What are the important events that happened on October 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 29: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 29 is the 302^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 63 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 16, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 489,360 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectadigon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 111 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,695 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 29 Historical Events

• 539 BC –
  Cyrus the Great enters the city of Babylon, detains Nabonidus and ends the Babylonian captivity. He gives the Jews permission to return to Yehud province and to rebuild the Temple; but most Jews choose to remain in Babylon.
• 1390 –
  First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.
• 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.
• 1944 –
  The city of Breda in the Netherlands is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division.
• 1964 –
  The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
• 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.
• 1983 –
  Over 500,000 people demonstrate against cruise missiles in The Hague, Netherlands.
• 1998 –
  ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission.
• 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.
• 2005 –
  Bombings in Delhi kill more than 60.

Who were born on October 29?

• 1740 –
  James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson (d. 1795)
• 1815 –
  Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)
• 1822 –
  Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902)
• 1930 –
  Natalie Sleeth, American composer (d. 1992)
• 1935 –
  Takahata Isao, Japanese animated film director
• 1970 –
  Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer
• 1972 –
  Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress
• 1973 –
  Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 –
  Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
• 1987 –
  Frazer McLaren, Canadian ice hockey player

Who died on October 29?

• 1138 –
  Bolesław III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)
• 1268 –
  Conradin, Duke of Swabia (b. 1252)
• 1321 –
  Stephen Uroš II, King of Serbia (b. 1253)
• 1650 –
  David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)
• 1829 –
  Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian musician (b. 1751)
• 1939 –
  Dwight B. Waldo, American educator and historian (b. 1864)
• 1940 –
  Phan Boi Chau, Vietnamese nationalist (b. 1867)
• 2002 –
  Glenn McQueen, American animator (b. 1960)
• 2004 –
  Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (b. 1923)
• 2006 –
  Mohammadu Maccido, 18th Sultan of Sokoto (b. 1928)