October 29th, 1976

Born on October 29th, 1976

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, 1976

47

Milena Govich

American actress, director, singer, dancer

*October 29th, 1976, Norman

47

Tony Sayegh

American Republican strategist and government official

*October 29th, 1976, New York City

47

Giorgos Kalaitzis

Greek basketball player

*October 29th, 1976, Volos

47

Hanna Kanapatskaya

Belarusian politician, lawyer and entrepreneur

*October 29th, 1976, Minsk

47

Stephen Craigan

Northern Irish footballer

*October 29th, 1976, Newtownards

46

Mark Sheehan

Irish musician (1976–2023)

*October 29th, 1976, Dublin †April 14th, 2023

47

Jon Lucas

American screenwriter and director

*October 29th, 1976, Summit

47

Tony Coyle

South African association football player

*October 29th, 1976, South Africa

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

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

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

52

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

52

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

50

Tom Baxter

British singer-songwriter

*October 29th, 1973, Ipswich

40

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

53

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player

*October 29th, 1970, Voorhout

48

Viorica Susanu

Romanian rower

*October 29th, 1975, Galați

50

Vonetta Flowers

Bobsledder

*October 29th, 1973, Birmingham

55

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

50

Robert Pires

French association football player

*October 29th, 1973, Reims

46

Jon Abrahams

American film and television actor

*October 29th, 1977, New York City

36

Jessica Dubé

Canadian pair skater

*October 29th, 1987, Drummondville

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

46

Marek Matiaško

Slovak biathlete

*October 29th, 1977, Bojnice

27

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

43

Ben Foster

American actor

*October 29th, 1980, Boston

71

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

48

Aksel Hennie

Norwegian actor and director

*October 29th, 1975, Oslo

51

Gabrielle Union

American actress, activist, and author

*October 29th, 1972, Omaha

78

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Born on October 29th, 1976
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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