* Astronomy

The Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 was one of the deadliest cyclones in history. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Backerganj_Cyclone_of_1876

Hurricane Mitch was the most powerful hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season
http://58381.activeboard.com/t45856668/1998-hurricane-mitch/

Hurricane Sandy made landfall near Brigantine, New Jersey on October 29, 2012.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy

The 1999 Orissa cyclone was the deadliest tropical cyclone since the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Orissa_cyclone

Paul-Jacques Curie (October 29, 1856 - 1941) was a French physicist 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Curie

Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (29 October 1880 - 14 October 1960) was a prominent Russian/Soviet physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_Ioffe

Richard Hawley Tucker (October 29, 1859 - March 31, 1952) was an American astronomer. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hawley_Tucker

Carl Gustav Witt (October 29, 1866 - January 3, 1946) was a German astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustav_Witt

Edmond Halley FRS ([October 29 OS]8 November 1656 - 14 January 1742) was an English astronomer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46047862/edmond-halley-1656-1742/

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an American actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dreyfuss

Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906 - March 11, 1972) was an American science fiction and mystery writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredric_Brown

Jean Texereau photographed Saturn satellite Janus on October 29, 1966 without realising it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(moon)

Asteroid (1037) Davidweilla was discovered by Benjamin Jekhowsky on October 29, 1924. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1037_Davidweilla

Asteroid (280) Philia was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 29, 1888 at the Vienna Observatory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/280_Philia

NGC Discovered

NGC 110 is a magnitude +14.1 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 29th October 1831. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58882495/ngc-110/

NGC 221 is a magnitude +8.9 dwarf elliptical galaxy discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil on the 29th October 1749. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t8892992/messier-32/

NGC 1512 is a magnitude +11.1 face-on barred spiral galaxy discovered by James Dunlop on the 29th October 1826.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57576819/ngc-1512/

NGC 1532 is a magnitude +10.7 edge-on barred spiral galaxy discovered by James Dunlop on the 29th October 1826.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58882447/ngc-1532/

NGC 1097 was rediscovered by the Irish astronomer William Parsons 3rd Earl of Rosse on the 29th October 1851. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t4438535/ngc1097/

NGC 1068 is a magnitude +9.6 barred spiral galaxy discovered by Pierre François André Méchain on the 29th October 1780.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3167693/ngc1068-m77/