On Friday, October 29th, the book of history records, among other things:
1591: With Spanish support, Cardinal Gian Antonio Facchinetti is elected Pope to succeed Gregory XIV. He takes the name Innocent IX. at. His pontificate only lasts two months.
1956: Start of the Suez War: Surprising Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip and the Suez Canal Zone.
1956: Tangier, an international zone since October 11, 1945, is annexed to the Kingdom of Morocco.
1961: The Soviet Union detonates its largest nuclear weapon to date, a 60-megaton bomb, in the atmosphere on Novaya Zemlya.
1976: SED leader Erich Honecker becomes Chairman of the Council of State and thus head of state of the GDR.
1986: In Vienna, the rebuilt and renovated Prater Stadium opens with the Austria-Germany (4: 1) football match. From 1992 it is called “Ernst Happel Stadium”.
1996: The two-day “Mauerbach Benefit Auction” begins at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, at which abandoned cultural goods that were stolen by the Nazis and whose owners could no longer be determined are auctioned on behalf of the Austrian Jewish Community. The proceeds of more than 155 million schillings will benefit people in need who were persecuted by the Nazi regime and their descendants.
2001: In the United States, a 51-year-old from New Jersey fell ill with skin anthrax. In contrast to the previous victims, she does not work for the post office, the media or government agencies.
2006: In a runoff election, the Brazilians confirm President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in office – despite allegations of corruption against his left-wing Labor Party.
2006: The Frenchman Sébastien Loeb has been confirmed as rally world champion for the third time in a row. – The US-American Nicky Hayden finished third at the season finale in Valencia for the first time as motorcycle world champion in the premier MotoGP class.
Birthdays: Martin Gusinde, east. Ethnologist, anthropologist and cath. Theologian; “Divine Word Missionary” (1886-1969); Claire Goll, German-French Writer (1891-1977); Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish politician (1926-2011); Jon Vickers, Canada. Tenor (1926-2015); Thomas Reiner, German actor (1926); Peter Breuer, German dancer (1946); Kai-Uwe Ricke, German manager (1961); Winona Ryder, US film actress (1971).
Days of Death: Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American Journ./Verleger (1847-1911); Richard Seewald, German-Swiss. Painter / author (1889-1976); Mario Scelba, Italian politician (1901-1991); Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt, German politician (1901-1986); Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize 1948 (1902-1971).
Name days: Hermelindis, Narziss, Ferrutius, Engelhard, Elfriede, Melinda, Linde, Abraham, Ingold, Margarete.