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October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years ) in the Gregorian Calendar , with 63 days remaining.
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437 - Valentinian III , Western Roman Emperor , marries Eudoxia , daughter of his cousin Theodosius II , Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople . This unifies the two branches of the House of Theodosius 969 - Byzantines troops occupy Antioch Syria 1061 - Emperor disposes of bishop Cadalus & Pope Honorius II1422 - Charles VII of France becomes king in succession to his father Charles VI of France 1467 - Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege 1618 - English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England .1675 - Leibniz makes the first use of the long s , ∫, for integral .1787 - Mozart 's opera Don Giovanni Prague .1792 - Mt. Hood (Oregon ) is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River .1863 - Sixteen countries meeting in Geneva agree to form the International Red Cross .1863 - American Civil War : Battle of Wauhatchie - Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant ward-off a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet . Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee . 1881 - The Judge 1886 - The ticker-tape parade is invented in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.1901 - In Amherst, Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine .1901 - Capital punishment : Leon Czolgosz , the assassin of US President William McKinley , is executed by electrocution. 1923 - Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire .1929 - Great Depression begins: Black Tuesday - The New York Stock Exchange crashes, ushering in what will be a world-wide economic crisis.1942 - Holocaust: In the United Kingdom , leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany 's persecution of Jews .1944 - Breda in the Netherlands is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division 1945 - Getulio Vargas , president of Brazil , resigns.1948 - Safsaf massacre 1955 - The Soviet battleship Novorossiisk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol .1956 - Suez Crisis begins: Israel invades the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal .1956 - Tangier Protocol signed: The international city Tangier is reintegrated into Morocco . 1957 - Israel 's prime minister David Ben Gurion and five of his ministers are injured as a hand grenade is tossed into Israel's parliament, the Knesset .1960 - In Louisville, Kentucky , Cassius Clay (who later took the name Muhammad Ali ) wins his first professional fight.1964 - A collection of irreplaceable gems , including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India , is stolen from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City .1969 - The first computer -to-computer link is established on ARPANET .1971 - Vietnam War : Vietnamization - The total number of American troops still in Vietnam drops to a record low of 196,700 (the lowest level since January 1966 ).1985 - Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multiparty election in Liberia .1988 - In Japan , the Sega Megadrive is released for the first time.1991 - The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra , becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid .1992 - The Food and Drug Administration approves Depo Provera for use as a contraceptive in the United States .1994 - Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House (Duran was later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton ).1998 - Apartheid : In South Africa , the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.1998 - Space Shuttle Discovery blasts-off with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space. He became the first American to orbit Earth on February 20 , 1962 . 1998 - While en route from Adana to Ankara , a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland . The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he was landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel. 1998 - In Freehold Borough, New Jersey , Melissa Drexler pleads guilty to aggravated manslaughter for killing her baby moments after delivering him in the bathroom at her senior prom , and is sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. 1998 - Hurricane Mitch made Honduras . 2004 - The Arabic news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an except from a video of Osama bin Laden in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election .2004 - European heads of state signed in Rome the Treaty and Final Act establishing the first European Constitution .
Births 1017 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1046-56)1656 - Edmond Halley , English astronomer (according to the Julian calendar ) 1740 - James Boswell , biographer of Samuel Johnson (d. 1795 )1815 - Daniel Emmett , composer of Dixie 1891 - Fanny Brice , singer (d. 1951 )1897 - Joseph Goebbels , Nazi Minister of Propaganda (d. 1945 )1899 - Akim Tamiroff , actor (d. 1972 )1921 - Bill Mauldin , cartoonist 1923 - Carl Djerassi , chemist, inventor of the birth control pill 1925 - Dominick Dunne, author1926 - Jon Vickers , Canadian tenor1929 - Leon Redbone , musician1935 - Takahata Isao , Japanese director of animated movies1938 - Ralph Bakshi , cartoonist , film director, video producer1940 - Cornelius McGillicuddy III (Connie Mack ), U.S. Senator from Florida- 1989 -2001 1944 - Otto Wiesheu , Bavarian Minister1945 - Melba Moore, singer, actress1947 - Richard Dreyfuss , actor1948 - Kate Jackson , actress1956 - Wilfredo Gomez , three time world boxing champion1960 - Finola Hughes , British Actress1961 - Randy Jackson , American musician1971 - Winona Ryder , actress1973 - Gabrielle Union , actress1978 - Travis Henry , American football player1981 - Amanda Beard , Olympic swimmer1983 - Amit Paul, member of the A-Teens
Deaths 1138 - Bolesław III Krzywousty, [scheefmond], duke of Poland1268 - Frederick I, Margrave of Baden 1618 - Sir Walter Raleigh , explorer (executed)1783 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert , mathematician and encyclopædist1877 - Nathan Bedford Forrest , Confederate general and leader of the Ku Klux Klan 1901 - Leon Czolgosz , assassin1905 - Étienne Desmarteau , Canadian athlete1911 - Joseph Pulitzer , newspaper publisher and journalist 1919 - A. B. Simpson, founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance and Nyack College1949 - G. I. Gurdjieff , Greek-Armenian mystic and teacher of dancing1950 - King Gustav V of Sweden 1957 - Louis B. Mayer , film producer1963 - Adolphe Menjou , actor1971 - Duane Allman , musician1987 - Woody Herman , jazz musician (b. 1913 )1997 - Anton LaVey , founder, Church of Satan
Holidays October 28 - October 30 - November 29 - September 29 - more historical anniversaries
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Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : October (Monthly Overview) (1128 words)
October falls during the liturgical season known as Ordinary Time, which is represented by the liturgical color green. All the Gospels for the Sundays in October 2006 are taken from Cycle B, the Gospel of St. Mark. October 16 is known as "Pope Day" on which we celebrate the gift of the papacy and our current pope.
11 a side v Boards.ie, 29th October - Page 2 - Foot.ie (1114 words)
29th would be a lot better for me. I don't know exactly yet. Can do the 22nd, not sure about the 29th yet but will have a better idea later on in the week. I'd be able to play on the 29th but not the 22nd.
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