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October 29
1618   Sir Walter Raleigh is executed. After the death of Queen Elizabeth, Raleigh's enemies spread rumors that he was opposed the accession of King James.
1787   Mozart's opera Don Giovanni opens in Prague.
1813   The Demologos, the first steam-powered warship, launched in New York City.
1901   Leon Czolgosz is electrocuted for the assassination of President McKinley. Czolgosz, an anarchist, shot McKinley on September 6 during a public reception at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, N.Y. Despite early hopes of recovery, McKinley died September 14, in Buffalo.
1927   Russian archaeologist Peter Kozloff apparently uncovers the tomb of Genghis Khan in the Gobi Desert, a claim still in dispute.
1929   Black Tuesday--the most catastrophic day in stock market history, the herald of the Great Depression. 16 million shares were sold at declining prices. By mid-November $30 billion of the $80 billion worth of stocks listed in September will have been wiped out.
1945   The first ball-point pen goes is sold by Gimbell's department store in New York for a price of $12.
1949   Alonzo G. Moron of the Virgin Islands becomes the first African-American president of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia.
1952   French forces launch Operation Lorraine against Viet Minh supply bases in Indochina.
1964   Thieves steal a jewel collection--including the world's largest sapphire, the 565-carat "Star of India," and the 100-carat DeLong ruby--from the Museum of Natural History in New York. The thieves were caught and most of the jewels recovered.
1969   The U.S. Supreme Court orders immediate desegregation, superseding the previous "with all deliberate speed" ruling.
1972   Palestinian guerrillas kill an airport employee and hijack a plane, carrying 27 passengers, to Cuba. They force West Germany to release 3 terrorists who were involved in the Munich Massacre.


Born on October 29
1882   Jean Giraudoux, French dramatist, novelist and diplomat, famous for his book Tiger at the Gates.
1891   Fanny Brice, comedian, singer and actress.
1897   Joseph G. Gobbets, German Nazi Propaganda Minister who committed suicide in Hitler's bunker.
1905   Henry Green, novelist (Living, Party Going).
1910   A. J. Ayer, English philosopher.
1921   Bill Maudlin, American cartoonist whose GI "Willie" and "Joe" characters appeared in Stars and Stripes newspapers.
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