What Happened on Oct 29
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Second Battle of Hims
The second Battle of Hims was fought, on October 29, 1281, between the armies of the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt and Ilkhanate, division of the Mongol... Read more
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Harriet Powers Is Born
Harriet Powers (October 29, 1837 – January 1, 1910) was an African American slave, folk artist and quilt maker from rural Georgia. She used... Read more
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Carl Schurz Writes To His Wife
On October 29, 1855, recent German immigrant Carl Schurz wrote his wife, Margarethe Meyer Schurz, expressing hope for their future happiness. A... Read more
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Skirmish at Island Mound
The Skirmish at Island Mound was a skirmish of the American Civil War, occurring from October 27 to October 29, 1862, in Bates County, Missouri.... Read more
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Henry James' "The Portrait of a Lady" Is Published
The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880–1881 and... Read more
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Borki Train Disaster
On October 17 [N.S. October 29], 1888, the imperial train returning from the south derailed at the station of Borki, leaving twenty-one dead and... Read more
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Sinking of the SS Wairarapa
The SS Wairarapa was a first class steamer owned by the Union Steam Ship Company that carried both passengers and cargo between Australia and New... Read more
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"Gentlemen of Nerve" (film) is Released
Gentlemen of Nerve is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand. Mabel and her beau... Read more
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The Republic of Turkey Officially Proclaimed
General Mustafa Kemal, who had repelled the British at Gallipoli in 1915 and had just recently done likewise to invading Greeks, now planned a... Read more
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1929 Stock Market Crash - Black Tuesday
Monetary Causes of the 1920s Stock Market Bubble and its Popping. Ignoring the shift of wealth that had occurred during World War I, Chancellor... Read more
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"La Belle Et La Bete" Is Released
Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont's fairy... Read more
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British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines' Resolution Crashes
The only problem, however, was that the "Resolution" was actually several miles south of their reported position. At about 8:42 AM., the flight... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway Is Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 28--The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded today to Ernest Hemingway. The Swedish Academy, which presents this laurel,... Read more
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Operation Kadesh Begins
The Suez Crisis, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression, (Arabic: أزمة السويس - العدوان الثلاثي ʾAzmat al-Sūwais/Al-ʿIdwān al-Thalāthī;... Read more
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California Polytechnic State Football Team Plane Crash
Crash Experts yesterday examined the twisted wreckage of a plane which was a flaming death trap for nearly half the 35 members of a college... Read more
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Cassius Clay Wins First Pro Fight
After his Olympic triumph, Clay returned to Louisville to begin his professional career. There, on October 29, 1960, he won his first professional... Read more
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"Contempt" Is Released
Contempt (French: Le Mépris) is a 1963 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, based on the Italian novel Il disprezzo (1954) by Alberto Moravia. It... Read more
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Funkadelic releases Hardcore Jollies
Hardcore Jollies is the ninth studio album by the funk band Funkadelic, released on October 29, 1976 by Warner Bros. Records, their first album to... Read more
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'Halloween Is Grinch Night' airs on ABC
Halloween has fallen upon Whoville and that can only mean one thing: Grinch Night! The sinister Grinch and his wagon of unspeakable horrors are on... Read more
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Rush release Hemispheres
Hemispheres is the sixth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1978. The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in... Read more
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Rush release Power Windows
Power Windows is the 11th studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1985. The album was recorded at The Manor in England, Air Studios in... Read more
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Fates Warning releases Parallels
Parallels is the sixth album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in 1991. It has sold over 150,000 copies due to the success of the... Read more
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FDA Approves GD Searle's Daypro
Treating rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, or juvenile arthritis. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your... Read more
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FDA Approves Pharmacia and UpJohn's Depo-Provera
Depo-Provera is a form of progesterone, a female hormone that prevents ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary). Depo-Provera also causes... Read more
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Venom release The Waste Lands
The Wastelands is the eighth studio album by British heavy metal band Venom. It is the last with bassist/singer Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan and... Read more