Welcome to Today In History for Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
On this day in history...
- 0439 - Vandalen under Genseric occupy Carthago
- 1508 - Gelderse troops occupies Kuinre
- 1552 - Czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle
- 1591 - Giovanni A Facchinetti elected as Pope Innocentius IX
- 1682 - William Penn lands at what is now Chester Pennsylvania
- 1709 - England/Netherlands sign anti-French "Barriretraktaat"
- 1727 - Severe earthquake in New England
- 1787 - Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)
- 1794 - French troops occupies Venlo
- 1811 - 1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans
- 1814 - "Demologos," 1st steam-powered warship, is launched
- 1833 - 1st US college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded
- 1863 - Intl Comm of Red Cross forms (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)
- 1864 - Greek parliament accept new Constitution
- 1867 - Mail packets "Rhone" & "Wye" capsizes off St Thomas Virgin Islands
- 1872 - J S Risdon patents metal windmill
- 1888 - Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company
- 1889 - NY Giants (NL) beat Bkln (AA) in world series 6 games to 3
- 1889 - Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia
- 1889 - Stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, BC
- 1894 - 1st election of Hawaiian Republic
- 1904 - 1st intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas)
- 1904 - IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway (NYC) opens
- 1905 - Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured
- 1910 - Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game
- 1914 - Russia declares war on Turkey
- 1914 - Turkish warships storm Black Sea
- 1915 - Aristide Briand becomes premier of France
- 1915 - Thomas Masaryk claims independence for Czechoslovakia
- 1920 - Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees
- 1923 - "Runnin' Wild" (introducing Charleston) opens on Broadway
- 1923 - Army move SPD/KPD-govt to German part of Saxon
- 1923 - Gibbs/Grey/Wood's revue "Runnin' Wild," premieres in NYC
- 1923 - Textile strike in Enschede Neth, against lower wages, begins
- 1923 - Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire)
- 1924 - "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater
- 1924 - Labour loses British parliamentary election
- 1929 - "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression"
- 1930 - 1st Eastern Canada night CF game: Oshawa vs Toronto Balmy Beach
- 1931 - Lefty Grove, A's pitcher who won 31 games, is named the AL's MVP
- 1932 - French liner Normandie is launched
- 1939 - Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure)
- 1939 - NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3
- 1940 - Sec of War Henry L Stimson drew 1st number-158-in 1st peacetime military draft in US history
- 1941 - Cole Porters musical "Let's Face It," premieres in NYC
- 1942 - 16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia
- 1942 - 7th day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault
- 1942 - Alaska highway completed
- 1942 - Branch Rickey named president/GM of Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1942 - Nazi's murder 16,000 Jewish in Pinsk, Soviet Union
- 1943 - 3 allied officers escape out camp Stalag Luft 3
- 1944 - 1st Polish Armoured Division liberates Breda Neth
- 1944 - Breda freed
- 1944 - Cabadese 2nd Infantry division frees Goes South-Beveland
- 1945 - 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented
- 1945 - Happy Chandler, resigns as US Senator, remains as baseball commish
- 1947 - Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherland form Benelux Union
- 1947 - Trial of art forger Han of Meegeren begins in Amsterdam
- 1948 - Israeli forces liberate Meron & Gush-Halev
- 1949 - White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox
- 1950 - British minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns
- 1950 - Wally Triplett avgs 735 yards on 3 kickoff returns
- 1950 - Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7
- 1953 - A Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns
- 1954 - Colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brothership
- 1954 - Sweden begins experimental TV
- 1955 - Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours)
- 1955 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 15 mile (1:14:01) & 25,000m (1:16:36)
- 1956 - Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up
- 1956 - International zone of Tangier returns to Morocco
- 1956 - Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran
- 1957 - Hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)
- 1958 - Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature
- 1958 - Dr F Mason Sones is 1st doctor to perform a coronary angiogram
- 1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1959 - 10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced
- 1960 - Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) 1st professional fight
- 1960 - Chartered C46 carrying Cal State's football team crashes, kills 16
- 1960 - Muhammad Ali's 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6
- 1961 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1963 - "Meet the Beatles" booklet is published
- 1964 - Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings v Pakistan
- 1964 - Karmi'el founded in Galilee
- 1964 - Star of India & other jewels are stolen in NY
- 1964 - Town of Karmiel founded in Galilee
- 1964 - United Rep of Tanganyika & Zanzibar renamed United Rep of Tanzania
- 1965 - US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
- 1966 - Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on moon: 6.7øN 162øE
- 1966 - National Organization of Women founded
- 1967 - Danny Abramowicz begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
- 1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open
- 1967 - MacDermot, Ragni & Rado's musical "Hair," premieres in NYC
- 1968 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
- 1969 - Supreme Court orders end to all school desegregation "at once"
- 1969 - Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award
- 1969 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1969 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
- 1970 - WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, GA (NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1972 - Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal
- 1972 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
- 1974 - Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application
- 1975 - Boston's Fred Lynn is the overwhelming choice as AL Rookie of Year
- 1975 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- 1975 - Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffer kills 1st victim
- 1977 - "Act" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 233 performances
- 1977 - Texas' Russell Erideben kicks his 3rd 60 yard field goal of the season
- 1977 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- 1979 - Billy Martin fired as Yankee manager (2nd time)
- 1979 - Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
- 1981 - Bill Giles becomes CEO of Phila Phillies
- 1982 - Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted
- 1982 - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "Girl is Mine"
- 1983 - 550,000 Dutch demonstrate against cruise missile
- 1983 - Notre Dame's Gil Fenerty rushes for 337 yards & 6 touchdowns
- 1984 - Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) & Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win NY Marathon
- 1985 - Cards' Joaquin Andujar suspended for 10 games for bumping an ump
- 1986 - Kirk Muller scores NJ Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6
- 1986 - Padres pitcher LaMarr Hoyt is arrested at US-Mexico border for drugs
- 1986 - West Indies all out for 53 v Pakistan (Abdul Qadir 6-16)
- 1987 - "Don't Get God Started" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 86 perfs
- 1987 - Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title
- 1988 - 2,000 US anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics
- 1988 - China announces a herbal male contraceptive
- 1988 - Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi
- 1988 - Soviets 1st scheduled shuttle launch (postponed)
- 1989 - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Nichirei Golf International
- 1989 - NYC MTA opens 63rd street extension to subway
- 1989 - Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions
- 1990 - 30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria
- 1991 - Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as NY Yankee manager
- 1993 - Dow Jones index reaches record 3687.86
- 1994 - Antonov AN-12 having an accident at Ust-Ilimsk Kaluga, 21 killed
- 1994 - NY Lotto pays $60 million+
- 1994 - National Museum of American Indian opens (NYC)
- 1995 - "Fool Moon" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC
- 1995 - Sunday NY News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25
- 1995 - US beats Japan, 19-17, at Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament