Thursday, October 29, 2026

History for October 29

History for October 29 - On-This-Day.com 
Bill Mauldin 1921
  • 1652 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony proclaimed itself to be an independent commonwealth.
  • 1901 - Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President McKinley, was electrocuted.
  • 1929 - America's Great Depression began with the crash of the Wall Street stock market.
  • 1945 - The first ballpoint pens to be made commercially went on sale at Gimbels Department Store in New York at the price of $12.50 each.
  • 1956 - "The Huntley-Brinkley Report" premiered on NBC. The show replaced "The Camel News Caravan."
  • 1969 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered an immediate end to all school segregation.

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