2006-10-29 00:59:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
1977 - James M. Cain, American novelist (b. 1892) die 27 oct.
Sherbrooke Quebec - Charles Marion released by kidnappers after payment of $50,000 ransom; credit union loans manager held captive for 82 days; Canada's longest kidnapping-for-ransom.
2006-10-29 01:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
On This Day,
Hunt for missing scientist Bruno Pontecorvo (1950)
Former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe denies any involvement in a plot to kill Norman Scott and suggestions that he had a homosexual relationship with the former male model (1977)
Police clash with anti-Vietnam war protesters in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy (1968)
Three RUC officers killed by an IRA bomb, which exploded beneath their armoured police car in Lurgan near Belfast (1982)
Gunman runs amok in West Midlands and kills four people with four others seriously wounded (1978)
Stock market mini-crash (1997)
Riots begin in Paris (2005)
Births
1466 - Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)
1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919)
1911 - Leif Erickson, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (d. 1997)
1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963)
1939 - John Cleese, British actor and writer
1957 - Glenn Hoddle, English footballer
1958 - Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran)
1964 - Mark Taylor, Australian test cricket captain (1994-1999)
1967 - Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver)
1975 - Zadie Smith, British novelist
1977 - JiÅÃ JarosÃk, Czech footballer
1978 - Vanessa-Mae, Singapore musician
1984 - Kelly Osbourne, English television personality
Deaths
939 - King Athelstan I of England
1980 - Steve Peregrin Took, English singer and songwriter (b. 1949)
Roman Catholic Saints Days
St. Abban of Murnevin
St. Capitolina
St. Desiderius
St. Elesbaan
St. Florentius
St. Frumentius, the saint who introduced Christianity into Ethiopia.
St. Gaudiosus
St. Namatius
St. Odhran
St. Vincent, Sabina, & Christeta
Will this do ?
2006-10-29 08:18:35 · answer #2 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
birth day of JiÅÃ JarosÃk, Czech footballer
day of death of James M. Cain, American novelist (b. 1892)
it's Navy Day in the US
also check the link below
2006-10-29 08:03:21 · answer #3 · answered by Dirk N 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was a Thursday.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/dayborn.htm
2006-10-29 08:05:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wednesday
2006-10-29 08:03:18 · answer #5 · answered by searchingjohn 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your birthday
2006-10-29 08:34:59 · answer #6 · answered by pelancha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
guess
2006-10-29 08:01:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋