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Through history57 events, 212 births and 96 deaths in Wikipedia's lists for the date

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A hundred years before

The front pages of October 29, 1926

What 72 American newspapers printed that day, as the Library of Congress keeps them.

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The front page of Putnam patriot, Putnam, Conn., October 29, 1926Putnam patriotPutnam, Conn.Read it, zoom in, mark it →
63 more front pages that day

All 72 front pages at the Library of Congress ↗From Chronicling America. Public domain: in the Library's words, newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.

What happened

On October 29

The anniversaries Wikipedia's editors chose for the date, oldest first.

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  1. 1792234 years ago

    William Robert Broughton, a member of George Vancouver's expedition, observed a peak in the present-day U.S. state of Oregon and named it Mount Hood after British admiral Samuel Hood.

    Photo: anonymousPublic domain
  2. 1831195 years ago

    Rioting broke out in Bristol, England, after the Second Reform Bill failed to pass parliament, causing 250 casualties and £300,000 of damage (pictured). · 1831 Bristol riots · Reform Act 1832

    Photo: William James Müller (28 June 1812 – 8 September 1845),Public domain
  3. 1863163 years ago

    American Civil War: The Battle of Wauhatchie, one of the few night battles of the war, concluded with the Union Army opening a supply line to troops in Chattanooga, Tennessee. · Military supply-chain management

    Photo: Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt IvesPublic domain
  4. 1868158 years ago

    The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to imperial forces during the Boshin War.

  5. 1883143 years ago

    The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage (coin pictured) for the Hawaiian Kingdom.

    Photo: FreviCC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 194878 years ago

    Arab–Israeli War: The Israel Defense Forces massacred at least 52 villagers while capturing the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf. · 1948 Arab–Israeli War · Safsaf massacre

    Photo: Benno RothenbergCC BY 4.0
  7. 195571 years ago

    An explosion, likely caused by a World War II–era naval mine, capsized the Soviet ship Novorossiysk in the harbor of Sevastopol, with the loss of 608 men. · Italian battleship Giulio Cesare

    Photo: author on the file pageCC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 195670 years ago

    Israeli Border Police massacred 48 Arab citizens of Kafr Qasim, among them women and children who were returning from work. · Israel Border Police · Kafr Qasim massacre

  9. 195670 years ago

    Following the nationalisation of the Egypt's Suez Canal, Israel, France, and the United Kingdom invaded the Sinai Peninsula. · Suez Crisis

    Photo: NASAPublic domain
  10. 196066 years ago

    A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.S., resulting in 22 deaths. · Curtiss C-46 Commando · California Polytechnic State University football team plane crash

    Photo: usafPublic domain
  11. 196660 years ago

    Singaporean leftist opposition leader Chia Thye Poh was detained under the Internal Security Act, which allows for preventive detention, and held for 32 years.

  12. 198640 years ago

    British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways. · M25 motorway

  13. 199135 years ago

    Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of 951 Gaspra. · 951 Gaspra

    Photo: NASAPublic domain
  14. 199828 years ago

    At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.

    Photo: U.S. Senate Historical OfficePublic domain
  15. 199927 years ago

    About 10,000 people died when the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near Bhubaneswar. · 1999 Odisha cyclone

  16. 200719 years ago

    Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mogadishu. · Dai Hong Dan incident

    Photo: U.S. Navy, with minor colour-balance editing by User:SpencerPublic domain
  17. 201214 years ago

    Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history.

    Photo: NASA, MODIS/ LANCE, HDF File Data processed by SupportstormPublic domain
  18. 201313 years ago

    The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait. · Marmaray Tunnel · Bosporus

All 57 events Wikipedia lists for October 29, by year

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Born

On October 29

The best-known first, counted by the Wikipedia languages with an article on each.

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  1. 1897Joseph GoebbelsGerman lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Nazi Germany (died 1945)140 languagesPhoto: Heinrich HoffmannCC BY-SA 3.0 de
  2. 1938Ellen Johnson SirleafLiberian politician, President of Liberia, Nobel Prize laureate130 languages
  3. 1950Abdullah GülTurkish academic and politician, 11th President of Turkey115 languagesPhoto: Michał KoziczyńskiCC BY-SA 3.0 pl
  1. 1971Winona Ryder, American actress and producer101
  2. 1982Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syrian revolutionary and military leader, President of Syria82
  3. 1970Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer and sportscaster78
  4. 1879Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1969)77
  5. 1947Richard Dreyfuss, American actor and activist68
  6. 1957Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice artist, comedian, singer and producer68
  7. 1959John Magufuli, Tanzanian politician, 5th President of Tanzania (died 2021)67
  8. 1882Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (died 1944)64
  9. 1926Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Turkey (died 2011)63
  10. 1920Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)62
  11. 1929Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (died 2015)59
  12. 1973Robert Pires, French footballer59
  13. 1935Isao Takahata, Japanese director (died 2018)58
  14. 1711Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and academic, first woman to have doctorate in science (died 1778)57
  15. 1910A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author (died 1989)57
  16. 1970Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer and manager51
  17. 1998Lance Stroll, Canadian racing driver51
  18. 1875Marie of Romania (died 1938)50
  19. 1507Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish general (died 1582)49
  20. 1740James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author (died 1795)49
  21. 1930Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor and painter (died 2002)49
Everyone else born on October 29: 188 more, by year

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Died

On October 29

The best-known first, counted by the Wikipedia languages with an article on each.

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  1. 1783Jean le Rond d'AlembertFrench mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1717)114 languagesPhoto: After Maurice Quentin de La TourPublic domain
  2. 1911Joseph PulitzerHungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (born 1847)80 languagesPhoto: Benjamin Joseph FalkPublic domain
  3. 1924Frances Hodgson BurnettEnglish-American novelist and playwright (born 1849)74 languagesPhoto: Herbert Rose Barraud (1845-1896)Public domain
  1. 1618Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (born 1554)72
  2. 1950Gustaf V of Sweden (born 1858)69
  3. 1897Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (born 1839)65
  4. 1971Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)64
  5. 1997Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (born 1930)61
  6. 1949George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (born 1872)60
  7. 1981Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1921)55
  8. 2024Teri Garr, American actress and comedian (born 1944)50
  9. 1829Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (born 1751)45
  10. 1957Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American production manager and producer (born 1885)44
  11. 1268Conradin, King of Sicily (born 1252)42
  12. 1933Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (born 1853)42
  13. 1321Stefan Milutin, King of Serbia (born 1253)37
  14. 1877Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (born 1821)37
  15. 1901Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (born 1873)37
  16. 1932Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (born 1857)37
  17. 1971Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)37
  18. 1951Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer (born 1864)36
  19. 1963Adolphe Menjou, American actor (born 1890)36
  20. 2004Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (born 1901)35
  21. 2003Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor (born 1921)34
Everyone else died on October 29: 72 more, by year

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Observed

On October 29

Holidays, feast days and observances, as Wikipedia lists them for the date.

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Events, births, deaths and observances are Wikipedia's On this day for October 29, in its editors' words (CC BY-SA 4.0); the counts of languages are Wikidata's (CC0). Dates are the UTC day, as Wikipedia keeps them. Discover brings one of these at a time.