October 29th, 2026

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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

Birthdays and future age on October 29th, 2026

76

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

81

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

55

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

55

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

88

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

74

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

30

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

43

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

58

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

56

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player

*October 29th, 1970, Voorhout

28

Lance Stroll

Canadian and Belgian racing driver

*October 29th, 1998, Montreal

39

Jessica Dubé

Canadian pair skater

*October 29th, 1987, Drummondville

33

Alberto Bettiol

Road racing cyclist

*October 29th, 1993, Poggibonsi

37

Irina Karamanos

Chilean anthropologist and political scientist

*October 29th, 1989, Las Condes

69

Dan Castellaneta

American actor (born 1957)

*October 29th, 1957, Chicago

79

Richard Dreyfuss

American actor

*October 29th, 1947, Brooklyn

53

Tom Baxter

British singer-songwriter

*October 29th, 1973, Ipswich

38

Ryan Cochrane

Canadian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist

*October 29th, 1988, Victoria

53

Vonetta Flowers

Bobsledder

*October 29th, 1973, Birmingham

53

Robert Pires

French association football player

*October 29th, 1973, Reims

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