October 29
1618 - Sir Walter Raleigh, the English courtier, military adventurer and poet, was executed in London for treason.
1682 - William Penn arrived in Pennsylvania.
1911 - American newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer died in Charleston, South Carolina.
1923 - The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
1929 - "Black Tuesday" descended on thew New York Stock Exchange as prices collapsed amid panic selling, with thousands of investors being wiped out as America's Great Depression began.
1940 - A blindfolded Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson drew the first number -- 158 -- from a glass bowl in America's first peacetime military draft.
1956 - Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Canal crisis.
1964 - The Star of India and other gems were stolen from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
1966 - The National Organization for Women was founded.
1987 - Following the confirmation defeat of Robert H. Bork to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, President Ronald Reagan announced his next choice of Douglas H. Ginsburg, a nomination that fell apart over revelations of Ginsburg’s previous marijuana use.
1998 - Sen. John Glenn, at age 77, returned to space aboard the shuttle Discovery, retracing the trail he had blazed as the first American to orbit the Earth 36 years earlier.
2004 - European leaders signed the European Union's first constitution.
2008 - A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Baluchistan, one of Pakistan's poorest regions. At least 200 were killed and more than 15,000 left homeless.
2012 - Hurricane Sandy smashed into the eastern U.S. seaboard, killing 117 in the U.S. and another 69 in Canada and the Caribbean. The storm caused more than $50 billion in damages in the United States.
2015 - China announced plans to abolish its one-child policy, allowing all families to have two children for the first time in more than 35 years.
2018 - A Boeing jet operated by the Indonesian airline Lion Air crashed in the Java Sea minutes after takeoff from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board.
2022 - More than 150 people were killed and dozens more injured in South Korea after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in Seoul.
Birthdays
23 - Ellie Thumann (model)
28 - Emilia Mernes (singer)
31 - India Eisley (actress)
32 - Jacqueline Jossa (actress)
37 - Tove Lo (singer)
37 - Fleur East (singer)
43 - Amanda Beard (swimmer)
44 - Ben Foster (actor)
52 - Gabrielle Union (actress)
52 - Tracee Ellis Ross (actress)
53 - Winona Ryder (actress)
57 - Rufus Sewell (actor)
57 - Joely Fisher (actress)
67 - Dan Castellaneta (actor)
71 - Denis Potvin (hockey player)
76 - Kate Jackson (actress)
77 - Richard Dreyfuss (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 29
1960 - A chartered plane carrying the California Polytechnic State University football team crashed on takeoff from Toledo, Ohio, killing 22 of the 48 people on board.
1960 - Cassius Clay makes his professional boxing debut with a six round decision over Tunney Hunsaker.
1973 - O.J. Simpson, of the Buffalo Bills, set two NFL records. He carried the ball 39 times and he ran 157 yards putting him over 1,000 yards at the seventh game of the season.
1979 - Willie Mays severed all ties with major league baseball when he accepted a public relations job with an Atlantic City casino.
1989 - Ozzie Newsome ended his NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions.
1995 - Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers became the NFL's career leader in receiving yards with 14,040 yards.
2008 - The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in five games to win their second World Series in the franchise's 126-year history.
2017 - All but 10 members of the Houston Texans took a knee during the national anthem, reacting to a remark from team owner Bob McNair to other NFL owners that "we can't have the inmates running the prison."
2018 - Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson sets the NBA's single-game record for 3-pointers made with 14 in a 149-124 win over the Chicago Bulls, breaking the old mark held by his teammate, Stephen Curry.
1618 - Sir Walter Raleigh, the English courtier, military adventurer and poet, was executed in London for treason.
1682 - William Penn arrived in Pennsylvania.
1911 - American newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer died in Charleston, South Carolina.
1923 - The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
1929 - "Black Tuesday" descended on thew New York Stock Exchange as prices collapsed amid panic selling, with thousands of investors being wiped out as America's Great Depression began.
1940 - A blindfolded Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson drew the first number -- 158 -- from a glass bowl in America's first peacetime military draft.
1956 - Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Canal crisis.
1964 - The Star of India and other gems were stolen from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
1966 - The National Organization for Women was founded.
1987 - Following the confirmation defeat of Robert H. Bork to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, President Ronald Reagan announced his next choice of Douglas H. Ginsburg, a nomination that fell apart over revelations of Ginsburg’s previous marijuana use.
1998 - Sen. John Glenn, at age 77, returned to space aboard the shuttle Discovery, retracing the trail he had blazed as the first American to orbit the Earth 36 years earlier.
2004 - European leaders signed the European Union's first constitution.
2008 - A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Baluchistan, one of Pakistan's poorest regions. At least 200 were killed and more than 15,000 left homeless.
2012 - Hurricane Sandy smashed into the eastern U.S. seaboard, killing 117 in the U.S. and another 69 in Canada and the Caribbean. The storm caused more than $50 billion in damages in the United States.
2015 - China announced plans to abolish its one-child policy, allowing all families to have two children for the first time in more than 35 years.
2018 - A Boeing jet operated by the Indonesian airline Lion Air crashed in the Java Sea minutes after takeoff from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board.
2022 - More than 150 people were killed and dozens more injured in South Korea after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in Seoul.
Birthdays
23 - Ellie Thumann (model)
28 - Emilia Mernes (singer)
31 - India Eisley (actress)
32 - Jacqueline Jossa (actress)
37 - Tove Lo (singer)
37 - Fleur East (singer)
43 - Amanda Beard (swimmer)
44 - Ben Foster (actor)
52 - Gabrielle Union (actress)
52 - Tracee Ellis Ross (actress)
53 - Winona Ryder (actress)
57 - Rufus Sewell (actor)
57 - Joely Fisher (actress)
67 - Dan Castellaneta (actor)
71 - Denis Potvin (hockey player)
76 - Kate Jackson (actress)
77 - Richard Dreyfuss (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 29
1960 - A chartered plane carrying the California Polytechnic State University football team crashed on takeoff from Toledo, Ohio, killing 22 of the 48 people on board.
1960 - Cassius Clay makes his professional boxing debut with a six round decision over Tunney Hunsaker.
1973 - O.J. Simpson, of the Buffalo Bills, set two NFL records. He carried the ball 39 times and he ran 157 yards putting him over 1,000 yards at the seventh game of the season.
1979 - Willie Mays severed all ties with major league baseball when he accepted a public relations job with an Atlantic City casino.
1989 - Ozzie Newsome ended his NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions.
1995 - Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers became the NFL's career leader in receiving yards with 14,040 yards.
2008 - The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in five games to win their second World Series in the franchise's 126-year history.
2017 - All but 10 members of the Houston Texans took a knee during the national anthem, reacting to a remark from team owner Bob McNair to other NFL owners that "we can't have the inmates running the prison."
2018 - Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson sets the NBA's single-game record for 3-pointers made with 14 in a 149-124 win over the Chicago Bulls, breaking the old mark held by his teammate, Stephen Curry.
