Τι συνέβη στις 29 Οκτωβρίου;

1. Τι συνέβη στις 29 Οκτωβρίου;

• 2013 – The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait.
• 2012 – Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history.
• 2007 – Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mogadishu.
• 1999 – About 10,000 people died when the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near Bhubaneswar.
• 1998 – At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.

2. Ποιος γεννήθηκε στις 29 Οκτωβρίου;

• 1998 – Lance Stroll, Canadian racing driver
• 1996 – Vince Dunn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1996 – Mikko Rantanen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1996 – Astrid S, Norwegian singer and songwriter
• 1994 – Danielle Hunter, American football player

3. Ποιος πέθανε στις 29 Οκτωβρίου;

• 2026 – Barry Rushworth, Australian rugby league player (born 1941)
• 2024 – Teri Garr, American actress and comedian (born 1944)
• 2023 – Hiroshi Morie, Japanese musician and singer-songwriter (born 1968)
• 2021 – Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer (born 1945)
• 2020 – Angelika Amon, Austrian-American molecular and cell biologist (born 1967)

4. Τι γιορτάζεται στις 29 Οκτωβρίου;

• Christian feast day: Abraham of Rostov
• Christian feast day: Blessed Chiara Badano
• Christian feast day: Colman mac Duagh
• Christian feast day: Douai Martyrs
• Christian feast day: Gaetano Errico