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What are the important events that happened on October 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 29: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 29 is the 303rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 63 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 16, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,836,000 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatrigon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 92 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,330 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 29 Historical Events
- 437 –Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople unifying the two branches of the House of Theodosius.
- 1618 –English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
- 1944 –The city of Breda in the Netherlands is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division.
- 1985 –Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
- 1986 –British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
Who were born on October 29?
- 1682 –Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)
- 1973 –Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 –B.J. Sams, American football player
- 1981 –Jonathan Brown, Australian Australian rules footballer
- 1981 –Reema Sen, Indian actress
Who died on October 29?
- 1268 –Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (b. 1249)
- 1650 –David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)
- 1932 –Joseph Babiński, Polish-French neurologist (b. 1857)
- 1981 –Georges Brassens, French singer (b. 1921)
- 1998 –Paul Misraki, French songwriter (b. 1908)
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