MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2012

Today is Monday, October 29, the 303

rd

day of 2012. 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)

1923 ― Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day)

1929 ― “Black Tuesday,” Stock Market crashes triggers “Great Depression”

1945 ― First ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it was patented

1957 ― A hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)

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

1963 ― “Meet the Beatles” booklet is published

1987 ― Thomas Hearns wins unprecedented fourth different weight boxing title

1988 ― China announces a herbal male contraceptive