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What happend on 29. October in History
In our data base we found 288 events happened on 29. October:
• 312: Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber and beheaded. [category: Events]
• 437: Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople unifying the two branches of the House of Theodosius. [category: Events]
• 969: Byzantine troops occupy Antioch Syria. [category: Events]
• 1138: Bolesław III Wrymouth, Polish prince (b. 1086) [category: Deaths]
• 1268: Conradin, Italian king (b. 1252) [category: Deaths]
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• 1268: Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (b. 1249) [category: Deaths]
• 1268: Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Kings of Germany and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed along with his companion Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily, a political rival and ally to the hostile Roman Catholic church. [category: Events]
• 1321: Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia (b. 1253) [category: Deaths]
• 1390: First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people. [category: Events]
• 1422: Charles VII of France becomes king in succession to his father Charles VI of France though he isn't officially crowned king until 1429. [category: Events]
• 1467: Battle of Brustem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege. [category: Events]
• 1504: Shin Saimdang, Korean painter and poet (d. 1551) [category: Births]
• 1590: Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and politician (b. 1522) [category: Deaths]
• 1611: Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa. [category: Events]
• 1618: Walter Raleigh, English solder and explorer (b. 1554) [category: Deaths]
• 1618: English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England. [category: Events]
• 1650: David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575) [category: Deaths]
• 1658: Battle of the Sound. [category: Events]
• 1665: Battle of Ambuila, in which Portuguese forces defeat the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king Antonio I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga. [category: Events]
• 1666: Edmund Calamy the Elder, English religious leader (b. 1600) [category: Deaths]
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• 1675: Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus. [category: Events]
• 1682: Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761) [category: Births]
• 1690: Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) [category: Births]
• 1704: John Byng, English admiral (d. 1757) [category: Births]
• 1740: James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1783: Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1787: Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague. [category: Events]
• 1792: Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River. [category: Events]
• 1815: Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1822: Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish cardinal (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1827: Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1829: Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751) [category: Deaths]
• 1832: Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1855: Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1856: Jacques Curie, French physicist and professor at the University of Montpellier (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1861: Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1863: American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie – Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee. [category: Events]
• 1863: Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross. [category: Events]
• 1866: Antonio Luna, Filipino general (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1875: Marie of Romania (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1877: Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1877: Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1877: Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Alva B. Adams, American politician (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1879: Franz von Papen, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1880: Abram Ioffe, Soviet physicist (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1881: John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1882: Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1883: Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1886: The first ticker-tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated. [category: Events]
• 1888: The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace. [category: Events]
• 1891: Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1897: Joseph Goebbels, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1897: Henry George, American politician and economist (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Akim Tamiroff, Russian actor (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1901: Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Capital punishment: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution. [category: Events]
• 1901: In Amherst, Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine. [category: Events]
• 1905: Henry Green, English author (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1905: Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: Fredric Brown, American author (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1907: Edwige Feuillère, French actress (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1910: A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1911: Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American politician and publisher, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: Maxim of Bulgaria (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1915: William Berenberg, American physician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1916: John Sebastian Little, American politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Eddie Constantine, American-French actor and singer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1918: Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1918: The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–1919. [category: Events]
• 1919: Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1920: Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian bishop [category: Births]
• 1921: Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1921: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in the United States of America. [category: Events]
• 1921: The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25 game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football. [category: Events]
• 1921: The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed. [category: Events]
• 1922: Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1922: The King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister. [category: Events]
• 1923: Carl Djerassi, Austrian chemist and author [category: Births]
• 1923: Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner [category: Births]
• 1923: Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1925: Dominick Dunne, American author (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1925: Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1925: Robert Hardy, English actor [category: Births]
• 1925: Zoot Sims, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1926: Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor [category: Births]
• 1929: Irvine Patnick, English politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1929: Yevgeny Primakov, Russian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia [category: Births]
• 1929: The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression. [category: Events]
• 1930: Bertha Brouwer, Dutch runner (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1930: Natalie Sleeth, American composer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1930: Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor and painter (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1930: Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer (Cuarteto d'Aida) [category: Births]
• 1931: Franco Interlenghi, Italian actor [category: Births]
• 1932: Joseph Babiński, Polish-French neurologist (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Albert Calmette, French physician (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Isao Takahata, Japanese animator, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1936: Akiko Kojima, Japanese model, Miss Universe 1959 [category: Births]
• 1936: Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician, 24th President of Liberia [category: Births]
• 1938: Ralph Bakshi, American director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1939: Dwight B. Waldo, American educator and historian (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Connie Mack III, American politician [category: Births]
• 1940: David Brigati, American singer (Joey Dee and the Starliters and The Rascals) [category: Births]
• 1940: Frida Boccara, French singer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1940: Galen Weston, Canadian businessman and philanthropist [category: Births]
• 1940: José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Mexican archbishop [category: Births]
• 1940: Phan Boi Chau, Vietnamese activist (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action". [category: Events]
• 1942: Bob Ross, American painter and television host (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1942: Melora Harte, American voice actress [category: Births]
• 1942: The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews. [category: Events]
• 1943: Don Simpson, American actor, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1944: Claude Brochu, Canadian businessman [category: Births]
• 1944: Denny Laine, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Moody Blues, Ginger Baker's Air Force, and Wings) [category: Births]
• 1944: The city of Breda in the Netherlands is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division. [category: Events]
• 1945: Gerrit Ybema, Dutch politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1945: Melba Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Ron Maag, Ohio State Representative of the 35th District [category: Births]
• 1945: Getulio Vargas, president of Brazil, resigns. [category: Events]
• 1946: Lynn Carey, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Peter Green, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green Splinter Group, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) [category: Births]
• 1947: Helen Coonan, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Richard Dreyfuss, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Frans de Waal, Dutch primatologist and ethologist [category: Births]
• 1948: Kate Jackson, American actress, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1948: Safsaf massacre. [category: Events]
• 1949: David Paton, Scottish guitarist (Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, Bay City Rollers, and Camel) [category: Births]
• 1949: James Williamson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Stooges) [category: Births]
• 1949: Kieron Baker, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1949: Paul Orndorff, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1949: George Gurdjieff, Armenian mystic (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Abdullah Gül, Turkish politician, 11th President of Turkey [category: Births]
• 1950: Bronwen Mantel, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Dirk Kempthorne, American politician, 30th Governor of Idaho [category: Births]
• 1951: Tiff Needell, English race car driver and television host [category: Births]
• 1953: Denis Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1953: William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco, California. Pianist William Kapell is among the 19 killed. [category: Events]
• 1955: Kevin DuBrow, American singer-songwriter (Quiet Riot) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1955: Roger O'Donnell, English keyboard player (The Cure and Thompson Twins) [category: Births]
• 1955: The Soviet battleship Novorossiisk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol. [category: Events]
• 1956: Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican boxer [category: Births]
• 1956: Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal. [category: Events]
• 1956: The Tangier Protocol is signed: The international city Tangier is reintegrated into Morocco. [category: Events]
• 1957: Dan Castellaneta, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Louis B. Mayer, Russian-American film producer (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Rosemarie Nitribitt, German murder victim (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when a hand grenade is tossed into Israel's parliament, the Knesset. [category: Events]
• 1958: Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter [category: Births]
• 1958: David Remnick, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1958: Zoe Akins, American playwright (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Jesse Barfield, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1960: Finola Hughes, English actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Thorsten Schlumberger, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight. [category: Events]
• 1961: Joel Otto, American ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1961: Randy Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer (The Jackson 5) [category: Births]
• 1961: Syria exits from the United Arab Republic. [category: Events]
• 1962: Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic singer, trumpet player and politician (The Sugarcubes, Purrkur Pillnikk, and KUKL) [category: Births]
• 1963: Gerald Morris, American author [category: Births]
• 1963: Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Eddie McGuire, Australian businessman and television host [category: Births]
• 1964: Yasmin Le Bon, English model [category: Births]
• 1964: A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. [category: Events]
• 1964: The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. [category: Events]
• 1965: Tyler Collins, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1967: Joely Fisher, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Rufus Sewell, English actor [category: Births]
• 1967: London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, leading to their eventual imprisonment and downfall. [category: Events]
• 1967: Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors. [category: Events]
• 1968: Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1968: Tsunku, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (Sharam Q) [category: Births]
• 1969: Eleni Menegaki, Greek actress and talk show host [category: Births]
• 1969: Giorgos Donis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Pops Foster, American bassist (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet. [category: Events]
• 1970: Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Daniel J. Bernstein, American mathematician and academic [category: Births]
• 1971: Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1971: Winona Ryder, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band, Hour Glass, Derek and the Dominos, and The Allman Joys) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident. [category: Events]
• 1972: Gabrielle Union, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Takafumi Horie, Japanese businessman, founded Livedoor [category: Births]
• 1972: Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Robert Pirès, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Michael Vaughan, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1975: Kelly Lin, Chinese actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Giorgos Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Milena Govich, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Stephen Craigan, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Jon Abrahams, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Vaggelis Kaounos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Kelly Smith, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Travis Henry, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Andrew-Lee Potts, English actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan politician [category: Births]
• 1980: B. J. Sams, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Ben Foster, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Kaine Robertson, New Zealand-Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1980: Nadejda Ostrovskaya, Belarusian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1980: Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport. [category: Events]
• 1981: Amanda Beard, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1981: Georgios Fotakis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Reema Sen, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Chelan Simmons, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Dana Eveland, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Jason Tahincioglu, Turkish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1983: Johnny Lewis, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1983: Maurice Clarett, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Over 500,000 people demonstrate against cruise missiles in The Hague, Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 1984: Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Cal Crutchlow, English motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1985: Janet Montgomery, English actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Jefferson Severino, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia. [category: Events]
• 1986: Sarita Pérez de Tagle, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway. [category: Events]
• 1987: Frazer McLaren, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Jessica Dubé, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1987: Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume and Dream Morning Musume) [category: Births]
• 1987: Zé Eduardo, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Woody Herman, American singer, musician, and bandleader (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Eric Saade, Swedish singer (What's Up!) [category: Births]
• 1991: The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid. [category: Events]
• 1993: India Eisley, American actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Lipman Bers, American mathematician (b.1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Shlomo Goren, Israeli rabbi (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House (Duran is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton). [category: Events]
• 1995: Terry Southern, American screenwriter (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, Greek-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Paul Misraki, French composer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission. [category: Events]
• 1998: Apartheid: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities. [category: Events]
• 1998: Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras. [category: Events]
• 1998: Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space. [category: Events]
• 1998: The Gothenburg nightclub fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200. [category: Events]
• 1998: While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. [category: Events]
• 1999: Greg, Belgian writer and illustrator (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: A large cyclone devastates Orissa, India. [category: Events]
• 2002: Glenn McQueen, American animator (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime. [category: Events]
• 2003: Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Hal Clement, American author (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Peter Twinn, English mathematician (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Vaughn Meader, American comedian (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: The Arabic news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a video of Osama bin Laden in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election. [category: Events]
• 2005: Bombings in Delhi kill more than 60. [category: Events]
• 2006: Muhammadu Maccido, Nigerian ruler, 19th Sultan of Sokoto (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Mike Baker, American singer-songwriter (Shadow Gallery) (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to 5. [category: Events]
• 2011: Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Albano Harguindeguy, Argentine general (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: J. Bernlef, Dutch author (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jack Vaughn, American diplomat (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kenneth G. Ryder, American academic (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert and secretary (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Susumu Ishikawa, Japanese voice actor and singer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Wallace L. W. Sargent, English-American astronomer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Warsame Shire Awale, Somali poet, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, leaving $50 billion in damages and causing major power outages. [category: Events]
• _: Abraham of Rostov [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Coronation Day (Cambodia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Douai Martyrs [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gaetano Errico [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: James Hannington (Anglican Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Narcissus of Jerusalem (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: October 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day or Cumhuriyet Bayramı (Turkey) [category: Holidays and observances]