29 October In History - What Happened On This Day

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.

World Events

Important Historical Events of 29 October in the World ⚡

Year	Incident/Event
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.

India Events

Important Historical Events of 29 October in India ⚡

Year	Incident/Event
1985	Boxer Vijendra Singh, who won India's first Olympic medal in boxing, was born.
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.

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