Historical Events In October - 29

1975  Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffer kills first on this day in history.  

1975  John Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67 on October - 29.  

1979  50 years after the great stock market crash, anti-nuclear protestors fail to shut down the New York Stock Exchange on October - 29.  

1981  On this day in history william O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85  

1982  On this day in history car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted  

1982  Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "The Girl is Mine" on this day in history.  

1983  On October - 29 sten Broman, composer, dies at 81  

1985  John Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82 on October - 29.  

1986  Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, dies at 68 on October - 29.  

1987  Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title on October - 29.  

1987  On this day in history kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57  

1988  On this day in history 2,000 US anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics  

1988  On this day in history china announces a herbal male contraceptive  

1988  Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi on this day in history.  

1988  Soviets 1st scheduled shuttle launch (postponed) on October - 29.  

1989  The African National Congress(ANC) first political rally for almost thirty years is attended by 70,000 supporters on October - 29.  

1990  30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria on this day in history.  

1990  William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer on this day in history.  

1991  Donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60 on this day in history.  

1992  Adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies on October - 29.  

1993  On this day in history george Pope, cricketer (one Test for England, 8 runs not out), dies  

1994  Francisco Martin Duran fires more than two dozen shots at the White House, and is later sentenced to 40 years in prison on October - 29.  

1994  Andrew Miller-Jones TV pioneer, dies at 84 on October - 29.  

1996  On this day in history james Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66  

2005  A train in Andhra Pradesh, India derails, killing at least 77 people on this day in history.  

2005  On this day in history at least 61 people are dead and many others wounded in three powerful blasts in the Indian capital, Delhi. See 29 October 205 Delhi bombings for full details.  

2006  Aviation Development Company Flight 53 crashes shortly after take off in Nigeria on October - 29.  

2006  On this day in history luis Inácio Lula da Silva is re-elected President of Brazil.  

2011  Record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours on this day in history.  

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 on October - 29.  

2014  On October - 29 san Francisco Giants win the 2014 World Series  

2018  On this day in history golden State shooting guard Klay Thompson breaks NBA record previously held by teammate Stephen Curry for most 3-pointers in a game with 14 in Warriors' 149-124 win over the Bulls in Chicago  

2018  Far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro wins Brazil's presidential election defeating Fernando Haddad on October - 29.  

2018  New mega airport opened in Istanbul by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, planning to be world' busiest with 90 million passengers by 2021 on this day in history.  

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1463  On this day in history birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher  

1507  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on this day in history.  

1513  On this day in history birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne  

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on October - 29.  

1656  On this day in history birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]  

1682  On October - 29 birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)  

1690  Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) was born on this day in history.  

1704  On October - 29 birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)  

0490  Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on this day in history.  

1038  On this day in history death of aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1138  On this day in history death of bolesław III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)  

1268  On this day in history death of conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252)  

1321  On October - 29 stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies  

1590  On October - 29 dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68  

1618  On this day in history death of walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason  

1650  On October - 29 death of david Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)