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 303rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 63 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 16, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 480,600 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 ‘trihectatrigon’ 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 92 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 4,330 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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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.
- 1618 –English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
- 1863 –Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
- 1921 –Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in the United States of America.
- 1955 –The Soviet battleship Novorossiisk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
- 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.
- 1964 –The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
- 1967 –London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, leading to their eventual imprisonment and downfall.
- 1985 –Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
- 1991 –The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
Who were born on October 29?
- 1704 –John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)
- 1877 –Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (d. 1973)
- 1897 –Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (d. 1945)
- 1923 –Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch athlete
- 1946 –Peter Green, English guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1960 –Thorsten Schlumberger, German footballer
- 1964 –Eddie McGuire, Australian television presenter
- 1983 –Dana Eveland, American baseball player
- 1986 –Sarita Pérez de Tagle, Filipina actress and model
- 1993 –India Eisley, American actress
Who died on October 29?
- 1138 –Bolesław III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)
- 1666 –Edmund Calamy the Elder, English Presbyterian leader (b. 1600)
- 1916 –John Sebastian Little, American politician and congressman (b. 1851)
- 1932 –Joseph Babiński, Polish-French neurologist (b. 1857)
- 1936 –Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish writer and political theorist (b. 1874)
- 1958 –Zoe Akins, American playwright (b. 1886)
- 1971 –Duane Allman, American musician (b. 1946)
- 1999 –Michel Regnier (Greg), Belgian comic-book writer and artist (Achille Talon) (b. 1931)
- 2002 –Glenn McQueen, American animator (b. 1960)
- 2011 –Jimmy Savile, British media personality (b. 1926)
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