Associated Press
On Oct. 29, 1969, the Internet had its beginnings when the first host-to-host connection was made on the Arpanet – an experimental military computer network – between UCLA and the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, Calif.
1618- Sir Walter Raleigh, the English courtier, military adventurer and poet, was executed in London.
1682- The founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, landed at what is now Chester, Pa.
1891- Broadway star Fanny Brice was born Fanny Borach in Newark, N.J.
1901- President William McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz, was electrocuted.
1923- The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed.
1929- Stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out.
1940- The United States America began its first peacetime military draft.
1947- Frances Cleveland Preston, the widow of President Grover Cleveland, died at age 83.
1956- Israel invaded Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Canal crisis.
1956- “The Huntley-Brinkley Report” premiered as NBC’s nightly TV newscast.
1962- The Beach Boys’ debut album, “Surfin’ Safari,” was released.
1966- The National Organization for Women was founded.
1967- The musical “Hair” opened off-Broadway.
2004- Osama bin Laden, in a videotaped statement, directly admitted for the first time that he had ordered the Sept. 11 attacks.
2004- European Union leaders signed the EU’s first constitution.
Today’s Birthdays:
Actress Winona Ryder turns 44 years old today.
Connie Mack III, Former U.S. senator, R-Fla., 75
Denny Laine, Rock musician (Wings, Moody Blues), 71
Melba Moore, Singer, 70
Peter Green, Rock musician (Fleetwood Mac), 69
Richard Dreyfuss, Actor, 68
Kate Jackson, Actress (“Charlie’s Angels”), 67
Denis Potvin, Hockey Hall of Famer, 62
Dan Castellaneta, Actor (“The Simpsons”), 58
Randy Jackson, Singer (The Jackson Five), 54
Joely Fisher, Actress, 48
Brendan Fehr, Actor (“CSI: Miami”), 38
Chris Baio, Rock musician (Vampire Weekend), 31
Actress Gabrielle Union turns 42 years old today.