All Events

Historical Events on October 29

  • Byzantine Empire

    969

    Byzantine troops occupy Antioch, Syria.

  • American Civil War

    1863

    American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.

  • United States

    1921

    United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Turkey

    1923

    Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.

  • The Holocaust

    1941

    The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".

  • World War II

    1944

    World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.

  • Suez Crisis

    1956

    Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.

  • Margaret Thatcher

    1986

    British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.

  • China

    2015

    China announces the end of One-child policy after 35 years.

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Famous Deaths on October 29

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