October 29 historical events
1281 — Second Battle of Homs
The Second Battle of Homs was fought in western Syria on 29 October 1281, between the armies of the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt and the Ilkhanate, a division of the Mongol Empire centered on Iran. The battle was part of Abaqa Khan's attempt at taking Syria from the Mamluks. After the Mamluk victories over Mongols at Ain Jalut in 1260 and Albistan in 1277, the Il-khan Abaqa sent his brother Möngke Temur at the head of a large army said to have numbered 80,000: 50,000 Mongols and 30,000 auxiliaries, chiefly Armenians under Leo II and Georgians under Demetrius II.
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1468 — Six hundred Franchimontois
On the night of 29 October 1468 during the Siege of Liège, some six hundred Franchimontois, men from Franchimont, unsuccessfully attacked the besieging Burgundian army, with the aim of killing or capturing its leaders, Duke Charles the Bold and King Louis XI.
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1600 — Battle of Karksi (1600)
The Battle of Karksi (also known as Battle of Karkus) was fought during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Kingdom of Sweden in October 29, 1600. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jürgen von Farensbach defeated the Swedish forces commanded by Carl Gyllenhielm.
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1621 — The London Pageant of 1621 celebrates the inauguration of Edward Barkham (Lord Mayor)
The London Pageant of 1621 including Thomas Middleton's The Sun in Aries followed the inauguration of Edward Barkham as Lord Mayor of London on 29 October 1621. Edward Barkham was sworn into the office of Lord Mayor on 29 October 1621 at the Guildhall, as part of the traditional annual Lord Mayor's Show held on that date. The performance was sponsored by the London Company of Drapers.
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1647 — The Battle of Kombi is fought in Angola
On 29 October 1647, forces from Kongo, Ndongo and a Dutch contingent met Portuguese forces and their African allies north of Massangano. The Portuguese side was routed; the precise battlefield has not been located.
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1665 — Battle of Mbwila
Battle of Mbwila (also the Battle of Ambuila, Battle of Mbuila, or Battle of Ulanga) occurred on 29 October 1665 in which Portuguese forces defeated the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king António I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga.
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1675 — Leibniz uses the integral sign in a manuscript
In a private manuscript written while he was working in Paris, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz used the elongated S that became the integral sign. The notation appeared in print in 1686.
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1706 — Battle of Kalisz
The Battle of Kalisz took place on October 29, 1706 in Kalisz, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Great Northern War. It was a three-hour fight which could have been prevented if Augustus II of Poland had informed the Swedes and Russians of certain matters. At the time, an alliance existed between the Poles, Saxons, and Russians. The battle was fought by Russian cavalry, led by commander Aleksandr Menshikov; against a smaller Swedish force headed by colonel Mardefelt. The Russians played a role of significance here because they needed to support their Saxon allies under Augustus.
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1762 — Battle of Freiberg
The Battle of Freiberg was fought on 29 October 1762 and was the last great battle of the Third Silesian War (and of the wider Seven Years' War).
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1787 — Mozart’s Don Giovanni premieres in Prague
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni was first performed at the Estates Theatre in Prague.
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1790 — 1790 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1790 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on October 29, 1790, in order to elect the Governor of New Jersey. Federalist candidate and incumbent United States Senator from New Jersey William Paterson was unanimously elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed.
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1791 — 1791 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1791 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on October 29, 1791, in order to elect the Governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Federalist Governor William Paterson was unanimously re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed.
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1792 — 1792 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1792 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on October 29, 1792, in order to elect the Governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Federalist Governor William Paterson was unanimously re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed.
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1795 — Battle of Mainz
The Battle of Mainz (29 October 1795) saw a Habsburg Austrian army led by François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt launch a surprise assault against four divisions of the French Army of Rhin-et-Moselle directed by François Ignace Schaal. The right-hand French division fled the battlefield, compelling the other three divisions to retreat with the loss of their siege artillery and many casualties. The War of the First Coalition action was fought near the city of Mainz in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. French troops had ineffectively besieged the western side of Mainz Fortress since December 1794.
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1799 — 1799 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1799 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on October 29, 1799, in order to elect the Governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Federalist Governor Richard Howell was re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly against candidate Andrew Kirkpatrick.
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1805 — 1805 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1805 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on October 29, 1805, in order to elect the governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Joseph Bloomfield was unanimously re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed.
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1806 — Capitulation of Pasewalk
The Capitulation of Pasewalk on 29 October 1806 resulted in the surrender of Oberst (Colonel) von Hagen's 4,200 Prussian soldiers to an inferior force of two French light cavalry brigades led by Generals of Brigade Édouard Jean Baptiste Milhaud and Antoine Lasalle. The Prussians were completely demoralized after a two-week-long retreat following their decisive defeat at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt.
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1812 — Battle of Tordesillas (1812)
In the Battle of Tordesillas or Battle of Villa Muriel or Battle of Palencia between 25 and 29 October 1812, a French army led by Joseph Souham pushed back an Anglo-Portuguese-Spanish army commanded by Arthur Wellesley, Marquess Wellington. After its failed Siege of Burgos, the 35,000-man Allied army withdrew to the west, pursued by Souham's 53,000 French soldiers. On 23 October, French cavalry attacked the Allied rear guard in the inconclusive Battle of Venta del Pozo. The Allies pulled back behind the Pisuerga and Carrión Rivers and took up a defensive position.
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1812 — 1812 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1812 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on October 29, 1812, in order to elect the Governor of New Jersey. Federalist nominee and former United States Senator from New Jersey Aaron Ogden was elected by the New Jersey General Assembly against Democratic-Republican nominee and former United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey William Sanford Pennington.
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1813 — 1813 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1813 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on October 29, 1813, in order to elect the governor of New Jersey. Democratic-Republican nominee and former United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey William Sanford Pennington was elected by the New Jersey General Assembly against incumbent Federalist governor Aaron Ogden.
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1813 — Siege of Trieste (1813)
The siege of Trieste in September–October 1813 was an action of the War of the Sixth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. At the time, Trieste was a city in the Illyrian Provinces of the First French Empire. It was defended by the Army of Italy under the command of Eugène de Beauharnais, viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy.
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1818 — 1818 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1818 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on October 29, 1818, in order to elect the governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Isaac Halstead Williamson was re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed.
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1828 — Battle of Khasauka
The Battle of Khasauka (Battle of the Khasauka Pass, Battle of Mount Khasauka, Karachay-Balkar: Khasauka Urush) was a battle during the Caucasian War between the Russian imperial troops and the Karachay militia, which took place from 17 October (29 October) till 29 October (10 November), 1828 near the village of Kart-Dzhurt. It ended with the defeat of the mountaineers, but Karachay would remain independent until the formal annexation of Karachay to the Russian Empire in 1834.
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1830 — 1830 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1830 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on October 29, 1830, in order to elect the governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Democratic governor Peter Dumont Vroom was re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed.
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1841 — 1841 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1841 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on October 29, 1841, in order to elect the governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Whig governor William Pennington was re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly.
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1862 — Skirmish at Island Mound
The Skirmish at Island Mound was a skirmish of the American Civil War, occurring on October 29, 1862, in Bates County, Missouri. The Union victory is notable as the first known event in which an African-American regiment engaged in combat against Confederate forces during the war. Made up mostly of former slaves who had escaped from Missouri and Arkansas, the regiment was recently trained in Kansas. They were outnumbered in the skirmish, but stood their ground and fought with "desperate bravery," as headlined by the New York Times. This Kansas regiment was later made part of the Union Army as United States Colored Troops.
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1863 — Battle of Wauhatchie
The Battle of Wauhatchie was fought October 28–29, 1863, in Hamilton and Marion counties, Tennessee, and Dade County, Georgia, in the American Civil War. A Union force had seized Brown's Ferry on the Tennessee River, opening a supply line to the Union army in Chattanooga. Confederate forces attempted to dislodge the Union force defending the ferry and again close this supply line but were defeated.
American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet in one of the few night battles of the war, protecting the Union's recently opened supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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1863 — The Geneva Conference adopts resolutions for national relief societies
On 29 October 1863, the Geneva conference adopted resolutions calling for national societies to aid wounded soldiers and a red cross on a white background as a common protective emblem. The First Geneva Convention was adopted separately in 1864.
This is the date of the conference resolutions, rather than the founding of the committee or the 1864 treaty.
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1865 — 1865 Italian general election
General elections were held in Italy on 22 October 1865, with a second round of voting taking place on 29 October. These were only the second general election in the history of Italy, the first one having taken place in 1861.
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1882 — Italian general election, 1882
General elections were held in Italy on 29 October 1882, with a second round of voting on 5 November. The "ministerial" left-wing bloc emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 289 of the 508 seats.
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1888 — Convention of Constantinople
The Convention of Constantinople is a treaty concerning the use of the Suez Canal in the Ottoman-ruled Khedivate of Egypt. It was signed on 29 October 1888 by the United Kingdom, the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
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1913 — 1913 Tie Cup final
The 1913 Tie Cup final was the final match to decide the winner of the Tie Cup, the 14th international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations. The final was contested by the Argentine San Isidro and Uruguayan Nacional. In the match, played at Estadio Racing Club in Avellaneda, Nacional beat San Isidro 1–0, taking revenge for the previous edition and also winning its first Tie Cup tournament.
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1914 — Ottoman entry into World War I
The Ottoman Empire's entry into World War I began on 29 October 1914 when two recently purchased ships of its navy, which were still crewed by German sailors and commanded by their German admiral, carried out the Black Sea Raid, a surprise attack against Russian ports. Russia replied by declaring war on 1 November 1914. Russia's allies, Britain and France, declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 5 November 1914.
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1914 — Battle of Mołotków
The Battle of Mołotków (Polish: Bitwa pod Mołotkowem) took place on October 29, 1914, near the village of Mołotków (Molotkiv), Austrian Galicia (current Ukraine). 2nd and 3rd Infantry Regiments of Polish Legions clashed with units of the Russian Imperial Army, which had invaded Galicia (see Russian occupation of Eastern Galicia, 1914–15). Polish forces were part of Tactical Group of General Karol Durski-Trzaska.
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1914 — Black Sea raid
The Black Sea raid was an Ottoman naval sortie against Russian ports in the Black Sea on 29 October 1914, supported by Germany, that led to the Ottoman entry into World War I. The attack was conceived by Ottoman War Minister Enver Pasha, German Admiral Wilhelm Souchon, and the German foreign ministry. The German government had been hoping that the Ottomans would enter the war to support them but the government in Istanbul was undecided.
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1914 — Caucasus campaign
The Caucasus campaign, also known as the Caucasus Front, comprised armed conflicts between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, later including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, the German Empire, the Central Caspian Dictatorship, and the British Empire, as part of the Middle Eastern theatre during World War I. The Caucasus campaign extended from the South Caucasus to the Armenian Highlands region, reaching as far as Trabzon, Bitlis, Mush and Van.
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1916 — Battle of the Eastern Carpathians
The Battle of the Eastern Carpathians consisted in a series of military engagements between Romanian and Austro-Hungarian forces during October 1916, in World War I. The attempt of the Austro-Hungarian 1st Army to break through the Eastern Carpathians was simultaneous with that of the German 9th Army to force the passes of the Southern Carpathians. Both efforts failed.
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1918 — Political violence in Germany (1918–1933)
Germany saw significant political violence from the fall of the Empire and the rise of the Republic through the German Revolution of 1918–1919, until the rise of the Nazi Party to power with 1933 elections and the proclamation of the Enabling Act of 1933 that fully broke down all opposition. The violence was characterised by assassinations and by confrontations between left-wing groups such as the Communist Party of Germany and right-wing groups such as the Freikorps.
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1923 — 1923 Turkish presidential election
The 1923 Turkish presidential election is the presidential election held in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 29 October 1923. 158 MPs participated in the elections. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, was unanimously elected as the founding president in the first round.
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1923 — Turkey establishes the office of president
On 29 October 1923, the office of president was established with the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was elected its first holder that day.
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1923 — The Grand National Assembly proclaims the Republic of Türkiye
The Grand National Assembly in Ankara approved a constitutional amendment establishing a republican form of government.
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1924 — United Kingdom general election, 1924
The 1924 United Kingdom general election was held on Wednesday 29 October 1924, as a result of the electoral defeat of the Labour minority government, led by Ramsay MacDonald, in the House of Commons on a motion of no confidence. It was the third general election to be held in less than two years. The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin, performed dramatically better, in electoral terms, than in the 1923 general election and obtained a large parliamentary majority of 209. Labour, led by Ramsay MacDonald, lost 40 seats.
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1924 — 1924 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
On Wednesday 29 October 1924, the 1924 United Kingdom general election was held in Scotland, to elect all 615 members of the House of Commons, with 74 seats being in Scotland. 71 seats (32 burgh constituencies and 38 county constituencies) represented territorial constituencies. There was also one university constituency, which elected an additional 3 members using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) method.
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1924 — 1924 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
On 29 October 1924, the 1924 United Kingdom general election was held in Northern Ireland to elect all 615 members of the House of Commons, with 13 seats being in Northern Ireland. There were ten constituencies, seven single-seat constituencies with elected by first-past-the-post voting and three two-seat constituencies with MPs elected by bloc voting. It was the third general election to be held in less than two years.
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1925 — 1925 Canadian federal election
The 1925 Canadian federal election was held on October 29, 1925, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 15th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative party took the most seats in the House of Commons, although not a majority. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party was invited to form a minority government.
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1925 — Incident at Petrich
The Incident at Petrich (Greek: Επεισόδιο του Πετριτσίου; Bulgarian: Петрички инцидент), or the War of the Stray Dog (Greek: Πόλεμος του αδέσποτου σκύλου; Bulgarian: Войната на бездомното куче) , was a Greek–Bulgarian crisis in 1925 that resulted in a brief invasion of Bulgaria by Greece near the border town of Petrich. The incident ended after a decision by the League of Nations.
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1928 — Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1928
The Ashton-under-Lyne by-election was held on 29 October 1928. It was notable for having the highest turnout of any Parliamentary by-election in Great Britain. The election was caused by the bankruptcy of Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne Cornelius Homan. Although Homan had only represented the constituency since the 1924 general election, Ashton had been represented by Conservatives for many years, and Labour had never taken the seat. However, the Conservatives had never achieved a large majority in the seat, and as both Labour and the Liberal Party had gained several seats in recent by-elections, it was thought that both would mount a strong challenge.
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1928 — 1928 Newfoundland general election
The 1928 Newfoundland general election was held on 29 October 1928 to elect members of the 27th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Party led by Richard Squires defeated the Conservative Party led by Frederick C. Alderdice and formed the government with the support of Fishermen's Protective Union members. Legislation had been introduced so that persons named to the Executive Council were no longer required to run for reelection.
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1929 — Black Tuesday brings panic selling to Wall Street
On 29 October 1929, stock prices plunged on the New York Stock Exchange amid heavy selling. Known as Black Tuesday, the day was a major episode in the Wall Street crash of 1929.
Black Tuesday was 29 October; Black Thursday occurred five days earlier.
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1936 — Battle of Seseña
The Battle of Seseña was a Republican-Soviet assault on the Nationalist stronghold of Seseña, near Toledo, 30 km south of Madrid in October 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. After the fall of Talavera de la Reina and Toledo in September 1936, the Nationalist troops pushed towards Madrid and in October they were 30 km from the city.
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1938 — Canton Operation
The Canton Operation (Chinese: 廣州戰役; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Zhànyì) was part of a campaign by Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade China to prevent it from communicating with the outside world and importing needed arms and materials. Control of Guangzhou (Canton) and the Pearl River Delta would provide a base to make the blockade of Guangdong province more effective by seizing southern China's major port and isolate the British port of British Hong Kong.
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1941 — Kaunas massacre of October 29, 1941
The Kaunas massacre of October 29, 1941, also known as the Great Action, was the largest mass murder of Lithuanian Jews. 9,200 people among them 2,007 Jewish men, 2,920 women, and 4,273 children were murdered in a single day at the Ninth Fort.
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1942 — Convoy HX 212
Convoy HX 212 was the 212th of the numbered series of World War II HX convoys of merchant ships from HalifaX to Liverpool. The ships departed New York City on 18 October 1942 and were met on 23 October by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group A-3 consisting of the United States Coast Guard Treasury-class cutter USCGC Campbell, the destroyer Badger and the Flower-class corvettes Dianthus, Rosthern, Trillium, Dauphin, Alberni, Summerside and Ville de Quebec.
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1943 — Convoy ON 207
ON 207 was a North Atlantic convoy of the ONS/ON series which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It was the subject of a major U-boat attack in October 1943, the fourth battle in the German autumn offensive.
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1944 — Budapest offensive
The Budapest offensive was the general attack by Soviet and Romanian armies against Hungary and its Axis ally Nazi Germany. The offensive lasted from 29 October 1944 until the fall of Budapest on 13 February 1945. The campaign was one of the most difficult and complicated offensives by the Soviet Army in Central Europe. It resulted in a decisive victory for the USSR and led directly to the end of World War II in Europe.
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1944 — Operation Obviate
Operation Obviate was an unsuccessful British air raid of World War II which targeted the German battleship Tirpitz. It was conducted by Royal Air Force heavy bombers on 29 October 1944, and sought to destroy the damaged battleship after she moved to a new anchorage near Tromsø in northern Norway. The attack followed up the successful Operation Paravane on 15 September 1944, when Tirpitz was crippled by British heavy bombers.
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1944 — Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive
The Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive was a major military offensive during World War II, mounted by the Red Army against the Wehrmacht in 1944 in the Petsamo region, ceded to the Soviet Union by Finland in accordance with the Moscow Armistice, and Norway. The offensive defeated the Wehrmacht's forces in the Arctic, driving them back into Norway, and was called the "Tenth Shock" by Stalin.
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1944 — Battle of Debrecen
The Battle of Debrecen, called by the Red Army the Debrecen Offensive Operation, was a battle taking place from 6 to 29 October 1944 on the Eastern Front in Hungary during World War II. The offensive was conducted by the 2nd Ukrainian Front under Marshal Rodion Malinovsky.
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1945 — 1945 Brazilian coup d'état
The 1945 Brazilian coup d'état was a coup d'état in Brazil led by the Brazilian Army, prompted by concerns that President Getúlio Vargas intended to seize absolute power. Vargas was forced to resign on 29 October 1945. The 1945 Brazilian general election was held on 2 December 1945, where former Minister of War Eurico Gaspar Dutra was elected president.
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1947 — Campaign in the Eastern Foothills of the Funiu Mountains
The Campaign in the Eastern Foothills of the Funiu Mountains (伏牛山东麓战役) was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II for the control of western Hubei and the border areas of Hubei, Honan and Shensi provinces. The campaign resulted in the communist victory.
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1948 — Safsaf massacre
The Safsaf massacre took place on 29 October 1948, following the capture of the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf in the Galilee by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The village was defended by the Arab Liberation Army's Second Yarmuk Battalion. Safsaf was the first village to fall in Operation Hiram, the aim of which, according to the IDF, was to "destroy the enemy in the central Galilee 'pocket,' to take control of the whole of the Galilee and to establish a defense line on the country's northern border".
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1948 — Operation Hiram
Operation Hiram was a military operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was led by General Moshe Carmel, and aimed at capturing the Upper Galilee region from the Arab Liberation Army (ALA) forces led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji and a Syrian battalion. The operation, which lasted 60 hours (29–31 October), ended just before the ceasefire with the neighboring Arab countries went into effect.
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1949 — 1949 Scottish League Cup final (October)
The 1949–50 Scottish League Cup final was played on 29 October 1949, at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the fourth Scottish League Cup competition. The final was a Fife derby match contested by East Fife and Dunfermline Athletic. East Fife won the match 3–0 thanks to goals by Davie Duncan, Charlie Fleming and Henry Morris.
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1950 — Battle of Onjong
The Battle of Onjong (Korean: 온정리 전투), also known as the Battle of Wenjing (Chinese: 温井战斗; pinyin: Wēnjǐng zhàndòu), was one of the first engagements between Chinese and South Korean forces during the Korean War. It took place around Onjong in present-day North Korea from 25 to 29 October 1950. During the Chinese First Phase Campaign, the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) 40th Corps ambushed and defeated elements of the Republic of Korea Army (ROK) II Corps near Onjong.
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1952 — Battle of Jackson Heights
The Battle of Jackson Heights was fought between 16 and 29 October 1952 during the Korean War between United Nations Command (UN) and Chinese forces for possession of a UN outpost position. The Chinese successfully seized the position and defended it against UN counterattacks.
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1953 — BCPA Flight 304
BCPA Flight 304/44 was a scheduled flight operated by British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines from Sydney, Australia, to Vancouver, Canada, with scheduled stops at Fiji, Canton Island, Honolulu and San Francisco. On 29 October 1953, the flight was conducted by a Douglas DC-6 named Resolution and registered in Australia as VH-BPE. The propliner crashed during its initial approach towards San Francisco International Airport, killing all 19 people on board, including the American pianist William Kapell.
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1953 — 1953 Labour Party deputy leadership election
The 1953 Labour Party deputy leadership election took place on 29 October 1953, after sitting deputy leader Herbert Morrison was challenged by Aneurin Bevan.
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1955 — Oil flows from Karamay’s first exploration well
Drillers struck oil at the No. 1 exploration well at Heiyoushan in Xinjiang, establishing the discovery of the Karamay oil field.
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1956 — Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis, also known as the second Arab–Israeli war, the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel, was a British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956. Israel invaded on 29 October, with the primary objective of re-opening the Straits of Tiran and the Gulf of Aqaba as the recent tightening of the eight-year-long Egyptian blockade further prevented Israeli passage.
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1957 — A grenade attack injures Ben-Gurion and three ministers in the Knesset
On October 29, 1957, Moshe Dwek threw a grenade from the visitors’ gallery into the Knesset chamber at Frumin House in Jerusalem. Religious affairs minister Haim-Moshe Shapira was seriously injured. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, foreign minister Golda Meir and transport minister Moshe Carmel were also wounded. People nearby seized Dwek immediately after the attack.
The attack injured the prime minister and three ministers, rather than the five ministers stated in the original headline.
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1960 — California Polytechnic State University football team plane crash
On October 29, 1960, a Curtiss C-46 passenger aircraft crashed shortly after take-off near Toledo, Ohio, U.S. The World War II-era aircraft was carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs college football team home from a game against the Bowling Green Falcons. Of the 48 people on board, 22 were killed, including both pilots, 16 players, a student manager, and a Cal Poly football booster.
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1960 — 1960 Scottish League Cup final
The 1960 Scottish League Cup final was played on 29 October 1960 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, and was the final of the 15th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Rangers and Kilmarnock. Rangers won the match 2–0, thanks to goals by Ralph Brand and Alex Scott.
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1961 — Greek legislative election, 1961
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 29 October 1961. The result was a third consecutive victory for Constantine Karamanlis and his National Radical Union party, which won 176 of the 300 seats in Parliament. Nevertheless, the leader of the newly formed Center Union (an alliance of all liberal and centrist parties), Georgios Papandreou and the leaders of the left-wing Pandemocratic Agrarian Front questioned the legality of the results, claiming that Karamanlis, the army and the palace rigged the vote. Papandreou announced an "uncompromising struggle" (ανένδοτος αγών) against Karamanlis' government, demanding new elections.
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1964 — Landing at Kesang River
The Landing at Kesang River (29 October 1964) was an amphibious raid conducted by a small force of Indonesian volunteers near the Kesang River, on the border between the Malaysian states of Malacca and Johore on the southwestern part of the Malay Peninsula. The landing was part of the broader Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, an undeclared war fought between Malaysia and Indonesia during the early 1960s over the creation of an independent Malaysian Federation.
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1964 — Thieves steal the Star of India from a New York museum
Burglars stole the Star of India sapphire and other gems from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The collection's DeLong Star Ruby and Midnight Star sapphire were among the items taken.
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1966 — 1966 Scottish League Cup final
The 1966 Scottish League Cup final was played on 29 October 1966 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and it was the final of the 21st Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by the Old Firm rivals Rangers and Celtic for a third consecutive year. Celtic won the match 1–0, with Bobby Lennox scoring the only goal.
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1969 — UCLA sends the first message over ARPANET
Charley Kline attempted to log in to a computer at the Stanford Research Institute from UCLA. The first two letters, “lo,” made it through before the system crashed. A full login succeeded later that night.
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1972 — Lufthansa Flight 615
The hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 615 occurred on 29 October 1972 and was aimed at the release of the three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre from a West German prison. When the Lufthansa airplane was seized by sympathisers of the Black September Organization during the Beirut-Ankara part of a multi-stopover flight from Damascus to Frankfurt, the West German authorities complied with the demand of having the prisoners released.
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1973 — 1973 Quebec general election
The 1973 Quebec general election was held on October 29, 1973 to elect members to National Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Premier Robert Bourassa, won re-election, defeating the Parti Québécois, led by René Lévesque, and the Union Nationale (UN). The Liberals won the largest majority government in the province's history, with 102 seats.
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1980 — Operation Credible Sport
Operation Credible Sport was a joint project of the U.S. military in the second half of 1980 to prepare for a second rescue attempt of the hostages held in Iran. The concept included using a Lockheed C-130 Hercules airlifter modified with the addition of rocket engines to make it a short take off and landing (STOL) capable aircraft able to land on the field within a soccer stadium in Tehran.
Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in a crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida, leading to the cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
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1980 — A rescue-test aircraft crashes at Eglin Air Force Base
A modified C-130 transport aircraft crashed during a demonstration at Eglin Air Force Base on 29 October 1980. Its braking rockets fired too early, causing a hard landing and a fire. Everyone on board survived.
This date records the aircraft test accident, not the beginning or end of the Iran hostage crisis.
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1986 — British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways
The M25 or London Orbital Motorway is a major ring road encircling most of Greater London. The 117-mile-long (188 km) motorway is one of the most important roads in the UK and one of the busiest. Margaret Thatcher opened the final section in 1986, making the M25 the longest ring road in Europe upon opening.
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1989 — Spanish general election, 1989
The 1989 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 29 October 1989, to elect the 4th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 254 seats in the Senate. The incumbent Socialists once again emerged as the largest party, but fell just one seat short of an absolute majority in the Congress. With an hypothetical sum of all other parties being theoretically able to match the PSOE parliamentary strength, in practice the Socialist Party was able to govern as if it had an overall majority, as HB deputies remained absent throughout the entire parliamentary term until 1993.
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1991 — Operation Hurricane-91
Operation Hurricane-91 (Croatian: Operacija Orkan-91) was a military offensive undertaken by the Croatian Army (Hrvatska vojska – HV) against the Yugoslav People's Army (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija – JNA) and SAO Western Slavonia Territorial Defense Forces in the Sava River valley, in the region of Western Slavonia during the Croatian War of Independence. The operation began on 29 October 1991 and ended on 3 January 1992 when a nationwide ceasefire was signed to implement the Vance plan. The offensive was aimed at recapturing the region, in conjunction with two other HV offensives launched against SAO Western Slavonia in the north of the region within days.
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1991 — Xie Jun wins the Women’s World Chess Championship
A draw in the fifteenth game in Manila secured the title for Xie Jun. She defeated defending champion Maia Chiburdanidze 8½–6½ and became the first Asian player to win the title.
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1991 — Galileo makes the first close-up flyby of an asteroid
NASA’s Galileo spacecraft flew past asteroid 951 Gaspra on its way to Jupiter, taking the first close-up images of an asteroid.
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1992 — Operation Vrbas '92
Operation Vrbas '92 (Serbian: Операција Врбас '92) was a military offensive undertaken by the Army of Republika Srpska (Vojska Republike Srpske – VRS) in June–October 1992, during the Bosnian War. The goal of the operation was the destruction of a salient around the central Bosnian town of Jajce, which was held by the Croatian Defence Council (Hrvatsko vijeće obrane – HVO) and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Armija Republike Bosne i Hercegovine – ARBiH). The intensity of fighting varied considerably and involved several major VRS offensive efforts interspersed by relative lulls in fighting.
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1993 — 1993 United Nations Security Council election
The 1993 United Nations Security Council election was held on 29 October 1993 during the Forty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Argentina, the Czech Republic, Nigeria, Oman, and Rwanda, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1994.
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1994 — Mozambican general election, 1994
General elections were held in Mozambique between 27 and 29 October 1994 to elect a president and the Assembly of the Republic. It was the first time the country had had multi-party elections, as previously FRELIMO had been the sole legal party. Nevertheless, FRELIMO maintained control of the country's political system, winning both elections. Voter turnout for the elections was 88%.
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1995 — Halloween Havoc (1995)
The 1995 Halloween Havoc was the seventh annual Halloween Havoc professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on October 29, 1995, from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan for the second consecutive year.
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1995 — 1995 Tanzanian general election
General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October. They were the first multi-party general elections after the lifting of the ban on political parties other than Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) in 1992. However, the results were declared null and void by the National Electoral Commission due to failures to provide ballots to many polling places. As a result, the elections were re-run on 29 November.
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1998 — Gothenburg discothèque fire
The Gothenburg discothèque fire was a devastating fire caused by an arson attack on October 29, 1998, which occurred in premises located on Hisingen island in Gothenburg, Sweden. These had been rented for the night by an organization catering to the Macedonian community in Gothenburg for the purpose of hosting a discothèque. 375 young people aged 12–25 years old were present in the premises at the time that the fire started, the vast majority of which had various ethnic minority backgrounds. The premises had been estimated by the fire department as safe for only 150 people. 63 people were killed during the incident and around 200 people were injured.
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1998 — STS-95
STS-95 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 October 1998, using the orbiter Discovery. It was the 25th flight of Discovery and the 92nd mission flown since the start of the Space Shuttle program in April 1981. It was a highly publicized mission due to former Project Mercury astronaut and United States Senator John H. Glenn, Jr.'s return to space for his second space flight.
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1998 — 1998 Hong Kong Regional Council (constituency) by-election
The 1998 Regional Council by-election was held on 29 October 1998 after the court ruled the incumbent Legislative Councillor Tang Siu-tong was unduly elected in the Regional Council constituency due to invalid ballots. Tang eventually recaptured his seat with a larger margin in this by-election.
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1998 — Discovery launches on STS-95 with John Glenn aboard
On 29 October 1998, Space Shuttle Discovery launched on STS-95 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States. John Glenn returned to space at age 77, becoming the oldest person to reach space at that time.
This records the launch, rather than the landing on 7 November.
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1998 — Hurricane Mitch
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 Atlantic hurricane on record. It was the deadliest hurricane in Central American history, surpassing Hurricane Fifi–Orlene, which killed slightly fewer people in the same area in 1974.
Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
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1999 — The Odisha super cyclone makes landfall near Paradip
A super cyclonic storm from the Bay of Bengal came ashore near Paradip. Powerful winds and storm surges caused widespread flooding and destruction in coastal Odisha.
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2000 — Tanzanian general election, 2000
General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October 2000, with sixteen constituencies in Zanzibar voting again on 5 November due to problems with distributing election material. The second general elections since the restoration of multi-party democracy in 1992, they were won by the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, which claimed 202 of the 231 constituency seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate, Benjamin Mkapa, winning the presidential election.
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2000 — Halloween Havoc (2000)
The 2000 Halloween Havoc was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It was the 12th annual Halloween Havoc and took place on October 29, 2000, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. This was the last Halloween Havoc produced by WCW, as in March 2001, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) acquired WCW; the WWF was then renamed to WWE the following year.
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2000 — 2000 Kyrgyz presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 29 October 2000. The result was a victory for incumbent President Askar Akayev, who was re-elected with 76% of the vote. International election monitors described the vote as failing to meet international standards. Voter turnout was 78%.
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2000 — Locumba uprising
The Locumba uprising, also called Locumbazo, was a military uprising that took place in Locumba, Peru, and the Toquepala mine on Sunday, 29 October 2000.
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2000 — 2000 Kremlin Cup
The 2000 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow in Russia that was part of the International Series of the 2000 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 2000 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 23 October through 29 October 2000. Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Martina Hingis won the singles title.
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2000 — 2000 Norwegian Football Cup final
The 2000 Norwegian Football Cup final was the final match of the 2000 Norwegian Football Cup, the 95th season of the Norwegian Football Cup, the premier Norwegian football cup competition organized by the Football Association of Norway (NFF). The match was played on 29 October 2000 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed two Tippeligaen sides Odd Grenland and Viking.
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2000 — 2000 São Paulo mayoral election
The 2000 São Paulo municipal election took place in the city of São Paulo, with the first round taking place on 1 October 2000 and the second round taking place on 29 October 2000. Voters voted to elect the mayor, the vice Mayor, and 55 City Councillors for the administration of the city.
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2002 — 2002 Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire
On 29 October 2002, a fire occurred in the International Trading Center (ITC) (Vietnamese: Trung Tâm Thương mại Quốc tế) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The six-story complex building was occupied by a department store, a disco and offices of several foreign companies. The fire killed 60 people and injured 90 others, making it one of the deadliest peacetime disasters in Vietnam.
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2004 — 2004 Ms. Olympia
The 2004 Ms. Olympia contest is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2004 that was held on October 29, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 25th Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition include the Mr. Olympia, Fitness Olympia, and Figure Olympia contests.
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2004 — Norodom Sihamoni is crowned King of Cambodia
On 29 October 2004, Norodom Sihamoni was formally appointed King of Cambodia in a coronation ceremony at the Royal Palace in the capital.
Sihamoni ascended to the throne on 14 October; this entry records his 29 October coronation and formal appointment.
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2005 — 2005 Delhi bombings
The 29 October 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 the important festival of Diwali, which is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains. The bombs were triggered in two markets in central and south Delhi and in a bus in the Govindpuri area in the south of the city. Indian investigators believe the Kashmir separatist/ Islamic terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the attacks. President A P J Abdul Kalam condemned the blasts in Delhi and sent condolences to the bereaved and other victims.
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2005 — Djurgårdens IF wins the 2005 Swedish Cup final
On 29 October 2005, Djurgårdens IF defeated Åtvidabergs FF 2–0 in the Swedish Cup final at Råsunda Stadium in Solna, Sweden.
The match was in 2005; the reference to a 2013 final in the collected introduction was a source error.
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2005 — Opening of 2005 East Asian Games
The 4th East Asian Games was an international multi-sport event for countries in East Asia which was held in Macau from October 29 to November 6, 2005.
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2006 — 2006 Maranhão gubernatorial election — second round
The second round of Maranhão’s gubernatorial election was held on 29 October 2006. Jackson Lago received 51.82% of the vote.
This entry records the second round on 29 October; the first round was held on 1 October.
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2006 — ADC Airlines Flight 053
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 crashed onto a corn field shortly after take-off from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, killing 96 out of 105 people on board.
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2006 — Battle of Jaffna (2006)
The Battle of Jaffna was fought in two phases in August and October 2006 for the Jaffna Peninsula. It was the fourth battle for the peninsula since the start of the Sri Lankan civil war.
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2006 — 2006 Bulgarian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 22 October 2006, as decided on 27 July 2006 by the Bulgarian Parliament. The runoff took place on 29 October 2006, while the electoral campaign spanned 19 September – 20 October. At the election, Georgi Parvanov won his second and final term as President of Bulgaria. Some of the right-wing parties were disunited at the time but still chose to support a common candidate, Nedelcho Beronov.
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2006 — 2006 Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election
Most major parties launched gubernatorial candidates for the 2006 elections in Rio Grande do Sul: PMDB: Incumbent governor Germano Rigotto in coalition with the PTB, which provided vice-gubernatorial candidate Sonia Santos. Rigotto finished third. PT: Former governor and Minister for the Cities Olívio Dutra in coalition with PC do B, which provided as vice-gubernatorial candidate the state deputy Jussara Cony. Olívio lost in the second round of vote.
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2007 — Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, 2007
Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections were held on October 29, 2007 based on the newly amended Republic Act No. 9340, approved on September 22, 2005 by the 13th Congress of the Philippines which prescribed that Barangay and SK elections would occur on the last Monday of October 2007 and in subsequent elections after three years. The 14th Congress of the Philippines tried twice to reset the Barangay and SK Elections instead to May 2008 so the elections could be trial for the computerization of elections following Republic Act No. 9369, also known as Amending the Election Modernization Act but were unsuccessful since the Senate rejected the proposed bill.
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2008 — 2008 Ziarat earthquakes
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 occurred 60 km (37 mi) north of Quetta and 185 km (115 mi) southeast of the Afghanistan city of Kandahar at 04:09 local time (28 October, 23:09 UTC) at a depth of 15 km (9.3 mi), at 30.653°N, 67.323°E. It was followed by another shallower magnitude 6.4 earthquake at a depth of 14 km (8.7 mi) approximately 12 hours after the initial shock, at 30.546°N, 67.447°E. 215 people were confirmed dead.
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2008 — Delta and Northwest complete their airline merger
Northwest Airlines became part of Delta Air Lines after the merger closed. The combined company kept the Delta name. Northwest’s brand remained in use during the transition.
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2009 — The Tianhe-1 supercomputer is unveiled in Changsha
China's National University of Defense Technology unveiled Tianhe-1, a supercomputer with a reported peak performance of about 1.2 quadrillion calculations per second.
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2010 — Bushido: Code of the Warrior
Bushido: Code of the Warrior was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Dragon Gate USA that was first ever live Internet pay-per-view.
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2011 — UFC 137
UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz was a mixed martial arts (MMA) pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 29, 2011, at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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2011 — 2011 AFC Cup final
The 2011 AFC Cup final was a football match which was played on Saturday, 29 October 2011, to determine the champion of the 2011 AFC Cup. It was the final of the 8th edition of the AFC Cup, a competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia. Nasaf Qarshi became the first Uzbekistan team to win the AFC Cup with a 2–1 win over Al-Kuwait from Kuwait.
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2011 — 2011 J.League Cup final
The 2011 J. League Cup final was the 20th final of the J. League Cup competition. The final was played at Tokyo National Stadium in Tokyo on 29 October 2011. The match was contested between the Urawa Red Diamonds who were defeated by the Kashima Antlers in extra time.
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2011 — 2011 Scottish Labour leadership election
The 2011 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader of the Scottish Labour Party. The election followed the announcement by Iain Gray that he would stand down as leader in the autumn of 2011 following the party's heavy defeat to the Scottish National Party in May's Scottish Parliament general election. Gray won the previous contest in September 2008.
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2012 — Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm 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. It was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record as measured by diameter, with tropical-storm-force winds spanning 1,150 miles (1,850 km).
Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing hundreds, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.
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2014 — 2014 Badulla landslide
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 by monsoon rains, and occurred at about 7:30 AM local time.
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2014 — Results of the 2014 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)
This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 2014 state election. The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party would win its first seat in the Legislative Council The party would win a seat at every election since.
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2014 — Second Battle of Baiji
The Second Battle of Baiji took place in Baiji, Iraq, lasting from late October 2014 to late October 2015. In mid-November 2014, Iraqi forces retook the city of Baiji, and re-entered the Baiji Oil Refinery. However, fighting continued in the region, and on 21 December 2014, ISIL forces took Baiji and put the Baiji oil refinery under siege once again, before Iraqi forces recaptured the city on 22 October.
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2015 — October 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
On October 29, 2015, during the 114th United States Congress, an election for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was necessitated by the impending resignation of John Boehner, set for October 30. Boehner was the first speaker to resign in the middle of a Congressional term since Jim Wright in 1989. This was 124th speaker of the House election since the office was created in 1789.
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2016 — 2016 Tweed Shire Council election
The 2016 Tweed Shire Council election was held on 29 October 2016 to elect seven councillors to the Tweed Shire, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
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2017 — 2017 Macedonian local elections
Local elections were held on October 15 and 29, 2017, in the Republic of Macedonia to elect mayors and members of municipality councils of the 80 municipalities in Macedonia. These were the sixth local elections since the independence of Macedonia. The local elections were held as scheduled, on October 15, 2017. Only 45 municipalities elected a mayor in the first round, and 35 had to vote again on October 29.
This entry records the second round, as dated in the source infobox.
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2018 — Lion Air Flight 610
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 October 2018, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 operating the route, carrying 181 passengers and 8 crew members, crashed into the Java Sea 11 minutes after takeoff, killing all 189 occupants on board.
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2022 — 2022 Somali Ministry of Education bombings
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 jihadist group al-Shabaab of carrying out the attacks, which they admitted. The bombing marks the deadliest attack in Somalia since the 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings at the same junction.
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2022 — UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen
UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen (also known as UFC Fight Night 213, UFC on ESPN+ 71 and UFC Vegas 63) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 29, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
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2022 — 2022 Copa Libertadores final
The 2022 Copa Libertadores final was the final match which decided the winner of the 2022 Copa Libertadores. This was the 63rd edition of the Copa Libertadores, the top-tier South American continental club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The match was played on 29 October 2022 at the Estadio Monumental in Guayaquil, Ecuador, between Brazilian sides Flamengo and Athletico Paranaense.
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2022 — Bellator 287
Bellator 287: Piccolotti vs. Barnaoui (also known as Bellator Milan) was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA, that took place on October 29, 2022, at the Allianz Cloud Arena in Milan, Italy.
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2022 — A crowd crush occurs in Seoul's Itaewon district
A dense crowd gathered in Itaewon during Halloween celebrations. A crush in a narrow street caused many deaths and injuries.
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2023 — 2023 Tevlin Women's Challenger
The 2023 Tevlin Women's Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Toronto, Canada between 23 and 29 October 2023.
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2023 — 2023 Colombian regional and municipal elections
The 2023 Colombian regional and municipal elections were held on 29 October 2023. 32 governors and departmental assemblies and 1,102 mayors were elected.
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2023 — 2023 GB Pro-Series Glasgow
The 2023 GB Pro-Series Glasgow is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the thirtieth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Glasgow, United Kingdom between 23 and 29 October 2023.
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2023 — 2023 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne
The 2023 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the twenty-ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Poitiers, France between 23 and 29 October 2023.
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2023 — 2023 Torneig Internacional Els Gorchs
The 2023 Torneig Internacional Els Gorchs is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain between 23 and 29 October 2023.
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2023 — 2023 Christus Health Pro Challenge
The 2023 Christus Health Pro Challenge is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Tyler, Texas, United States between 23 and 29 October 2023.
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2023 — 2023 Sofia mayoral election
The 2023 Sofia mayoral election was held on 29 October 2023, during the 2023 Bulgarian local elections, to elect the next mayor of Sofia.
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2023 — 2023 Jakarta Film Week
The 2023 Jakarta Film Week, the third edition of the film festival Jakarta Film Week, was held on 25 to 29 October 2023. The festival opened with Wregas Bhanuteja's film Andragogy, and closed with Amanda Nell Eu's body horror film Tiger Stripes. It was held in-person around Central Jakarta at the CGV Grand Indonesia, Ashley Hotel, Kineforum Ismail Marzuki Park and a new venue: Galeri Indonesia Kaya, also located at Grand Indonesia.
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2023 — 18th Rome Film Festival
The 18th Rome Film Festival took place from 18 to 29 October 2023 in the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome. The festival programme was unveiled by Gian Luca Farinelli, the chair of the Rome Cinema Foundation on 22 September 2023. It opened with There's Still Tomorrow the directorial debut film of Italian actress, screenwriter Paola Cortellesi.
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2025 — 2025 Tanzanian general election
General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October 2025 to elect the President, members of the National Assembly and ward councillors. Samia Suluhu Hassan, the incumbent president and leader of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), who became president after the death of President John Magufuli in 2021, ran for a second term.
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