Tuesday October 29, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

October 29: Day of the Week

October 29, 2024 is the 303rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 63 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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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.

October 29 Historical Event(s)

1611
Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa.
1675
Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
1923
Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
1955
The Soviet battleship Novorossiisk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
1956
The Tangier Protocol is signed: The international city Tangier is reintegrated into Morocco.
1964
The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
1967
Montreal’s World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
1983
Over 500,000 people demonstrate against cruise missiles in The Hague, Netherlands.
1998
The Gothenburg nightclub fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200.
2011
Record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours.

Who were born on October 29?

1690
Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)
1880
Abram Ioffe, Soviet physicist (d. 1960)
1899
Akim Tamiroff, Russian actor (d. 1972)
1923
Carl Djerassi, Austrian chemist
1947
Helen Coonan, Australian politician
1949
James Williamson, American guitarist
1960
Finola Hughes, British actress
1975
Kelly Lin, Chinese actress
1977
Jon Abrahams, American actor
1980
B.J. Sams, American football player

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