TODAY IN HISTORY
Herman died in Los Angeles at age 74.
In 1998, Sen. John Glenn, at age 77, roared back into space aboard the shuttle Discovery, retracing the trail he’d blazed for America’s astronauts 36 years earlier.
In 2004, four days before Election Day in the U.S., Osama bin Laden, in a videotaped statement, directly admitted for the first time that he’d ordered the September 11 attacks.
In 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, In 2005, mourners slowly the English courtier, milifiled past the body of civil tary adventurer and poet, rights icon Rosa Parks in was executed in London for Montgomery, Alabama, just treason. miles from the downtown
In 1787, the opera “Don street where she’d made hisGiovanni” by Wolfgang Ama- tory by refusing to give up deus Mozart had its world her seat on a city bus to a premiere in Prague. white man.
In 1891, actor, comedian In 2018, a new-generaand singer Fanny Brice was tion Boeing jet operated by born in New York. the Indonesian budget air
In 1940, a blindfolded line Lion Air crashed in the Secretary of War Henry L. Java Sea minutes after takeoff Stimson drew the first numfrom Jakarta, killing all 189 ber — 158 — from a glass bowl people on board; it was the in America’s first peacetime first of two deadly crashes military draft. involving the 737 Max, caus
In 1956, during the Suez ing the plane to be grounded Canal crisis, Israel invaded around the world for nearly Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. “The two years as Boeing worked Huntley-Brinkley Report” on software changes to a premiered as NBC’s nightly flight-control system. television newscast. Ten years ago: Super
In 1960, a chartered storm Sandy slammed ashore plane carrying the Califor- in New Jersey and slowly nia Polytechnic State Univermarched inland, devastatsity football team crashed on ing coastal communities and takeoff from Toledo, Ohio, causing widespread power killing 22 of the 48 people outages; the storm and its on board. aftermath were blamed for
In 1987, following the con- at least 182 deaths in the U.S. firmation defeat of Robert Five years ago: All but H. Bork to serve on the U.S. 10 members of the Houston Supreme Court, President Texans took a knee during Ronald Reagan announced the national anthem, reacthis choice of Douglas H. Gins- ing to a remark from team burg, a nomination that fell owner Bob McNair to other apart over revelations of NFL owners that “we can’t Ginsburg’s previous mari- have the inmates running juana use. Jazz great Woody the prison.”
Today is
There are 63 days left in the year.
29. Saturday, Oct. Today’s highlight:
On Oct. 29, 1929, “Black Tuesday” descended upon the New York Stock Exchange. Prices collapsed amid panic selling and thou- sands of investors were wiped out as America’s “Great Depression” began.