Effemeride del 29 Ottobre

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1787 : First performance of Don Giovanni On October 29, 1787, Mozart's opera Don Giovanni was played for the first time in the Prague Italian opera, Teatro di Praga (now the Estates Theatre).
1929 : Black Tuesday hits Wall Street On October 29, 1929, after several days of panic, the crash of this Black Tuesday was even more important, the actions slumped into their lowest value and the market collapsed completely. After that day, the shares could only go up but the economy collpased and between 1929 and 1933, half of the banks failed.
1956 : Israel invaded Egypt On October 29, 1956, Israel, joined by the United Kingdom and France, invaded Egypt. The Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser had decided the nationalization of the Suez Canal in July 1956 in order to finance the Aswan Dam. The Soviet Union threatened to come to Egypt to support Nasser. Eisenhower asked the Russians not to intervene and put pressure on the three aggressor countries to withdraw their troops, which is what they did in late 1956, early 1957.
1960 : Cassius Clay beats the police chief of Fayetteville On October 29, 1960, in Louisville, Kentucky, boxer Cassius Clay, later to become Muhammad Ali, won his first fight as a professional against Tunney Hunsaker, police chief of Fayetteville, West Virginia.
1999 : Orissa cyclone hit India and Myanmar On 29 October 1999, the Orissa cyclone struck India and Myanmar with winds over 250k /h. 15,000 people were killed.

Republic Day in Turkey October 29 is the Republic Day in Turkey or Cumhuriyet Bayramı. We celebrate the Republic which was created in 1923 at the end of the Ottoman Empire. This is a legal holiday and fireworks are fired throughout the country.
World Psoriasis Day October 29 is World Psoriasis Day. On this day, patients' associations try to raise awareness of this skin disease that affects 125 million people worldwide.

Muhammad Ali
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

Antonio Luna, Generale rivoluzionario filippino (1866)
Abram Ioffe, Fisico russo (1880)
Jean Giraudoux, Scrittore francese (1882)
Joseph Goebbels, Ministro della Propaganda della Germania nazista (1897)
Akim Tamiroff, Attore russo (1899)
Edwige Feuillère, Attrice francese (1907)
Eddie Constantine, Cantante e attore francese (1917)
Baruj Benacerraf, Immunologo venezuelano americano, Premio Nobel per la Fisiologia e Medicina (1920)
Yevgeny Primakov, Politico russo (1929)
Niki de Saint Phalle, Pittrice e scultrice francese (1930)
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Presidente della Liberia (1938)
Don Simpson, Produttore americano (1943)
Peter Green, Musicista inglese (Fleetwood Mac) (1946)
Richard Dreyfuss, Attore americano (1947)
Coline Serreau, Regista francese (1947)
Kate Jackson, Attrice americana (1948)
Abdullah Gül, 11° Presidente della Repubblica di Turchia (1950)
Roger O'Donnell, Musicista inglese (The Cure) (1955)
Christophe Alévêque, Comico francese (1963)
Rufus Sewell, Attore inglese (1967)
Winona Ryder, Attrice americana (1971)
Gabrielle Union, Attrice americana (1972)
Robert Pirès, Calciatore francese (1973)
Brendan Fehr, Attore canadese (1977)
Andrew-Lee Potts, Attore inglese (1979)
Ben Foster , Attore americano (1980)
Amanda Beard, Nuotatrice americana (1981)
Reemma Sen, Attrice indiana (1981)
Jessica Dubé, Pattinatrice canadese (1987)

Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Matematico francese (1783)
Maria Anna Mozart, Musicista austriaca (1829)
Joseph Pulitzer, Editore di giornale americano (1911)
Albert Calmette, Medico francese (1933)
Adolphe Menjou, Attore americano (1963)
Arne Tiselius, Biochimico svedese, premio Nobel per la Chimica (1971)
Georges Brassens, Cantante francese (1981)
Michel Regnier (Greg), Vignettista francese e belgo (Achille Talon, Bernard Prince) (1999)
Takeshi Shudo, Creatore di Pokemon (2010)

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