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October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 63 days remain until the end of the year.
28. 29. 30. 31. Les Jours. Jèrriais : 29 d'Octobre – Guernésiais : 29 du meis d'octobre – Cotentinais : 29 d'octobe. Ch'est l'302e jour d'l'an s'lon l' almonnas Grégorien. (303e jour ès années bissextiles).
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Up to 1900
1. 312 - Constantine I enters Romeafter his victory at the Milvian Bridge. 2. 969 - Byzantine troops occupy Antioch, Syria. 3. 1390 - The first witchcraft trial to take place in Paris begins, later ending in three people being executed. 4. 1422 - Charles VII of France becomes king. 5. 1618 – English explorer and statesman Walter Raleighis executed. 6. 1675 - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz makes the first use of the long s as a symbol of the integral in calculus. 7. 1787 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's...
1901 – 1950
1. 1901 – For fatally shooting US President William McKinley, Leon Czolgoszis executed by electrocution. 2. 1901 - American nurse Jane Toppan is arrested, after autopsies of the Davies family found traces of poison. It is later revealed that she was a serial killer. 3. 1917 - Max Meiser of Berlin sets the first rules for the game of handball. 4. 1918 - The German High Sea fleet is grounded when sailors mutiny on the night to October 30. 5. 1921 - The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti begins in the...
1951 – 2000
1. 1955 – The Soviet battleship Novorossiysk is sunk by an explosion in Sevastopol, killing 608 officers. 2. 1956 - Suez Canal: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsulaand push Egyptian forces back to the Suez Canal. 3. 1956 - The Tangier Protocol is signed. The international city of Tangier is returned to Morocco. 4. 1960 - In Louisville, Kentucky, Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins his first professional fight. 5. 1964 - The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar changes it...
Up to 1900
1. 1017 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056) 2. 1463 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (d. 1512) 3. 1504 - Shin Saimdang, Korean writer, artist and poet (d. 1551) 4. 1507 - Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (d. 1582) 5. 1704 - John Byng, English admiral (d. 1757) 6. 1740 – James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson (d. 1795) 7. 1745 - William Hayley, English poet, biographer and patron of the arts (d. 1820) 8. 1811 - Louis Blanc, French politi...
1901 – 1950
1. 1905 - Henry Green, English writer (d. 1973) 2. 1906 - Fredric Brown, American science fiction and mystery writer (d. 1972) 3. 1907 - Lotfia ElNady, Egyptian aviatrix (d. 2002) 4. 1908 - Jimmy Simpson, Scottish footballer (d. 1972) 5. 1910 – Alfred Jules Ayer, British philosopher (d. 1989) 6. 1913 - Al Suomi, American ice hockey player (d. 2014) 7. 1914 - Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria (d. 2012) 8. 1915 - William Berenberg, American physician (d. 2005) 9. 1917 - Eddie Constantine, American ac...
1951 – 1975
1. 1951 - Dirk Kempthorne, 30th Governor of Idaho 2. 1953 - Denis Potvin, American ice hockeyplayer 3. 1953- Lorelei King, American voice actress 4. 1954 - Hisao Sekiguchi, Japanese footballer 5. 1955 - Roger O'Donnell, British musician (The Cure) 6. 1955 – Kevin DuBrow, American rock singer (d. 2007) 7. 1957 – Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice of Homer Simpson 8. 1958 - Stefan Dennis, Australian actor 9. 1958 - David Remnick, American writer and editor 10. 1959 - John Magufuli, 5th Pre...
Up to 1900
1. 1038 - Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury 2. 1138 - Boleslaw III Wrymouth, Polish prince (b. 1086) 3. 1268 - Conradin, Italian King (b. 1252) 4. 1268 - Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (b. 1249) 5. 1321 - King Stephen Uros II Milutin of Serbia (b. 1253) 6. 1618 – Walter Raleigh, English explorer and political figure (b. c. 1552) 7. 1783 – Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician (b. 1717) 8. 1829 – Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian musician (b. 1751) 9. 1873 - John of Saxony (b. 1801) 10. 1...
1901 – 2000
1. 1901 – Leon Czolgosz, assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873) 2. 1911 – Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American newspaper publisher (b. 1847) 3. 1914 - Félix Bracquemond, French painter (b. 1833) 4. 1916 - John Sebastian Little, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851) 5. 1918 - Rudolf Tobias, Estonian composer (b. 1873) 6. 1919 - Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian and author (b. 1843) 7. 1924 - Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American playwright and author (b. 1849) 8. 1932 - J...
From 2001
1. 2002 - Glenn McQueen, American animator (b. 1960) 2. 2003 – Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (b. 1921) 3. 2003 - Hal Clement, American science fiction writer (b. 1922) 4. 2004 – Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, British royal (b. 1901) 5. 2004 – Edward Oliver LeBlanc, 1st Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1923) 6. 2009 - Norman Painting, British radio actor (b. 1924) 7. 2011 – Jimmy Savile, British television personality and sexual abuser (b. 1926) 8. 2012 - J. Bernlef, Dutch writer (b. 193...
Coronation Day (Cambodia)Republic Day (Turkey), to mark the declaration of the Republic by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923.Cyrus the Great Day (Iran)World StrokeDaySport in Luxembourg. The drawing by Luxembourgeois painter Jean Jacoby, which earned him a gold medal in the 1928 Olympic art competition. Unlike in most countries in Europe, sports in Luxembourg are not concentrated upon a particular national sport, but encompasses a number of sports, both team and individual.
29 octombrie este a 302-a zi a calendarului gregorian și a 303-a zi în anii bisecți. Mai sunt 63 de zile până la sfârșitul anului.
Sport is a form of physical activity or game. [1] Often competitive and organized, sports use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills. They also provide enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. [2]
