Wednesday October 29, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1422
Charles VII of France becomes king in succession to his father Charles VI of France.
1467
Battle of Brustem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege.
Battle of the Sound.
The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–1919.
Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in the United States of America.
The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or “Black Tuesday”, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he is landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel.
Record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours.

Who were born on ?

Jean Giraudoux, French writer (d. 1944)
Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor
Frida Boccara, French singer (d. 1996)
Helen Coonan, Australian politician
Richard Dreyfuss, American actor
Tiff Needell, British racing driver and television presenter
Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor
Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater
Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer
Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer

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