77 and Weightless: John Glenn Returns to Space
On October 29, 1998, 77-year-old John Glenn rode the shuttle Discovery back into orbit, 36 years after he became the first American to circle the Earth.
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Black Tuesday: The Day the Roaring Twenties Ended
On October 29, 1929, more than 16.4 million shares changed hands in a single panicked day, and the stock market collapse known as Black Tuesday lit the fuse of the Great Depression.
A Republic from an Empire's Ashes: Turkey Is Born
On October 29, 1923, Turkey's parliament proclaimed a republic with Mustafa Kemal as its first president, closing six centuries of Ottoman rule.