- 1652] The birth of the Bay State: The Massachusetts Bay Colony proclaims itself an independent commonwealth. Knowing this wouldn't work on a T-shirt, the founding fathers rename it Massachusetts...
- 1929] Cur-rash: "Black Tuesday" ushers in 'The Great Depression' as banks and stocks go belly up...
- 1940] Brrrrrrr there's a draft in here: The first peacetime military draft begins in the U.S...
- 1956] Premiered on this date: Chet Huntley (from New York) & David Brinkley (Washington) debut on the "Huntley-Brinkley Report" which begins a 15-year run...1967] "Hair" opens on Broadway...
- 1964] Natural History heist: Thieves make off with the Star of India and other gems from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Tom Cruise is arrested immediately...
- 1966] NOW and then: The National Organization for Women is founded...
- 1971] "Happy Trails": Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle crash in Macon (GA) at 24...
- 1998] Deja Vu all over again: The space shuttle Discovery blasts off with 77-year old John Glenn. In 1962 he was the first American astronaut to orbit...
- 2004] Osama sighting: Osama bin Laden in a videotaped statement, directly admits for the first time, ordering the September 11 attacks. He tells America "the best way to avoid another Manhattan" is to stop threatening Muslims' security"...
- 2008] Fightin' Phillies Phantastic Phinish: The Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series 4 games to 1, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in Game 5...For more on October 29:
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