October 29 in history
Events on October 29
Notable events that happened on October 29 in past years.
- 2022
At least 156 die at a crowd crush during a Halloween celebration in Itaewon district, Seoul, South Korea.
Wikipedia article: Seoul Halloween crowd crush - 2015
China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years.
Wikipedia article: China - 2008
A pair of deadly earthquakes hits Baluchistan, Pakistan, killing 215.
Wikipedia article: 2008 Ziarat earthquakes - 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.
Wikipedia article: 2002 Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire - 1998
ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with live coverage of the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission.
Wikipedia article: ATSC standards - 1991
The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
Wikipedia article: Galileo (spacecraft) - 1972
The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of the hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.
Wikipedia article: Munich massacre - 1964
Biggest 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.
Wikipedia article: Gemstone - 1955
The 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.
Wikipedia article: Italian battleship Giulio Cesare - 1944
World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
Wikipedia article: Red Army - 1918
World War I: the German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.
Wikipedia article: German Empire - 1863
American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet in one of the few night battles of the war, protecting the Union's recently opened supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Wikipedia article: American Civil War - 1658
Second Northern War: Naval forces of the Dutch Republic defeat the Swedes in the Battle of the Sound.
Wikipedia article: Northern War of 1655–1660 - 1390
First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.
- 312
Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber and beheaded.
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