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This day in history
October 29
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2013
The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait. Marmaray →
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2012
Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history. Hurricane Sandy →
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2007
Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mogadishu. Dai Hong Dan incident →
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1999
About 10,000 people died when the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near Bhubaneswar. 1999 Odisha cyclone →
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1998
At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission. John Glenn →
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1991
Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of Gaspra. Galileo (spacecraft) →
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1986
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways. Margaret Thatcher →
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1960
A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.S., resulting in 22 deaths. Curtiss C-46 Commando →
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1956
The Suez Crisis began with Israel invading the Sinai Peninsula and pushing Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal. Suez Crisis →
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1956
Suez Crisis: The Israel Border Police massacred 48 Arab citizens in Kafr Qasim, among them women and children who were returning from work. Suez Crisis →
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1955
An explosion, likely caused by a World War II–era naval mine, capsized the Soviet ship Novorossiysk in the harbor of Sevastopol, with the loss of 608 men. Naval mine →
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1948
Arab–Israeli War: The Israel Defense Forces massacred at least 52 villagers while capturing the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf. 1948 Arab–Israeli War →