At A Glance
29 October 2007 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 29 October 2007 was a Monday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em.
- Top Film of 2007
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2007 was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
- Bestselling Novel of 2007
- “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2007.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “American Idol” (FOX) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2007–08 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 29 October is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 29 October 2007 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 29 October 2007 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 29 October
- 1998 Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space at that time.
- 1998 ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with live coverage of the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission.
- 1999 A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.
- 2008 Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.
- 2015 China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years.
Famous people born on October 29
- Winona Ryder, American actress and producer (born 1971)
- Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syrian revolutionary and military leader, President of Syria (born 1982)
- Bob Ross, American painter and television host (1942–1995)
- Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress and producer (born 1972)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2007 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2007 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 23 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 47th feature film, Meet the Robinsons, is released to the studio's strongest reception since 2002's Treasure Planet, but is a box office disappointment.
- June 29 – Pixar Animation Studios' eighth feature film, Ratatouille, is released in theaters.
- July 3 – Transformers, directed by Michael Bay, is released as the first film in the Transformers film series.
Life in the US in 2007
President
George W. Bush
Gas (per gallon)
$2.80
Loaf of Bread
$1.28
Average House
$313,600
Weekly Wage
$676
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