October 29th, 2002

Born on October 29th, 2002

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What happened on October 29th, 2002?

October 29th, 2002

A fire destroys a luxurious department store in Ho Chi Minh City, where 1,500 people are shopping. More than 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for in the deadliest peacetime disaster in Vietnam.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Ho_Chi_Minh_City_ITC_fire

What else 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).

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

Born on October 29th, 2002

21

Dogan Alemdar

Turkish association football player

*October 29th, 2002, Kocasinan

21

MC Loma

Singer, Brazilian composer

*October 29th, 2002, Jaboatão dos Guararapes

21

Glory Curda

American actress

*October 29th, 2002, Florida

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

27

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

25

Lance Stroll

Canadian and Belgian racing driver

*October 29th, 1998, Montreal

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

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

30

Alberto Bettiol

Road racing cyclist

*October 29th, 1993, Poggibonsi

40

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

36

Jessica Dubé

Canadian pair skater

*October 29th, 1987, Drummondville

52

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

34

Irina Karamanos

Chilean anthropologist and political scientist

*October 29th, 1989, Las Condes

52

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

24

Ioannis Marokos

Greek rower

*October 29th, 1999, Thessaloniki

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

35

Ryan Cochrane

Canadian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist

*October 29th, 1988, Victoria

64

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

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

55

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

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

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

34

Primož Roglič

Slovenian ski jumper and bicycle racer

*October 29th, 1989, Trbovlje

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

Same year
Born in 2002

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

21

NLE Choppa

American rapper from Tennessee (born. 2002)

*November 1st, 2002, Memphis

21

Alika Milova

Estonian singer-songwriter

*September 5th, 2002, Narva

22

Lil Mosey

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*January 25th, 2002, Mountlake Terrace

21

Lil Tecca

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*August 26th, 2002, Queens

21

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

21

Jasmine Liu

American Samoan beach handball player

*September 2nd, 2002, Vaitogi

22

Trueno

Argentinian rapper and singer

*March 25th, 2002, Buenos Aires

19

Einár

Swedish rapper (2002–2021)

*September 5th, 2002, Stockholm †October 21st, 2021, Hammarby Sjöstad

22

Matteo Romano

Italian singer (2002-)

*March 20th, 2002, Cuneo

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

21

Riko Gunji

Badminton player

*July 31st, 2002, Ebina

21

Rui Hirokami

Badminton player

*July 26th, 2002, Takaoka

22

Christo Popov

Badminton player

*March 8th, 2002, Sofia

21

Cheng Xing

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 2002, Jiujiang, Guangdong

21

Srivedya Gurazada

US American badminton player

*August 15th, 2002, Boston

21

Katharina Fink

Italian badminton player

*November 14th, 2002, Bolzano

21

Jesita Putri Miantoro

Badminton player

*May 1st, 2002, Depok City

22

Ishaan Bhatnagar

Indian badminton player

*February 2nd, 2002, Raipur

21

Myisha Mohd Khairul

Malaysian badminton player

*July 27th, 2002, Johor Bahru

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Born on October 29th, 2002
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2002 is a normal year and no leap year.

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