

*June 5th, 1963, Hamilton

63

Daniel Roebuck

American actor and writer

*March 4th, 1963, Bethlehem

63

Michael Jordan

American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Brooklyn

63

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

63

Artur Auernhammer

German politician

*March 9th, 1963, Oberhochstatt

63

Johnny Depp

American actor (born 1963)

*June 9th, 1963, Owensboro

63

Johann Wadephul

German politician

*February 10th, 1963, Husum

63

Roger Lewentz

German politician

*March 19th, 1963, Lahnstein

62

Brad Pitt

American actor and filmmaker

*December 18th, 1963, Shawnee

63

Viktor Orbán

Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

48

Whitney Houston

American singer, actress, and film producer (1963–2012)

*August 9th, 1963, Newark †February 11th, 2012, The Beverly Hilton

53

Mika Vainio

Finnish electronic musician (1963–2017)

*May 15th, 1963, Helsinki †April 12th, 2017, Trouville-sur-Mer

63

Martín Vizcarra

President of Peru from 2018 to 2020

*March 22nd, 1963, Lima

63

Karl Lauterbach

German politician and Federal Minister of Health

*February 21st, 1963, Düren

62

Mark Strong

British actor

*August 5th, 1963, London

53

George Michael

British singer (1963–2016)

*June 25th, 1963, East Finchley †December 25th, 2016, Goring-on-Thames

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Born on October 29th, 1963
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1963 is a normal year and no leap year.

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