29 October - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on October 29, the day number in a year is 302 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 303. October 29 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
October 29 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 312 | Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius at the Battle of theMilvian Bridge in Rome. |
| 1420 | Beijing was officially designated the capital of the MingDynasty on the same year that the Forbidden City, the seat ofgovernment, was completed. |
| 1707 | The Hoei earthquake ruptured all of the segments of the Nankaimegathrust simultaneously—the only earthquake known to have donethis—with an estimated magnitude of 8.6 ML. |
| 1709 | England and the Netherlands signed an anti-France treaty. |
| 1794 | French troops captured Venlo. |
| 1831 | The British Parliament's decision to reform the vote led to the Bristol riots in 1831, delaying the construction of the Clifton Suspension Bridge. |
| 1835 | Maori chiefs signed the Declaration of the Independence of NewZealand and established the United Tribes of New Zealand. |
| 1864 | Greece adopted the new constitution. |
| 1886 | In New York Harbor, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicatedthe Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, to commemorate the centennialof the Declaration of Independence. |
| 1891 | The Nobi Earthquake, Japan's largest known inland earthquake,struck the former provinces of Mino and Owari. |
| 1893 | In Saint Petersburg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky led the firstperformance of his Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique, nine daysbefore his death. |
| 1915 | Richard Strauss conducted the first performance of his tonepoem An Alpine Symphony in Berlin. |
| 1918 | Czechoslovakia proclaimed its independence from Austria-Hungary. |
| 1919 | The U.S. Congress passed the Volstead Act over PresidentWoodrow Wilson's veto, reinforcing Prohibition in the United States. |
| 1920 | Jamia Millia Islamia was established by the efforts of former President Zakir Hussain. |
| 1929 | This day marked Black Monday which saw a major stock market turmoil, a part of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 which was to eventually lead to the Great Depression. |
| 1933 | As the population affected by poverty owing to redundancy rises, a resultant increase in disease is also observed with TB, Diphtheria, scarlet fever etc. all on the rise. |
| 1942 | The government announces that Coffee will be rationed nationwide, starting November 28th. |
| 1942 | The Nazis killed 16 thousand Jews in Pinsk, Belarus. |
| 1955 | Belgium approved the law for workers to work five days a week. |
| 1964 | The African country Tangayika-Zanzibar United Republic was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. |
| 1965 | In St. Louis, Missouri, US, the 630-foot (190 m) tallparabolic steel Gateway Arch was completed. |
| 1967 | Expo 67 closed in Montreal after attracting more than 50 million visitors in six months. |
| 1971 | In a first, Britain launches a satellite atop a British rocket. The satellite, called Prospero has been launched into the Earth’s lower orbit, mounted on a Black Arrow carrier rocket. |
| 1972 | The Nazis killed 16 thousand Jews in Belarus in Pinsk. |
| 1985 | Boxer Vijendra Singh, who won India's first Olympic medal in boxing, was born. |
| 1990 | The government headed by Norway's Prime Minister John P. Sisey collapsed. |
| 1995 | The world's deadliest subway disaster took place in Baku,Azerbaijan, when an electrical malfunction caused a fire that killed 289passengers and injured 265 more. |
| 1999 | About 150 people died and five lakh people were affected by the Mahatufan, which came at a speed of 250 km on the east coast of India. |
| 2001 | Islamic terrorists attack a church in eastern Pakistan, slaying 18 people who were at prayer, which included children. |
| 2005 | Two days before Deepawali in Delhi, 62 people died in the serial blasts in busy areas Paharganj and Sarojini Nagar. |
| 2006 | NATO makes an apology for the deaths of Afghani civilians in an air raid on Tuesday, October 24, in the province of Kandahar, laying blame on the Taliban for using common villagers as missile fodder. |
| 2007 | Israeli PM Ehud Olmert apologizes to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his Turkish counterpart, for having possibly violated Turkey’s airspace. |
| 2009 | The first test article for NASA's Ares I rocket, Ares I-X, has been launched successfully on a suborbital test flight from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. |
| 2009 | The detonation of a car bomb by an unidentified party in Peshawar, Pakistan, killed 137 people and injured more than 200 others. |
| 2012 | Sandy storms on the east coast of America killed 286 people. |
| 2014 | Australia banned all visas from nations affected by the Ebola virus, like Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Although the country’s officials said that it was required to preserve public health, medical & health experts strongly criticized this policy. |
| 2015 | China announced the abolition of a child policy. |
Famous Birthdays of October 29:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1968 | Tsunku / Singer / Japan |
| 1938 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf / Politician / Liberia |
| 1956 | Wilfredo Gómez / Boxer / United States of America |
| 1987 | Tove Lo / Singer / Sweden |
| 1973 | Adam Bacher / Cricketer / South Africa |
| 1986 | Sarita Pérez de Tagle / Actress / Philippines |
| 1932 | Füruzan / Author / Turkey |
| 1940 | Jack Shepherd / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1861 | Andrei Ryabushkin / Painter / Russia |
| 1990 | Eric Saade / Singer / Sweden |
| 1547 | Princess Sophia of Sweden / Princess / Sweden |
| 1941 | Paul Tyler / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1946 | Peter Green / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1993 | India Eisley / Actress / United States of America |
| 1960 | Thorsten Schlumberger / Footballer / Germany |
| 1984 | Lee Chung-ah / Actress / South Korea |
| 1879 | Alva B. Adams / Politician / United States of America |
| 1969 | Eleni Menegaki / Actress / Greece |
| 1974 | Yenny Wahid / Politician / Indonesia |
| 1930 | Bertha Brouwer / Sprinter / Netherlands |
| 1918 | Bernard Gordon / Writer / United States of America |
| 1967 | Rufus Sewell / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1976 | Milena Govich / Actress / United States of America |
| 1975 | Baba Ali / Actor / United States of America |
| 1964 | Yasmin Le Bon / Model / United Kingdom |
| 1969 | David Farr / Director / United Kingdom |
| 1945 | Melba Moore / Actress / United States of America |
| 1985 | Cal Crutchlow / Motorcycle Racer / United Kingdom |
| 1877 | Narcisa de Leon / Producer / Philippines |
| 1945 | Gerrit Ybema / Politician / Netherlands |
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