Notable Historical Events on October 29th
October 29th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
529 |
The international day of Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, who declared the first charter of human rights in the world also known as Cyrus Cylinder. |
BC AD | |
439 |
The Vandals under the leadership of Gaiseric occupy Carthage |
1268 |
Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Kings of Germany and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed along with his companion Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily, a political rival and ally to the hostile Roman Catholic church. |
1390 |
First trial for witchcraft in Paris. |
1467 |
Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege |
1508 |
Gelderse troops occupies Kuinre |
1552 |
Tsar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle |
1591 |
Giovanni A Facchinetti elected as Pope Innocentius IX |
1618 |
English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England. |
1665 |
Battle of Ambuila, where Portuguese forces defeated the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king Antonio I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga.. |
1675 |
Leibniz makes the first use of the long s, ∫, for integral. |
1682 |
William Penn lands at what is now Chester Pennsylvania |
1692 |
Court of Oyer and Terminer convened for Salem witch trials dissolved |
1709 |
England/Netherlands sign anti-French "Barrieretraktaat" |
1727 |
Severe earthquake in New England |
1787 |
Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) |
1792 |
Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River. |
1794 |
French troops occupies Venlo |
1811 |
1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans |
1814 |
"Demologos", 1st steam-powered warship, is launched |
1833 |
1st US college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded |
1859 |
Spain declares war on Morocco. |
1863 |
International Committee of Red Cross forms as result Geneva held conference (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963) |
1864 |
Greek parliament accept new Constitution |
1867 |
Mail packets "Rhone" & "Wye" capsize off St Thomas, Virgin Islands |
1872 |
J S Risdon patents metal windmill |
1881 |
Judge (U.S. magazine) first published. |
1888 |
Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for British South Africa Company |
1889 |
NY Giants (NL) beat Bkln (AA) in world series 6 games to 3 |
1889 |
Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia |
1889 |
Stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, BC |
1894 |
First election of Hawaiian Republic |
1901 |
In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine. |
1904 |
First intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas) |
1904 |
Interborough Rapid Transit subway opens in New York City |
1905 |
Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured |
1910 |
Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game |
1913 |
Floods in El Salvador kill thousands. |
1914 |
Turkish warships storm Black Sea |
1915 |
Aristide Briand becomes premier of France |
1915 |
Thomas Masaryk claims independence for Czechoslovakia |
1920 |
Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees |
1921 |
The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed. |
1923 |
Gibbs/Grey/Wood's revue "Runnin' Wild" (introducing Charleston) opens on Broadway, New York City |
1923 |
Army move SPD/KPD-government to German part of Saxon |
1923 |
Textile strike in Enschede Neth, against lower wages, begins |
1923 |
Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire) |
1924 |
"Dixie to Broadway" opens at Broadhurst Theater |
1924 |
Labour party loses British parliamentary election |
1929 |
"Black Tuesday" Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression" |
1930 |
1st Eastern Canada night CF game: Oshawa vs Toronto Balmy Beach |
1931 |
Lefty Grove, A's pitcher who won 31 games, is named the AL's MVP |
1932 |
French liner Normandie is launched |
1939 |
Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure) |
1939 |
NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3 |
1940 |
Secretary of War Henry L Stimson drew 1st number-258-in 1st peacetime military draft in US history |
1941 |
Cole Porter's musical "Let's Face It" premieres in New York City |
1942 |
Seventh day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault |
1942 |
Alaska highway completed |
1942 |
Branch Rickey named president/GM of Brooklyn Dodgers |
1942 |
Nazis murder 16,000 Jews in Pinsk, Soviet Union |
1943 |
Three allied officers escape out camp Stalag Luft 3 |
1944 |
1st Polish Armoured Division liberates Breda, Netherlands |
1944 |
Cabadese 2nd Infantry division frees Goes South-Beveland |
1945 |
First ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented |
1945 |
Happy Chandler resigns as US Senator, remains as baseball commish |
1945 |
Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil, resigns. |
1947 |
Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands form Benelux Union |
1947 |
Trial of art forger Han van Meegeren begins in Amsterdam |
1948 |
Israeli forces liberate Meron & Gush-Halev |
1948 |
Safsaf massacre |
1949 |
White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox |
1950 |
British Chancellor of the Exchequer (Minister of Finance) Stafford Cripps resigns |
1950 |
Wally Triplett avgs 735 yards on 3 kickoff returns |
1950 |
Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7 |
1953 |
A Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns |
1954 |
Colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brotherhood |
1954 |
Sweden begins experimental TV |
1955 |
Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours) |
1955 |
Emile Zatopek runs world record 15 mile (1:14:01) & 25,000m (1:16:36) |
1956 |
Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up |
1956 |
International zone of Tangier returns to Morocco |
1956 |
Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran |
1957 |
Hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament) |
1958 |
Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature |
1958 |
Dr F Mason Sones is first doctor to perform a coronary angiogram |
1958 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1959 |
10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced |
1960 |
Chartered C46 carrying Cal State's football team crashes, kills 16 |
1960 |
Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay) 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6 |
1961 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1963 |
"Meet the Beatles" booklet is published |
1964 |
Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings v Pakistan |
1964 |
Karmi'el founded in Galilee |
1964 |
Star of India & other jewels are stolen in NY |
1964 |
Town of Karmiel founded in Galilee |
1964 |
The United Republic of Tanganyika & Zanzibar renamed The United Republic of Tanzania |
1965 |
US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians |
1966 |
Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on moon: 6.7°N 162°E |
1966 |
National Organization of Women founded |
1967 |
Danny Abramowicz begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions |
1967 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open |
1967 |
MacDermot, Ragni & Rado's musical "Hair" premieres in NYC |
1967 |
London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, leading to their eventual imprisonment and downfall. |
1968 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR |
1969 |
Supreme Court orders end to all school desegregation "at once" |
1969 |
Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award |
1969 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1969 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
1970 |
WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, GA (NBC) 1st broadcast |
1970 |
The Electoral Reform Society calls for the introduction of Proportional Representation (PR) in elections in Northern Ireland |
1972 |
Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal |
1972 |
Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open |
1974 |
Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application |
1975 |
Boston's Fred Lynn is the overwhelming choice as AL Rookie of Year |
1975 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1975 |
'Yorkshire Ripper' Peter Sutcliffe kills first victim, Wilma McCann |
1977 |
"Act" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 233 performances |
1977 |
Texas' Russell Erideben kicks his 3rd 60 yard field goal of the season |
1977 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1979 |
Billy Martin fired as Yankee manager (2nd time) |
1979 |
Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open |
1981 |
Bill Giles becomes CEO of Philadelphia Phillies |
1982 |
Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted |
1982 |
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "Girl is Mine" |
1983 |
550,000 Dutch demonstrate against cruise missile |
1983 |
Notre Dame's Gil Fenerty rushes for 337 yards & 6 touchdowns |
1984 |
Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) & Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win NY Marathon |
1985 |
Cards' Joaquin Andujar suspended for 10 games for bumping an ump |
1985 |
Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multiparty election in Liberia. |
1986 |
Kirk Muller scores NJ Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6 |
1986 |
Padres pitcher LaMarr Hoyt is arrested at US-Mexico border for drugs |
1986 |
West Indies all out for 53 v Pakistan (Abdul Qadir 6-16) |
1987 |
"Don't Get God Started" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 86 perfs |
1987 |
Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title |
1988 |
2,000 US anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics |
1988 |
China announces a herbal male contraceptive |
1988 |
Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi |
1988 |
First scheduled Soviet shuttle launch (postponed) |
1989 |
Colleen Walker wins LPGA Nichirei Golf International |
1989 |
NYC MTA opens 63rd street extension to subway |
1989 |
Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions |
1990 |
30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria |
1991 |
Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as NY Yankee manager |
1993 |
Dow Jones index reaches record 3687.86 |
1994 |
Antonov AN-12 having an accident at Ust-Ilimsk Kaluga, 21 killed |
1994 |
NY Lotto pays $60 million+ |
1994 |
National Museum of American Indian opens (NYC) |
1995 |
"Fool Moon" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC |
1995 |
Sunday NY News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25 |
1995 |
US beats Japan, 19-17, at Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament |
1997 |
Iraq's Revolution Command Council announces that it will no longer allow US citizens and US aircraft to serve with UN arms inspection teams |
1998 |
Apartheid: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities. |
1998 |
While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he was landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel. |
1998 |
Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, made landfall in Honduras. |
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. |
1998 |
ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission. |
1999 |
Deadliest Indian Ocean tropical cyclone hits Orissa, India. This event was known as 1999 Orissa cyclone ever since. |
2001 |
ExxonMobil announces that a consortium it leads will spend $4 billion over 5 years to develop large offshore oil and natural gas fields in Russia's far eastern Sakhalin region |
2002 |
Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, a fire destroys a luxurious department store with 1500 people shopping. Over 60 people died and over 100 are missing. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime. |
2004 |
In Rome, European heads of state sign the Treaty and Final Act establishing the first European Constitution. |
2004 |
The Arabic news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a video of Osama bin Laden in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election. |
2005 |
29 October 2005 Delhi bombings kill more than 60. |
2007 |
Argentina elects its first female president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. |
2008 |
Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to 5. |
2008 |
The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 of the 2008 World Series to become champions of Major League Baseball. |
2011 |
Record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours. |
2012 |
Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in New Jersey resulting in 110 deaths and $50 billion in damage and forces the New York stock exchange to close |
2012 |
Publishing companies Penguin and Random House merge to form the world's largest publisher |
2014 |
San Francisco Giants win the 2014 World Series |
2014 |
Madison Bumgarner is named MLB 2014 World Series MVP |
2015 |
Phil Collins' fans rejoice: Artist announces end of retirement |
2015 |
US sensors detect Russian submarines near underwater cables |
2015 |
EU Parliament votes to protect Edward Snowden |
2015 |
'Happy Birthday To You' Now In the Public Domain |
2016 |
American Airlines jet catches fire on takeoff at Chicago airport |
2016 |
Indians shut out Cubs again, take 2-1 World Series lead on Coco Crisp RBI |
2016 |
FedEx plane catches fire in Fort Lauderdale |
2016 |
Politics|FBI Chief James Comey Is in Political Crossfire Again Over Emails |
2016 |
Plane Preparing to Take Off at O'Hare Catches Fire |
2016 |
Clinton says confident new emails will not change FBI probe's conclusion |
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