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29 October 2021
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2013 - The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait.Suburban rail line in Istanbul
Anniversary
2012 - Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history.Category 3 Atlantic hurricane in 2012
Anniversary
2007 - Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mogadishu.2007 ship hijacking in the Indian Ocean
Anniversary
1999 - About 10,000 people died when the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near Bhubaneswar.North Indian Ocean cyclone
Anniversary
1998 - At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)
Historical events
History
2022 - At least 156 die at a crowd crush during a Halloween celebration in Itaewon district, Seoul, South Korea.2022 crowd crush in South Korea
History
2022 - At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.Double car bombing attack in Somalia
History
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.British politician (born 1949)
History
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.Single-aisle airliner family
History
2015 - China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years.Country in East Asia
History
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 landslide in Badulla, Sri Lanka
History
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.Category 3 Atlantic hurricane in 2012
History
2008 - Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.Airline of the United States
History
2008 - A pair of deadly earthquakes hits Baluchistan, Pakistan, killing 215.Earthquake in Balochistan, Pakistan
History
2006 - ADC Airlines Flight 053 crashes after takeoff from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria killing 96 people and injuring nine.2006 aviation accident
Notable births
Born
1998 - Lance Stroll, Canadian racing driverCanadian racing driver (born 1998)
Born
1996 - Vince Dunn, Canadian ice hockey playerCanadian ice hockey player (born 1996)
Born
1996 - Mikko Rantanen, Finnish ice hockey playerFinnish ice hockey player (born 1996)
Born
1994 - Danielle Hunter, American football playerJamaican-born American football player (born 1994)
Born
1992 - Evan Fournier, French basketball playerFrench basketball player (born 1992)
Notable deaths
Died
2024 - Teri Garr, American actress and comedian (born 1944)American actress (1944–2024)
Died
2023 - Hiroshi Morie, Japanese musician and singer-songwriter (born 1968)Japanese musician (1968–2023)
Died
2021 - Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer (born 1945)Australian cricketer (1945–2021)
Died
2020 - Angelika Amon, Austrian-American molecular and cell biologist (born 1967)Austrian American academic molecular and cell biologist (1967–2020)
Died
2019 - John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (born 1942)American actor (1942–2019)
Died
2015 - Luther Burden, American basketball player and coach (born 1953)American basketball player (1953–2015)
Died
2015 - Ernesto Herrera, Filipino businessman and politician (born 1942)Filipino politician (1942–2015)
Died
2015 - Boris Kristančič, Slovene basketball player and coach (born 1931)Sky
Moon phase
Last Quarter
40.9% illuminated
Lunar age: 23.0 days
Sun zodiac
Scorpio
6.28 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Leo
13.89 degrees
Constellation: Cancer
Astronomy events
Planet
Venus Greatest Elongation47.0° from the Sun, best seen in the evening sky.