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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2008

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Today is Wednesday, October 29, the 303rd day of 2008. 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

1923 _ Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day)

1929 _ ``Black Tuesday" stock market crashes trigger ``Great Depression"

1942 _ 16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia

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

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

1966 _ National Organization of Women founded

1988 _ China announces a herbal male contraceptive