TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024

539 -BC- Babylon falls to Cyrus the Great of Persia

1682-William Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania

1923-Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day)

1942-16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia

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

1956-IDF crosses Egyptian territory in the Sinai

1956-International zone of Tangier returned to Morocco

1956-Israeli paratroopers drop into the Sinai to open Straits of Tiran

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

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

1966-National Organization of Women founded

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

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

1990-30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria