History Oct. 29: Black Tuesday

 History Oct. 29

In 1901, President William McKinley's assassin executed.

In 1929, stock market crashes on Black Tuesday.

In 1956, Israel invades Egypt; Suez crisis begins. Israel invades Egypt; Suez Crisis begins | October 29, 1956 | HISTORY 

In 1969, at the 'Chicago Eight' trial, defendant Bobby Seale gagged. “Chicago Eight” defendant Bobby Seale gagged during his trial | October 29, 1969 | HISTORY

In 1971, guitarist Duane Allman dies in motorcycle accident.

In 1998, nearly four decades after becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, U.S. Sen. John Glenn is launched into space again as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery. At 77 years of age, Glenn was the oldest human ever to travel in space.