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This day in history: 29 October

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363 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 29 October.
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2022: At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Abraham of Rostov

Christian feast day: Blessed Chiara Badano

Christian feast day: Colman mac Duagh

Christian feast day: Douai Martyrs

Christian feast day: Gaetano Errico

Christian feast day: James Hannington (Anglicanism)

Christian feast day: Michele Rua

Christian feast day: Narcissus of Jerusalem

Christian feast day: October 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Theuderius

Coronation Day (Cambodia)

National Cat Day (United States)

Events

2022At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.

2022At least 156 die at a crowd crush during a Halloween celebration in Itaewon district, Seoul, South Korea.

2020Jeremy 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.

2018A 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.

2015China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years.

2014A mud slide; the 2014 Badulla landslide, in south-central Sri Lanka, kills at least 16 people, and leaves hundreds of people missing.

2012Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing hundreds, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.

2008A pair of deadly earthquakes hits Baluchistan, Pakistan, killing 215.

2008Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.

2006ADC Airlines Flight 053 crashes after takeoff from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria killing 96 people and injuring nine.

2005Bombings in Delhi, India kill 67 and injure over 200 people.

2004The 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. presidentia

2002A 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.

1999A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.

1998ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with live coverage of the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission.

1998Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.

1998In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.

1998Space 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.

1998The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures over 200.

1994Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill U.S. President Bill Clinton.

1991The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.

1986British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.

1985Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced as the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.

1980Demonstration 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.

1972The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of the hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.

1969The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.

1967Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.

1964Biggest jewel heist in American history when Murph the Surf and gang burgle the American Museum of Natural History stealing the Star of India and other gems.

1964The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed to the United Republic of Tanzania.

1960An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.

1957Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into the Knesset.

1956Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.

1955The Soviet battleship Novorossiysk sinks after probably striking a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol, with a loss of more than 600 sailers.

1953BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.

1948Israeli-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.

1944World War II: The Dutch city of Breda is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division.

1944World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.

1941The 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".

1929Black Tuesday: The New York Stock Exchange crashes, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and eventually contributing to the Great Depression.

1923Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.

Born on this day

1998Lance Stroll, Canadian racing driver

1996Astrid S, Norwegian singer and songwriter

1996Mikko Rantanen, Finnish ice hockey player

1996Vince Dunn, Canadian ice hockey player

1994Danielle Hunter, American football player

1993Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player

1993India Eisley, American actress

1992Colin Miller, Canadian ice hockey player

1992Evan Fournier, French basketball player

1991Nikita Zaitsev, Russian ice hockey player

1991Parris Goebel, New Zealand dancer and choreographer

1990Ben Proudfoot, Canadian filmmaker

1990Ender Inciarte, Venezuelan baseball player

1990Eric Saade, Swedish singer

1989Irina Karamanos, Chilean anthropologist and political scientist, First Lady of Chile

1989Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist

1988Janoris Jenkins, American football player

1987Andy Dalton, American football player

1987Jessica Dubé, Canadian figure skater

1987Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer and actress

1987Tove Lo, Swedish singer

1986Italia Ricci, Canadian actress

1985Cal Crutchlow, English motorcycle racer

1985Vijender Singh, Indian boxer

1985Ximena Sariñana, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress

1984Chris Baio, American bass player

1984Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player

1984Lee Chung-ah, South Korean actress

1983Freddy Eastwood, Welsh footballer

1983Jérémy Mathieu, French footballer

1983Maurice Clarett, American football player

1983Nurcan Taylan, Turkish weightlifter

1983Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor

1982Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syrian revolutionary and military leader, President of Syria

1982Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer

1981Amanda Beard, American swimmer

1981Angelika dela Cruz, Filipino actress and singer

1981Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer

1980Ben Foster, American actor

1980Kaine Robertson, New Zealand-Italian rugby player

Died on this day

2024Teri Garr, American actress and comedian (born 1944)

2023Hiroshi Morie, Japanese musician and singer-songwriter (born 1968)

2021Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer (born 1945)

2020Angelika Amon, Austrian-American molecular and cell biologist (born 1967)

2019John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (born 1942)

2015Boris Kristančič, Slovene basketball player and coach (born 1931)

2015Ernesto Herrera, Filipino businessman and politician (born 1942)

2015Luther Burden, American basketball player and coach (born 1953)

2015Ranko Žeravica, Serbian basketball player and coach (born 1929)

2014H. Gary Morse, American businessman (born 1936)

2014Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (born 1968)

2014Roger Freeman, American lawyer and politician (born 1965)

2013Graham Stark, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)

2013Jean Rénald Clérismé, Haitian priest and politician, Foreign Minister of Haiti (born 1937)

2013John Spence, American soldier and engineer (born 1918)

2013Sherman Halsey, American director and producer (born 1957)

2012Jack Vaughn, American boxer and diplomat (born 1920)

2012J. Bernlef, Dutch author, poet, and songwriter (born 1937)

2012Kenneth G. Ryder, American academic (born 1924)

2012Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert and author (born 1926)

2012Wallace L. W. Sargent, English-American astronomer and academic (born 1935)

2011Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (born 1926)

2008Mike Baker, American singer-songwriter (born 1963)

2005Ion Irimescu, Romanian sculptor and illustrator (born 1903)

2005Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (born 1924)

2004Admire Vega, Japanese thoroughbred horse (born 1966)

2004Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, Premier of Dominica (born 1923)

2004Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (born 1946)

2004Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (born 1916)

2004Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (born 1901)

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