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