Today in History
29 October
212 births · 95 deaths · 55 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1507
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
Spanish military leader and diplomat (1507–1582)
Notable Births
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Lance Stroll
b. 1998
Canadian racing driver (born 1998)
Vince Dunn
b. 1996
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)
Mikko Rantanen
b. 1996
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1996)
Astrid S
b. 1996
Norwegian singer (born 1996)
Freddy Eastwood
b. 1983
English footballer (born 1983)
Kelly Smith
b. 1978
English footballer (born 1978)
Neal Hefti
b. 1922
American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger (1922–2008)
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
b. 1507
Spanish military leader and diplomat (1507–1582)
Notable Deaths
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Teri Garr
d. 2024
American actress (1944–2024)
Heath (musician)
d. 2023
Japanese musician (1968–2023)
Ashley Mallett
d. 2021
Australian cricketer (1945–2021)
Angelika Amon
d. 2020
Austrian American academic molecular and cell biologist (1967–2020)
John Witherspoon (actor)
d. 2019
American actor (1942–2019)
Luther Burden
d. 2015
American basketball player (1953–2015)
Gustaf V
d. 1950
King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950
Joseph Pulitzer
d. 1911
Hungarian-American newspaper publisher (1847–1911)
On This Day in History
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2022
At least 156 die at a crowd crush during a Halloween celebration in Itaewon district, Seoul, South Korea.
Seoul Halloween crowd crush
2022
At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2022 Somali Ministry of Education bombings
2020
Jeremy Corbyn, former 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.
Jeremy Corbyn
2018
A Boeing 737 MAX plane crashes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia killing 189 people on board. This is the first of two crashes that will lead to the plane being grounded worldwide.
Boeing 737 MAX
2015
China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years.
China
2014
A mud slide; the 2014 Badulla landslide, in south-central Sri Lanka, kills at least 16 people, and leaves hundreds of people missing.
2014 Badulla landslide
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.
Hurricane Sandy
2008
Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.
Delta Air Lines