What day of the week was October 29, 2012?

The day of the week October 29th, 2012 fell on was a Monday.

There were 57 days until Christmas.

Warsame Shire Awale the Somalian poet, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1951) died on this day in 2012. As did Letitia Baldrige the American etiquette expert and secretary (b. 1926) , J. Bernlef the Dutch author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1937) , Albano Harguindeguy the Argentinian general and politician (b. 1927) , Susumu Ishikawa the Japanese voice actor and singer (b. 1933) , Kenneth G. Ryder the American academic (b. 1924) , Wallace L. W. Sargent the English-American astronomer (b. 1935) , Jack Vaughn the American diplomat (b. 1920) .

Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States the killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.