THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020

1682-William Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania

1787-The opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)

1863-Intl Comm of the Red Cross founded (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)

1923-Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day)

1924-"Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater

1929-"Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression"

1942-16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia

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

1964-Town of Karmiel founded in the Galilee

1966-National Organization of Women founded

1982-Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted

1982-Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "The Girl is Mine"

1989 NYC MTA opens the 63rd street extension to the subway

1990 30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria