October 29th, 2004

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What happened on October 29th, 2004?

October 29th, 2004

The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_Media_Network

What else 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.

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

Same year
Born in 2004

22

Rosita Reijnhout

Dutch cyclist

*April 8th, 2004, Wolphaartsdijk

22

Nienke Veenhoven

Dutch cyclist

*March 20th, 2004, Oostzaan

22

You Young

South Korean figure skater

*May 27th, 2004, Seoul

22

Kuo Kuan-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*February 3rd, 2004, Kaohsiung

22

Grace VanderWaal

American singer-songwriter

*January 15th, 2004, Lenexa

22

Victor Wembanyama

French basketball player

*January 4th, 2004, Le Chesnay

22

Krisia Todorova

Bulgarian singer

*June 1st, 2004, Varna

21

Letizia Roscher

German figure skater

*October 7th, 2004, Chemnitz

21

Liam Kapeikis

American figure skater

*June 28th, 2004, Wenatchee

22

Savika Refa Zahira

Indonesian figure skater

*April 4th, 2004, Jakarta

21

Stephen Gogolev

Canadian figure skater

*December 22nd, 2004, Toronto

22

Charli D'Amelio

American social media personality

*May 1st, 2004, Norwalk

22

Millie Bobby Brown

British actress and model

*February 19th, 2004, Marbella

21

Edward Appleby

British figure skater

*December 21st, 2004, Colchester

22

Peyton Elizabeth Lee

American actress

*May 22nd, 2004, New York City

21

Noah Schnapp

American actor (born 2004)

*October 3rd, 2004, New York City

22

Amira Willighagen

Dutch-South African singer

*March 27th, 2004, Nijmegen

21

Alejandro Garnacho

Argentine association football player

*July 1st, 2004, Córdoba

22

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

Norwegian princess

*January 21st, 2004, Rikshospitalet

22

Jonny Edgar

British racing driver (born 2004)

*February 13th, 2004, Whitehaven

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Leap year

Yes: 2004 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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