October 29th, 1974

Born on October 29th, 1974

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

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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, 1974

49

Michael Vaughan

Cricket player of England. (born 1974)

*October 29th, 1974, Manchester

49

R.A. Dickey

Major League Baseball pitcher

*October 29th, 1974, Nashville

49

Akashdeep Saigal

Indian actor

*October 29th, 1974, Mumbai

49

Tim Matthews

Australian Paralympic athlete

*October 29th, 1974, Orbost

49

John Banza Lunda

Congolese politician un DRC

*October 29th, 1974, Kalemie

49

Albert Nađ

Serbian footballer

*October 29th, 1974, Zemun

49

Ronald Bahr

German handball player

*October 29th, 1974, Stralsund

49

Yenny Wahid

Indonesian politician

*October 29th, 1974, Jombang

49

Cecilie Thomsen

Danish actress

*October 29th, 1974, Bogø

49

Yurdaer Okur

Turkish actor and theater director

*October 29th, 1974, Rize

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

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

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

50

Tom Baxter

British singer-songwriter

*October 29th, 1973, Ipswich

52

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

52

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

50

Vonetta Flowers

Bobsledder

*October 29th, 1973, Birmingham

50

Robert Pires

French association football player

*October 29th, 1973, Reims

53

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player

*October 29th, 1970, Voorhout

55

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

48

Viorica Susanu

Romanian rower

*October 29th, 1975, Galați

40

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

51

Gabrielle Union

American actress, activist, and author

*October 29th, 1972, Omaha

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

27

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

36

Jessica Dubé

Canadian pair skater

*October 29th, 1987, Drummondville

71

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

48

Aksel Hennie

Norwegian actor and director

*October 29th, 1975, Oslo

78

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

53

Phillip Cocu

Dutch association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1970, Eindhoven

44

R. L. Ryan

American actor (1946-1991)

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

51

Tracee Ellis Ross

American actress

*October 29th, 1972, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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