The Cessna DC-6 earned certification on October 29, 1929, sharing this day in history with the stock market crash of 1929.

However, his rule was short lived and, on 17 October 1929, Habibullah Kalakani was overthrown and replaced by King Nadir Khan.

In October 1929, Hawks and Shearer had their first child, David Hawks.

* Everyday Mechanics — from 1929 ; changed to Everyday Science and Mechanics as of October 1931 issue

Herbert Clark Hoover ( August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964 ) was the 31st President of the United States ( 1929 – 1933 ).

Nadir Shah assumed the throne after the execution of Habibullah Ghazi on 10 October 1929.

" in a letter to Eduard Büsching ( 25 October 1929 ) after Büsching sent Einstein a copy of his book Es gibt keinen Gott.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Nadir and his brothers finally raised a sufficiently large force — mostly from the British side of the Durand Line — to take Kabul on October 10, 1929.

The limestone fountain was dedicated October 21, 1929, the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the lightbulb.

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; born October 21, 1929 ) is an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction.

Other films shot in widescreen were the musical Happy Days ( 1929 ) which premiered at the Roxy Theater, New York City, on February 13, 1930, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell and a 12 year old Betty Grable as a chorus girl ; Song o ’ My Heart, a musical feature starring Irish tenor John McCormack and directed by Frank Borzage ( Seventh Heaven, A Farewell to Arms ), which was shipped from the labs on March 17, 1930, but never released and may no longer survive, according to film historian Miles Kreuger ( the 35mm version, however, debuted in New York on March 11, 1930 ); and the western The Big Trail ( 1930 ) starring John Wayne and Tyrone Power, Sr. which premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on October 2, 1930, all of which were also made in the 70mm Fox Grandeur process.

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which before 3 October 1929 was known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was established on 1 December 1918 by the union of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and the Kingdom of Serbia ( the Kingdom of Montenegro was annexed on 13 November 1918, and the Conference of Ambassadors in Paris gave international recognition to the union on 13 July 1922 ).

The devastating Wall Street Crash in October 1929 drew a line under the prosperous 1920s.

* Economic boom ended by " Black Tuesday " ( October 29, 1929 ); the stock market crashes, leading to the Great Depression.

The market actually began to drop on Thursday October 24, 1929 and the fall continued until the huge crash on Tuesday October 29, 1929.

* October 22 – Raymond Hitchcock, American actor ( d. 1929 )

In October 1929, the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overturned a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada that women could not be members of the legislature.

* October 24 – October 29 – Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $ 30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange ( 10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government ).

* October 3 – Henry Lerolle, French painter ( d. 1929 )

* October 30 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor ( d. 1929 )

The wedding was celebrated at Torgau, the palace of the Queen of Poland, on 14 October 1711.

In Poland, Arbor Day is celebrated on October 10.

The stand on Stevenage Road celebrated its centenary in the 2005 – 2006 season and, following the death of Fulham FC's favourite son, former England captain Johnny Haynes, in a car accident in October 2005 the Stevenage Road Stand was renamed the Johnny Haynes Stand after the club sought the opinions of Fulham supporters.

His birthday is celebrated on 28 October.

In October 1774, he was attending the celebrated foundation-school at Pforta near Naumburg.

The Day of German Unity () is the national day of Germany, celebrated on 3 October as a public holiday.

In East Germany, the Founding Day in 1949 would be celebrated on 7 October as Day of the Republic, until the 40th anniversary in 1989.

Instead of October 3, the National Reunification should be celebrated on the first Sunday of October.

The " liberation " of Libya was celebrated on 23 October 2011.

Her feast day is celebrated on the Roman Catholic calendar of saints on 16 October.

* Diwali is celebrated on the new moon day of Kartik, usually in late October or early November on the Gregorian calendar.

Digweed celebrated 10 years of his Bedrock club night at Matter, London on 10 October 2008 with a near on 10-hour set.

The event was then celebrated annually in late October as either Labour Day or Eight-Hour Demonstration Day.

In February 2011, the UK Parliament was reported to be considering scrapping the bank holiday associated with May Day, replacing it with a bank holiday in October, possibly co-inciding with Trafalgar Day ( celebrated on 21 October ), to create a " United Kingdom Day ".

Mary's marriage to Sigismund was celebrated in October, but it was too late.

Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists on October 23, between 6: 02 AM and 6: 02 PM, making the date 6: 02 10 / 23 in the American style of writing dates.

In Sweden the All Saints ' official holiday ( Alla helgons dag, not to be confused with Allhelgonadagen celebrated on November 1 ) takes place on the first Saturday of November ( eventually October 31 if a Saturday ).

* The Gujarati New Year is celebrated the day after the festival of Diwali ( which occurs in mid-fall – either October or November, depending on the Lunar calendar ).

* The now deceased Murador Aboriginal tribe of Western Australia celebrated New Years on what is known on present day calendars to be the 30 October.

* Earliest day on which Nevada Day can fall, while October 31 is the latest ; celebrated on last Friday in October.

* Earliest day on which World Habitat Day can fall, while October 7 is the latest ; celebrated on the first Monday of October.