SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2011

Today is Saturday, October 29, the 302nd day of 2011. There are 63 days left in the year.

539 B.C. ― Babylon falls to Cyrus the Great of Persia

1787 ― The opera ``Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)

1863 ― International Commission of the Red Cross founded (Nobel Prize; 1917, 1944, 1963)

1923 ― Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day)

1929 ― ``Black Tuesday," stock market crashes triggers ``Great Depression"

1960 ― Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay's) first professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6

1987 ― Thomas Hearns wins unprecedented fourth different weight boxing title

1988 ― 2,000 U.S. anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics

1988 ― China announces a herbal male contraceptive