This Day in History Oct. 29

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Oct. 29

1863 Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross
1904 1st intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas)
1921 The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed
1929 The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression
1945 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it was patented

Birthdays:

1884 Bela Lugosi horror actor

Deaths:

1618 Sir Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey

Thought for the day:

" Faith will not die while seed catalogs are printed. "
 

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