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What happened in history on this day: October 29?
On October 29 in ...
- 1811 - First Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans.
- 1863 - Union Pacific Railroad Corporation is established.
- 1893 - Death of Carter H. Harrison, Illinois congressman, Chicago mayor (1879-1887), assassinated at his home by Patrick E. Prendergast, a supporter who became irate unable to get a job with the city.
- 1901 - Leon Czolcosz, assassin of US President William McKinley, is executed.
- 1904 - First intercity trucking service (Colorado City and Snyder, Texas).
- 1923 - Runnin' Wild (introducing the Charleston dance) opens on Broadway.
- 1929 - "Black Tuesday" New York stock market crashes, triggers "Great Depression".
- 1939 - The Golden Gate International Exposition closes (first of two years).
- 1940 - Secretary of War Henry L Stimson draws first number (158) in first peacetime military draft in US history.
- 1942 - Alaska highway completed.
- 1945 - First ball-point pen goes on sale in USA, at Gumbel's of New York, for US$12.50. Nearly 10,000 are sold on the first day.
- 1960 - Chartered C46 carrying California State's football team crashes, kills 16.
- 1964 - Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York.
- 1966 - National Organization of Women founded.
- 1971 - The NBC TV network airs the TV special Grand Opening of Walt Disney World. Approximately 52 million people in the US view the 90-minute show.
- 1982 - Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted.
- 1988 - 2,000 US anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics.
- 1992 - The Food and Drug Administration approves Depo Provera for use as a contraceptive in the United States.
- 1994 - Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill President Bill Clinton.
- 1998 - The NASA Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off with 77-year-old Senator John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
- 2008 - Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, forming the world's largest commercial carrier.
- 2008 - The US Federal Reserve cuts interest rate to 1 percent.
- 2008 - The American Federal Reserve announces it will loan up to US$30 billion to Brazil, Singapore, South Korea, and Mexico.
Births on October 29
- 1897 - Birth of Hope Emerson in Hawarden, Iowa, USA; actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn).
- 1921 - Birth of Ed Kemmer in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Buzz Corey - Space Patrol).
- 1922 - Birth of Neal Hefti in Hastings, Nebraska, USA; orchestra leader (Kate Smith Show).
- 1925 - Birth of Geraldine Brooks in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Faraday and Company, Dumplings, Act of Murder).
- 1934 - Birth of Robert E Hughes in New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Rich Little Show).
- 1945 - Birth of Melba Moore in New York City, New York, USA; singer/actress (Ellis Island).
- 1947 - Birth of Richard Dreyfuss in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Jaws, Nuts).
- 1948 - Birth of Kate Jackson in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; actress (Rookies, Charlie's Angels).
- 1959 - Birth of Jesse Barfield in Illinois, USA; outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, 1986 home run leader).
- 1965 - Birth of Steven Sweet in Wadsworth, Ohio, USA; heavy metal artist (Warrant - "Cherry Pie").
- 1971 - Birth of Winona Ryder [Horowitz], in Minnesota, USA; actress (Heathers, Edward Scissorhands).
Deaths on October 29
- 1885 - George B McClellan, US army general, dies at age 58.
- 1893 - Death of Carter H. Harrison, Illinois congressman, Chicago mayor (1879-1887), assassinated at his home by Patrick E. Prendergast, a supporter who became irate unable to get a job with the city.
- 1901 - Leon Czolcosz, assassin of US President William McKinley, is executed.
- 1911 - Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1947 - Frances Cleveland Preston, former first lady (USA), dies in Baltimore, Maryland at age 83.
- 1981 - William O Walker, publisher of the Cleveland Call Post, dies at age 85.
- 1987 - Death of Woody Herman at age 74 of congestive heart failure; band leader (Isham Jones' band (1934), Woody Herman Herd (1936) - "Woodchopper's Ball" (1939)).
- 1990 - William French Smith, US attorney general (1980), dies at age 73 from cancer.
- 1997 - Death of Anton Szandor LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (born 1930).
- 2006 - Death of Silas Simmons, at age 111 in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Simmons was the oldest baseball player who ever lived, playing in the Negro Leagues for 17 years for the Homestead Grays, New York Lincoln Giants, and Cuban All-Stars.
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