Browse events, births, deaths and holidays on October 29 throughout history.
On 29 October 2022, at approximately 22:20, a crowd surge occurred during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea, resulting in 159 deaths and 196 …
At least 156 die at a crowd crush during a Halloween celebration in Itaewon district, Seoul, South Korea.
On 29 October 2022, 121 people were killed and over 300 were injured by a double car bombing in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud accused Sunni jihadis…
At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. He is the parliamentary leader of Your Party, which he co-…
Jeremy Corbyn, former Leader of the Labour Party and of the Opposition in the United Kingdom is suspended from the…
Lion Air Flight 610 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, to Depati Amir Airport, Pangkal Pinang, in Indonesia. On 29 Oct…
Lion Air Flight 610, a Boeing 737 MAX, crashes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia killing 189 people on board.…
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is divided into 33 province-level divisions, including two special administrative regions. Be…
China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years.
At 7:30 am on 29 October 2014, a landslide struck the Sri Lanka district of Badulla, killing at least 16 people and leaving an estimated 200 missing. The landslide was triggered b…
A mud slide; the 2014 Badulla landslide, in south-central Sri Lanka, kills at least 16 people, and leaves hundreds of…
Hurricane Sandy was an extremely large and devastating tropical cyclone which ravaged the Caribbean and the coastal Mid-Atlantic region of the United States in late October 2012. …
Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing hundreds, while leaving nearly $70 billion in…
Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, operating nine hubs, with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport being i…
Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US…
The 2008 Ziarat earthquakes hit the Pakistani province of Balochistan on October 29 with a moment magnitude of 6.4. The US Geological Survey reported that the first earthquake occ…
A pair of deadly earthquakes hits Baluchistan, Pakistan, killing 215.
ADC Airlines Flight 053 (ADK053) was a scheduled passenger flight operated by ADC Airlines from Nigeria's capital of Abuja to Sokoto. On 29 October 2006, the Boeing 737-200 crashe…
ADC Airlines Flight 053 crashes after takeoff from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria killing 96…
The 2005 Delhi bombings occurred on 29 October 2005 in Delhi, India, killing 62 people and injuring at least 210 others in three explosions. The bombings came only two days before…
Bombings in Delhi, India kill 67 and injure over 200 people.
Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) is a Qatari news media organization headquartered in Wadi Al Sail, Doha. It is a statutory private foundation for public benefit, and is primarily …
The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the…
On 29 October 2002, a fire occurred in the International Trading Center (ITC) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The six-story complex building was occupied by a department store, a di…
A fire destroys a luxurious department store in Ho Chi Minh City, where 1,500 people are shopping. More than 60 people…
The 1999 Odisha cyclone was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean and among the most destructive in the region. The cyclone organized into a tr…
A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like restorative justice body assembled in South Africa in 1996 after the end of apartheid. Authorised by Nelson Mandela …
In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing…
Space Shuttle Discovery is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operation…
Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go…
Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) standards are an international set of standards for broadcast and digital television transmission over terrestrial, cable and satellit…
ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with live coverage of the launch of the STS-95 space…
Hurricane Mitch was an extremely powerful, deadly and catastrophic tropical cyclone in 1998 that caused 11,374 fatalities in Central America, becoming the second-deadliest Atlanti…
Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
The Gothenburg discothèque fire was caused by an arson attack on 29 October 1998, which occurred on premises located on Hisingen island in Gothenburg, Sweden. The premises, which …
The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures over 200.
Francisco Martin Duran is an American convicted criminal and attempted assassin who, on October 29, 1994, fired 29 rounds from a semi-automatic rifle at the White House in an atte…
Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill U.S.…