October 29

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on October 29. From 1900 until now. October 29 is under the sign of Scorpio. Famous birthdays on this day include Winona Ryder (1971), Gabrielle Union (1972) and Vittorio Rambaldi (1957). Several movies were released around October 29 over the years, such as Lazybones in 1925 directed by Frank Borzage and Battle Royale in 2000 directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
But much more happened on October 29 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

St. Terence of Metz
Turkey - Republic Day (1923)
Anglican Church - James Hannington
St. Zenobius
St. Theodore
St. Bond
Saint Colman of Kilmacduagh
St. Maximillian
St. Donatus of Corfu
St. Anne
St. Abraham of Rostov
R.C. Saints - October 29th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints: Saint Narcissus of Jerusalem, Diwali in 1989.
Douai Martyrs
St. Elfleda
St. Hyacinth
St. Ida of Leeuw
St. John of Autun
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Events

2018 Syrian Civil War: The National Museum of Damascus reopens to the public six years after it was closed due to the war. (BBC)
2017 Northern Rakhine State clashes: More than 2,000 people march in Yangon to show support for the military, urging the military to secure the country's sovereignty, protect national security and stop illegal intruders (referring to the Rohingya people). (ABC News)
2016 Sectarianism in Pakistan: Five people are killed and several other civilians injured as armed terrorists, targeting Shia Muslims, open fire on participants of a Majlis at a home in the Nazimabad district of Karachi, Pakistan. (Samaa TV) (The Express Tribune)
2015 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): The death toll from a rocket attack on a camp containing members of an Iranian opposition group next to Baghdad International Airport rises to 23. (Jerusalem Post)
2014 New Zealand will hold a referendum regarding its national flag in 2016. (BBC)
2013 2013 Tiananmen Square incident: Police in China name two suspects from Xinjiang linked to an apparent suicide attack car crash outside the Forbidden City on Tiananmen Square in the capital Beijing. (BBC)
2012 Syrian civil war:: Two deadly car bombings rock Damascus, according to Syrian state media. (BBC)
2011 2011 Syrian uprising:
2010 The memoir of George W. Bush reveals his initial belief that he had United Airlines Flight 93 shot down during the September 11 attacks in 2001. (''The Guardian'')
2009 The Haitian Senate votes to remove Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis. (AP via Google News)
2008 Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sells a US 1868 3-cent rose George Washington postage stamp with "B" grill embossing for US$900,000 (US$1,035,000 with buyer's fee). The stamp is one of four known.
2007 The strain of HIV most common in the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia and much of South America is traced back to Haiti in 1969. (BBC)
2006 Mexican federal police seize the center of Oaxaca, which had served as the headquarters for the five-month protest occupation of the city. (International Herald Tribune)
2005 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings kill more than 60.
2004 In Rome, European heads of state sign the Treaty and Final Act establishing the first European Constitution.
2003 Medicine: The US FDA approves Risperdal Consta (Risperidone long-acting injection) for the treatment of schizophrenia. Although already approved in several other countries, it is the first long-acting, atypical antipsychotic medication to be approved by the FDA.
2002 Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people died and over 100 are missing. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.
1999 A large cyclone devastates Orissa, India.
1998 Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
1995 Fool Moon opens at Ambassador Theater, New York City
1994 Antonov AN-12 having an accident at Ust-Ilimsk Kaluga, 21 killed
1993 Dow Jones index reaches record 3687.86
1992 The Food and Drug Administration approves Depo Provera for use as a contraceptive in the United States.
1991 Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as the New York Yankees' manager.
1990 30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria
1989 Colleen Walker wins LPGA Nichirei Golf International
1988 Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi
1987 Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented fourth different weight boxing title.
1986 Kirk Muller scores New Jersey Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6
1985 Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
1984 Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win New York Marathon.
1983 550,000 Dutch demonstrate against cruise missile
1982 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release Girl is Mine
1981 Bill Giles becomes CEO of Philadelphia Phillies
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.
1979 Billy Martin fired as Yankee manager (2nd time)
1977 Act opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 233 performances
1975 Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffer kills 1st victim
1974 Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application
1972 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
1971 The NBC TV network airs the TV special Grand Opening of Walt Disney World. Approximately 52 million people in the US view the 90-minute show.
1970 WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, Georgia (NBC) 1st broadcast
1969 Supreme Court orders end to all school desegregation at once
1967 Danny Abramowicz begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
1966 National Organization For Women is founded.
1964 Town of Karmiel founded in Galilee
1963 Meet the Beatles booklet is published
1961 Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
1960 Chartered C46 carrying California State's football team crashes, kills 16.
1958 Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature
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.
1956 Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, NBC News, team up
1955 Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours)
1954 Colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brothership
1953 A Baltimore group purchases St. Louis Browns
1950 British Minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns
1948 Israeli forces liberate Meron and Gush-Halev
1947 Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands form Benelux Union
1945 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented
1944 1st Polish Armoured Division liberates Breda Neth
1943 3 allied officers escape out camp Stalag Luft 3
1942 7th day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault
1941 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''.
1940 Secretary of War Henry L Stimson draws first number (158) in first peacetime military draft in US history.
1939 NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3
1936 The historic Uptown Theater opens in Washington D.C.
1932 French liner Normandie is launched
1930 1st Eastern Canada night CF game: Oshawa vs. Toronto Balmy Beach
1929 Black Tuesday Stock Market crashes trigger the Great Depression
1924 Dixie to Broadway, opens at Broadhurst Theater
1923 Army move SPD / KPD-Government to German part of Saxon
1922 The King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
1921 The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
1920 Ed Barrow appointed GM of New York Yankees
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.
1915 Aristide Briand becomes Premier of France
1914 Turkish warships storm Black Sea
1910 Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game.
1905 Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured
1904 IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway (NYC) opens
1901 Capital punishment: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of US President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
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