October 29

Events

Pre-1600

• 312 – Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of 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.
• 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.
• 1390 – First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.
• 1467 – Battle of Brustem: Charles the Bold defeats Prince-Bishopric of Liège.

1601–1900

• 1611 – Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa.
• 1621 – The London Pageant of 1621 celebrates the inauguration of Edward Barkham (Lord Mayor).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1658 – Second Northern War: Naval forces of the Dutch Republic defeat the Swedes in the Battle of the Sound.
• 1665 – Portuguese forces defeat the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitate King António I of Kongo, also known as Nvita a Nkanga.
• 1675 – Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
• 1792 – Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
• 1863 – Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet in one of the few night battles of the war, protecting the Union's recently opened supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1888 – The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

• 1914 – Ottoman entry into World War I.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1918 – The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.
• 1921 – United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.
• 1923 – Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.<ref name=turkrep />
• 1929 – Black Tuesday: The New York Stock Exchange crashes, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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.
• 1944 – The Dutch city of Breda is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division.
• 1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
• 1948 – Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Safsaf massacre: Israeli soldiers capture the Palestinian village of Safsaf in the Galilee; afterwards, between 52 and 64 villagers are massacred by the IDF.
• 1953 – BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.<ref>Template:Cite wikisource</ref>
• 1955 – The Template:Ship strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1956 – Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1957 – Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into the Knesset.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1960 – An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1964 – The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed to the United Republic of Tanzania.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1964 – Biggest jewel heist; involving the Star of India in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City by Murph the Surf and gang.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1967 – Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1969 – The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1972 – The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of the hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1980 – Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in a crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida, leading to the cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
• 1985 – Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced as the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
• 1986 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
• 1991 – The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1994 – Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill U.S. President Bill Clinton.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1998 – In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 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 at that time.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1998 – ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1998 – Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1998 – The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures over 200.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1999 – A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 2002 – A fire destroys a luxurious department store in Ho Chi Minh City, where 1,500 people are shopping. More than 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for in the deadliest peacetime disaster in Vietnam.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2004 – The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2005 – Bombings in Delhi, India kill 67 and injure over 200 people.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2006 – ADC Airlines Flight 053 crashes after takeoff from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria killing 96 people and injuring nine.<ref name="ASN ADC Airlines Flight 53">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2008 – Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2008 – A pair of deadly earthquakes hits Baluchistan, Pakistan, killing 215.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing hundreds, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 2014 – A mud slide; the 2014 Badulla landslide, in south-central Sri Lanka, kills at least 16 people, and leaves hundreds of people missing.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 2018 – A Boeing 737 MAX plane crashes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia killing 189 people on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party and of the Opposition in the United Kingdom is suspended from the Labour Party following his response to findings from the EHRC on the issue of antisemitism within the party.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2022 – At least 156 die at a crowd crush during a Halloween celebration in Itaewon district, Seoul, South Korea.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2022 – At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 1463 – Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (d. 1512)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1497 – Benedetto Accolti the Younger, Italian cardinal (d. 1549)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1504 – Shin Saimdang, South Korean painter and poet (d. 1551)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1507 – Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish general (d. 1582)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1562 – George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (d. 1633)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>

1601–1900

• 1682 – Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian, explorer, and author (d. 1761)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1690 – Martin Folkes, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1754)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1704 – John Byng, English admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1757)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1711 – Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and academic, first woman to have doctorate in science (d. 1778)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1740 – James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author (d. 1795)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1808 – Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (d. 1873)
• 1812 – Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (d. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1815 – Dan Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1822 – Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Russian-Polish cardinal (d. 1902)
• 1831 – James Boucaut, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of South Australia (d. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite AuDB</ref>
• 1832 – Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (d. 1869)
• 1837 – Harriet Powers, American folk artist and quilter (d. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1855 – Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (d. 1939)
• 1855 – Paul-Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic (d. 1941)
• 1861 – Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
• 1866 – Antonio Luna, Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)
• 1866 – Carl Gustav Witt, German astronomer (d. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1875 – Marie of Romania (d. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1877 – Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer (d. 1966)
• 1877 – Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (d. 1973)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1879 – Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1941)<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
• 1879 – Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1969)
• 1880 – Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960)
• 1881 – John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower (d. 1930)
• 1882 – Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1883 – Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)
• 1891 – Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (d. 1951)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1897 – Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Nazi Germany (d. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1897 – Billy Walker, English footballer (d. 1964)
• 1898 – Alan Barker, English soldier (d. 1984)
• 1899 – Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor (d. 1972)

1901–present

• 1905 – Henry Green, English author (d. 1973)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1906 – Fredric Brown, American author (d. 1972)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1907 – Edwige Feuillère, French actress (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1910 – A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author (d. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1913 – Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (d. 2014)
• 1914 – Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1915 – William Berenberg, American physician and academic (d. 2005)
• 1918 – Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1918 – Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1920 – Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1920 – Václav Neumann, Czech violinist and conductor (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1921 – Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1922 – Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1923 – Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1923 – Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner, hurdler, and long jumper (d. 2015)
• 1924 – Bernard Middleton, British restoration bookbinder (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1925 – Dominick Dunne, American journalist and author (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1925 – Robert Hardy, English actor (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1925 – Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1925 – Klaus Roth, British mathematician (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1925 – Zoot Sims, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1985)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1926 – Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1926 – Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1927 – Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player
• 1929 – Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1930 – Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor and painter (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1930 – Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer
• 1930 – Natalie Sleeth, American pianist and composer (d. 1992)
• 1932 – Dick Garmaker, American basketball player (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1932 – Joyce Gould, Baroness Gould of Potternewton, English pharmacist and politician
• 1933 – William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1935 – David Allen, English cricketer (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1935 – Eddie Hopkinson, English footballer (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1935 – Michael Jayston, English actor (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1937 – Sonny Osborne, American bluegrass singer and banjo player (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1938 – Ralph Bakshi, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician, President of Liberia, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1938 – Peter Stampfel, American fiddle player, violinist, and singer-songwriter
• 1940 – Connie Mack III, American lawyer and politician<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
• 1940 – Jack Shepherd, English actor, director, and playwright
• 1940 – Galen Weston, English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded George Weston Limited (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1941 – George Davies, English fashion designer
• 1941 – Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler, English politician
• 1942 – Lee Clayton, American rock/country musician and songwriter (d. 2023)
• 1942 – Bob Ross, American painter and television host (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1943 – Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1944 – Claude Brochu, Canadian businessman
• 1944 – Mehmet Haberal, Turkish surgeon and academic
• 1944 – Denny Laine, English singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1944 – Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch musician and songwriter
• 1945 – Mick Gallagher, English keyboard player and songwriter
• 1945 – Ron Maag, American businessman and politician
• 1945 – Melba Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1945 – Gerrit Ybema, Dutch civil servant and politician (d. 2012)
• 1946 – Peter Green, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1947 – Helen Coonan, Australian lawyer and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Communications
• 1947 – Richard Dreyfuss, American actor and activist
• 1948 – Frans de Waal, Dutch-American ethologist, author, and academic (d. 2024)
• 1948 – Kate Jackson, American actress, director, and producer
• 1949 – Kieron Baker, English footballer
• 1949 – Raphael Carl Lee, American surgeon and academic
• 1949 – Paul Orndorff, American football player and wrestler (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1949 – David Paton, Scottish guitarist
• 1949 – James Williamson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1950 – Abdullah Gül, Turkish academic and politician, 11th President of Turkey
• 1951 – Dirk Kempthorne, American businessman and politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1951 – Tiff Needell, English race car driver and television host
• 1952 – Marcia Fudge, American lawyer and politician
• 1953 – Denis Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1955 – Kevin DuBrow, American heavy metal singer-songwriter (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1956 – Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican-American boxer
• 1957 – Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice artist, comedian, singer and producer
• 1958 – Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter, sculptor, and illustrator
• 1958 – David Remnick, American journalist and author
• 1958 – Danny Vranes, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Jesse Barfield, American baseball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 – Finola Hughes, English actress
• 1959 – John Magufuli, Tanzanian politician, 5th President of Tanzania (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1960 – Michael Carter, American football player and athlete<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1960 – Fabiola Gianotti, Italian physicist and academic
• 1960 – Thorsten Schlumberger, German footballer
• 1961 – Randy Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1961 – Joel Otto, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 – Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic singer, trumpet player, and politician
• 1963 – Damian Chapa, American actor<ref name=NYT>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – Gerald Morris, American author
• 1964 – Yasmin Le Bon, English model
• 1964 – Eddie McGuire, Australian businessman and television host
• 1965 – Tyler Collins, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1965 – Andrew Ettingshausen, Australian rugby league player and television host
• 1965 – Michael Passons, American singer-songwriter
• 1966 – Mary Bucholtz, American linguist and academic
• 1967 – Beth Chapman, American reality television star (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1967 – Thorsten Fink, German footballer and manager
• 1967 – Joely Fisher, American actress and director
• 1967 – Rufus Sewell, English actor
• 1968 – Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater and physician
• 1969 – David Farr, English director and playwright
• 1969 – Chris Verene, American photographer
• 1970 – Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1970 – Dan Ratushny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach and lawyer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Kaido Reivelt, Estonian physicist and academic
• 1970 – Toby Smith, English keyboardist and songwriter (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1970 – Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1971 – Daniel J. Bernstein, American mathematician, cryptologist, and academic
• 1971 – Greg Blewett, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1971 – Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer
• 1971 – Winona Ryder, American actress and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1972 – Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1972 – Takafumi Horie, Japanese businessman, founded Livedoor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1972 – Gabrielle Union, American actress and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1973 – Adam Bacher, South African cricketer
• 1973 – Vonetta Flowers, American bobsledder, sprinter, and long jumper<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1973 – Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Robert Pires, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1974 – R. A. Dickey, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1974 – Michael Vaughan, English cricketer and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1974 – Yenny Wahid, Indonesian activist and politician
• 1975 – Baba Ali, Iranian-American comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor
• 1975 – Joy Osmanski, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1976 – Stephen Craigan, Irish footballer and manager
• 1976 – Milena Govich, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1976 – Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor, director, and choreographer
• 1976 – Mark Sheehan, Irish guitarist (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1977 – Jon Abrahams, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1977 – Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1977 – Vaggelis Kaounos, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Travis Henry, American football player
• 1978 – Kelly Smith, English footballer
• 1979 – Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan lawyer and politician
• 1979 – Andrew-Lee Potts, English actor, director, and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1980 – Ben Foster, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1980 – Nadejda Ostrovskaya, Belarusian tennis player
• 1980 – Kaine Robertson, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
• 1981 – Amanda Beard, American swimmer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1981 – Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer
• 1981 – Angelika dela Cruz, Filipino actress and singer
• 1981 – Georgios Fotakis, Greek footballer
• 1982 – Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
• 1982 – Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syrian revolutionary and military leader, President of Syria<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Chelan Simmons, Canadian model and actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1983 – Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor
• 1983 – Maurice Clarett, American football player
• 1983 – Freddy Eastwood, Welsh footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1983 – Dana Eveland, American baseball player
• 1983 – Jérémy Mathieu, French footballer
• 1983 – Nurcan Taylan, Turkish weightlifter
• 1984 – Chris Baio, American bass player
• 1984 – Lee Chung-ah, South Korean actress
• 1984 – Les Davies, Welsh footballer
• 1984 – Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Cal Crutchlow, English motorcycle racer
• 1985 – Janet Montgomery, English actress and dancer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1985 – Ximena Sariñana, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1985 – Vijender Singh, Indian boxer
• 1986 – Nataly Dawn, American singer
• 1986 – Sarita Pérez de Tagle, Filipino actress
• 1986 – Italia Ricci, Canadian actress
• 1986 – Derek Theler, American actor and model
• 1987 – Andy Dalton, American football player
• 1987 – Jessica Dubé, Canadian figure skater
• 1987 – Tove Lo, Swedish singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1987 – Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer and actress
• 1988 – Florin Gardoș, Romanian footballer
• 1988 – Sam Hutsby, English golfer
• 1988 – Janoris Jenkins, American football player
• 1988 – Roman Van Uden, New Zealand cyclist
• 1989 – Irina Karamanos, Chilean anthropologist and political scientist, First Lady of Chile<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist
• 1990 – Ender Inciarte, Venezuelan baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Ben Proudfoot, Canadian filmmaker<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1990 – Eric Saade, Swedish singer
• 1991 – Parris Goebel, New Zealand dancer and choreographer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1991 – Nikita Zaitsev, Russian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Evan Fournier, French basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Colin Miller, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player
• 1993 – India Eisley, American actress
• 1994 – Danielle Hunter, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Vince Dunn, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Mikko Rantanen, Finnish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Astrid S, Norwegian singer and songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 1050 – Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1266 – Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia (b. 1204)
• 1268 – Conradin, King of Sicily (b. 1252)
• 1268 – Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (b. 1249)
• 1321 – Stefan Milutin, King of Serbia (b. 1253)
• 1339 – Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver, Grand Prince of Vladimir (b. 1301)
• 1590 – Dirck Coornhert, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and politician (b. 1522)

1601–1900

• 1618 – Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (b. 1554)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1650 – David Calderwood, Scottish historian and theologian (b. 1575)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1666 – Edmund Calamy the Elder, English minister and activist (b. 1600)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1666 – James Shirley, English dramatist (b. 1596)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1783 – Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1717)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1804 – Sarah Crosby, English Methodist preacher (b. 1729)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1829 – Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1871 – Andrea Debono, Maltese trader and explorer (b. 1821)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1877 – Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1892 – William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1897 – Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>

1901–present

• 1901 – Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1905 – Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 – Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1916 – John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 – Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1919 – Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
• 1924 – Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1932 – Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1933 – Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
• 1933 – George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1933 – Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1936 – Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874)
• 1939 – Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1941 – Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)
• 1942 – Edward S. Anthoine, American politician and lawyer (b. 1882)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1949 – George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1872)
• 1949 – Thomas Slater Price, British chemist (b. 1875)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1950 – Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1951 – Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer (b. 1864)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1953 – William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1956 – Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1905)
• 1957 – Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American production manager and producer (b. 1885)
• 1958 – Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1886)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1961 – Astrid Holm, Danish actress (b. 1893)
• 1963 – Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1971 – Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1971 – Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1975 – Edmund Hirst, British chemist (b. 1898)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1977 – Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (b. 1926)
• 1980 – Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1981 – Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1985 – Evgeny Lifshitz, Soviet physicist (b. 1915)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1986 – Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor, singer, and academic (b. 1913)
• 1987 – Woody Herman, American singer, clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1988 – Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian author and activist (b. 1903)
• 1993 – Lipman Bers, Latvian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1994 – Shlomo Goren, Israeli rabbi, general, and scholar (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1995 – Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, screenwriter (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1996 – Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1997 – Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1997 – Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, Greek-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1947)
• 1998 – Paul Misraki, Turkish-French pianist and composer (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1999 – Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1931)
• 2000 – Carlos Guastavino, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 2002 – Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator (b. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2003 – Hal Clement, American pilot, author, and educator (b. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2003 – Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 2004 – Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (b. 1901)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2004 – Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1946)
• 2004 – Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, Premier of Dominica (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2004 – Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (b. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2005 – Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2005 – Ion Irimescu, Romanian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1903)
• 2008 – Mike Baker, American singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
• 2011 – Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert and author (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – J. Bernlef, Dutch author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Kenneth G. Ryder, American academic (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Wallace L. W. Sargent, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Jack Vaughn, American boxer and diplomat (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Jean Rénald Clérismé, Haitian priest and politician, Foreign Minister of Haiti (b. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2013 – Sherman Halsey, American director and producer (b. 1957)
• 2013 – John Spence, American soldier and engineer (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Graham Stark, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2014 – Roger Freeman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1965)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2014 – Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1968)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2014 – H. Gary Morse, American businessman (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2015 – Luther Burden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1953)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2015 – Ernesto Herrera, Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1942)
• 2015 – Boris Kristančič, Slovene basketball player and coach (b. 1931)
• 2015 – Ranko Žeravica, Serbian basketball player and coach (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2019 – John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (b. 1942)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2020 – Angelika Amon, Austrian-American molecular and cell biologist (b. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2021 – Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer (b. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2023 – Hiroshi Morie, Japanese musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1968)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2024 – Teri Garr, American actress and comedian (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Abraham of Rostov<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Blessed Chiara Badano
  • Colman mac Duagh<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Douai Martyrs<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Gaetano Errico
  • James Hannington (Anglicanism)
  • Michele Rua<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Narcissus of Jerusalem<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Theuderius<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • October 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Coronation Day (Cambodia)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• National Cat Day (United States)
• Republic Day (Turkey) or Cumhuriyet Bayramı<ref name=turkrep>Template:Cite journal</ref>

References

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