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| October 29th |
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| About October 29th is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 63 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1933 - Richard Loving, civil rights activist (Loving v. Virginia) 1971 - Winona Ryder, actress (The Age of Innocence, Autumn in New York) 1980 - Ben Foster, actor (Liberty Heights, Get Over It) 1981 - Amanda Beard, Olympic gold medalist, swimmer 1982 - Chelan Simmons, actress, model (Final Destination 3) 1990 - Carlson Young, actress (As the Bell Rings) Deaths 2004 - Vaughn Meader, comedian, impersonator (The First Family) 2008 - Mike Baker, singer (Shadow Gallery) Events 1929 - Black Tuesday hits Wall Street wiping out thousands of investors and beginning the Great Depression. 1966 - The National Organization for Women is founded in Washington, D.C. 1969 - The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the predecessor to the Internet. 1998 - Hurricane Mitch makes landfall in Honduras and would become the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history. 1998 - Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off with 77 year old astronaut John Glenn, making him the oldest person to go into space. 2008 - The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in 5 games, winning their second World Series title. 2008 - 2008 - Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines merge to form the world's largest airline. |
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