ON THIS DAY
What happened on October 29?
October 29 brings together the founding of the Turkish Republic, the Wall Street crash, the opening of the Suez War and the first ARPANET message.
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The Republic of Türkiye was proclaimed
The Grand National Assembly declared Türkiye a republic and elected Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as its first president.
Wall Street experienced Black Tuesday
Share prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid record trading and widespread panic.
Israel invaded Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
Israeli forces entered Sinai, beginning the military phase of the Suez Crisis after Egypt had nationalized the Suez Canal.
The first ARPANET host-to-host message was sent
A team at UCLA attempted to send the word “login” to a computer at Stanford Research Institute; the system delivered the first two letters before crashing.
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