October 29 in History

Historical Events on October 29

969 Byzantine troops occupy Antioch, Syria.

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.

1921 United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.

1923 Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.

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".

1944 World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.

1956 Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.

1986 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.

2015 China announces the end of One-child policy after 35 years.

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Famous Birthdays on October 29

1875 Marie of Romania

1930 Niki de Saint Phalle

1938 Ralph Bakshi

1987 Tove Lo

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Famous Deaths on October 29

1877 Nathan Bedford Forrest

1897 Henry George

1949 George Gurdjieff

2011 Jimmy Savile

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