29 October

Notable Births

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)

Danielle Hunter

b. 1994

Jamaican-born American football player (born 1994)

India Eisley

b. 1993

British-born American actress (born 1993)

Evan Fournier

b. 1992

French basketball player (born 1992)

Colin Miller (ice hockey, born 1992)

b. 1992

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1992)

Parris Goebel

b. 1991

New Zealand dancer and choreographer (born 1991)

Nikita Zaitsev

b. 1991

Russian ice hockey player (born 1991)

Ender Inciarte

b. 1990

Venezuelan baseball player (born 1990)

Eric Saade

b. 1990

Swedish singer (born 1990)

Irina Karamanos

b. 1989

Chilean anthropologist and political scientist (born 1989)

Primož Roglič

b. 1989

Slovenian racing cyclist (born 1989)

Janoris Jenkins

b. 1988

American football player (born 1988)

Andy Dalton

b. 1987

American football player (born 1987)

Jessica Dubé

b. 1987

Canadian figure skater

Tove Lo

b. 1987

Swedish singer and songwriter (born 1987)

Italia Ricci

b. 1986

Canadian-American actress (born 1986)

Cal Crutchlow

b. 1985

British motorcycle racer

Notable Deaths

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)

Ernesto Herrera (politician)

d. 2015

Filipino politician (1942–2015)

Boris Kristančič

d. 2015

Ranko Žeravica

d. 2015

Serbian basketball coach

Klas Ingesson

d. 2014

Swedish footballer and manager (1968-2014)

H. Gary Morse

d. 2014

American businessman (1936–2014)

Graham Stark

d. 2013

English comedian and actor (1922–2013)

Letitia Baldrige

d. 2012

American public relations executive, etiquette expert, and Kennedy staffer (1926–2012)

J. Bernlef

d. 2012

Dutch writer and translator (1937–2012)

Wallace L. W. Sargent

d. 2012

American astronomer

Jack H. Vaughn

d. 2012

American diplomat (1920–2012)

Jimmy Savile

d. 2011

English media personality and sex offender (1926–2011)

Lloyd Bochner

d. 2005

Canadian actor (1924–2005)

Ion Irimescu

d. 2005

Romanian sculptor (1903–2005)

Gustaf V

d. 1950

King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950

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

2008

A pair of deadly earthquakes hits Baluchistan, Pakistan, killing 215.

2008 Ziarat earthquakes

2006

ADC Airlines Flight 053 crashes after takeoff from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria killing 96 people and injuring nine.

ADC Airlines Flight 053

2005

Bombings in Delhi, India kill 67 and injure over 200 people.

2005 Delhi bombings

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.

Al Jazeera Media Network

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.

2002 Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire