October 29: Day of the Week
October 29, 2023 is the 302nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 63 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.
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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.
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October 29 Historical Event(s)
- 312Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius’ body is fished out of the Tiber and beheaded.
- 1921Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in the United States of America.
- 1923Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1957Israel’s prime minister David Ben Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when a hand grenade is tossed into Israel’s parliament, the Knesset.
- 1985Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
- 1998Apartheid: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
- 1998The Gothenburg nightclub fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200.
- 1999A large cyclone devastates Orissa, India.
- 2002Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.
- 2005Bombings in Delhi kill more than 60.
Who were born on October 29?
- 1740James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson (d. 1795)
- 1917Eddie Constantine, American actor/singer (d. 1993)
- 1931Franco Interlenghi, Italian actor
- 1947Helen Coonan, Australian politician
- 1949James Williamson, American guitarist
- 1958David Remnick, American writer and editor of The New Yorker
- 1976Milena Govich, American actress
- 1981Georgios Fotakis, Greek footballer
- 1983Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor
- 1985Jefferson Severino, Brazilian footballer
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