A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on October 29 throughout history.
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The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder, now broken into several pieces, on which is written an Achaemenid royal inscription in Akkadian cuneiform script in the name of the Persian king Cyrus...
Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the German Hohenstaufen dynasty of kings and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed with Frederick I, Margrave of Baden, by Charles I of Sicily
Battle of Mbwila [Ambuila]: Portuguese forces defeat the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitate King António I of Kongo, also known as Nvita a Nkanga
A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a major cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth.
China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years
NBC anchors Chet Huntley and David Brinkley first team up on "The Huntley–Brinkley Report"
Opera "Don Giovanni," with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, premieres at the Estates Theatre in Prague
Cassius Clay [Muhammad Ali], in his first professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker on points in 6 rounds in Louisville, Kentucky
Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople. This unifies the two branches of the House of Theodosius
Canadian-American comic-impressionist Rich Little (55) weds American comedian Jeannette Markey (28) at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 1997
"Jackass" member Chris Pontius (30) weds Claire Nolan in Malibu
Singer and actor Frank Sinatra (35) and 1st wife Nancy (Barbato) (33) divorce due to infidelity after 12 years of marriage
British conductor Leopold Stokowski (73) divorces third and final wife, American heiress Gloria Vanderbilt (31), after 10-1/2 years of marriage
Actress Sadie Frost (35) divorces actor Jude Law (30) after nearly six years of marriage [1]
First trial for witchcraft in Paris
Pope Innocent IX (Latin: Innocentius IX; Italian: Innocenzo IX; 20 July 1519 – 30 December 1591), born Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from...
England and the Netherlands sign the anti-French First Barrier Treaty ("Barrieretraktaat")
Severe earthquake in New England
Mount Hood in Oregon is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton, who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River
The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain...
First Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans
First steam-powered warship, "Demologos," is launched in New York for the US Navy
First US college fraternity to have a fraternity house is founded
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
International Committee of Red Cross forms as result Geneva held conference (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)
The Second National Assembly of the Hellenes took place in Athens (1863–1864) and dealt both with the election of a new sovereign as well as with the drafting of a new Constitution, thereby...
Mail packets "Rhone" and "Wye" capsize off St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
J. S. Risdon of Genoa, Illinois, patents the metal windmill
Judge was a weekly satirical magazine published in the United States from 1881 to 1947.
The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on Liberty Island in New York Harbor,...
Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia
The 1894 Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii was the fundamental law of the short-lived Republic of Hawaii before it was annexed by the United States.
In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine
First intercity trucking service (Colorado City and Snyder, Texas)
Nama chief Hendrik Witbooi fatally injured fighting for independence against German colonists near Vaalgras (modern Namibia) [1]
1st Israeli kibbutz Deganya Alef, is founded at Umm Juni, Ottoman Empire
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.
The Black Sea is a marginal sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.
German sailors refuse to obey orders to fight British naval forces and lead a revolt in the naval ports of Wilhelmshaven, beginning the German Revolution
Ed Barrow is appointed general manager of the New York Yankees
The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed in northern California and Oregon
Army move SPD/KPD-government to German part of Saxony
First Eastern Canada night Canadian footbal game: Oshawa vs. Toronto Balmy Beach
Lefty Grove is named the American League's MVP after winning 31 games for the Philadelphia Athletics
French liner Normandie is launched
Golden Gate International Exposition closes for the first time
Secretary of War Henry L Stimson draws the first number, #158, in the first peacetime military draft in US history
Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965) was an American baseball player, manager, sports executive, and team owner.
Stalag Luft III (German: Stammlager Luft III; literally "Main Camp, Air, III"; SL III) was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during the Second World War, which held captured Western Allied...
The Polish 1st Armoured Division (Polish 1 Dywizja Pancerna, Pierwsza Dywizja Pancerna) was an armoured division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II.
American entrepreneur Milton Reynolds launches his "Reynolds Rocket" ballpoint pen in the US, months after the Biros were already on sale in the US
The Benelux Union (Dutch: Benelux Unie; French: Union Benelux; German: Benelux-Union; Luxembourgish: Benelux-Unioun West Frisian: Benelúks Uny) or Benelux is a politico-economic union, alliance and...
Israeli forces liberate Meron and Gush-Halev
White Sox trade catcher Joe Tipton to the Philadelphia Athletics for second baseman Nellie Fox
The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and the head of His Majesty's Treasury.
The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee Brewers. A charter member of the American League (AL), the Brewers moved to St.
Belgium signs an accord for a 5-day work week (45 hours)
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
"Meet the Beatles" booklet is published
Australian Bobby Simpson completes a cricket century in each innings against Pakistan
My Generation is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Who, released on 3 December 1965 by Brunswick Records in the United Kingdom, and Festival Records in Australia.
NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on the Moon at 6.7°N 162°E
Danny Abramowicz begins an NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan, USSR
The Electoral Reform Society calls for the introduction of Proportional Representation (PR) in elections in Northern Ireland
The History of the Cleveland Browns American football team began in 1944 when taxi-cab magnate Arthur B.
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) is a United States law (codified at 15 U.S.C.
Peter William Sutcliffe (2 June 1946 – 13 November 2020), also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others...
Texas' Russell Erideben kicks his third 60-yard field goal of the season
Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and manager, who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the...
John Zachary DeLorean ( də-LOR-ee-ən; January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry.
,000 Dutch demonstrate against cruise missiles
NY Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30)
Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multiparty election in Liberia
2,000 US anti-abortion protesters are arrested for blocking clinics
The Lexington Avenue–63rd Street station (formerly Lexington Avenue) is a New York City Subway local station in Lenox Hill, Manhattan, shared by the IND and BMT 63rd Street Lines.
30 die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
American commercial fishing vessel (F/V) "Andrea Gail" and crew of six are lost at sea near Sable Island in North Atlantic Ocean; story becomes basis for the book and film "The Perfect Storm"
Ace of Base are a Swedish pop group formed in 1987, originally consisting of siblings Jonas, Linn, and Jenny Berggren, with Ulf Ekberg. They achieved worldwide success following the release of their...
Antonov AN-12A crashes short of runway at Ust-Ilimsk Airport (Irkutsk, Russia), possibly due to icing; all 23 on board killed
Price of the Sunday NY News increases from $1 to $1.25
Iraq's Revolution Command Council announces that it will no longer allow US citizens and US aircraft to serve with UN arms inspection teams
STS-95 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 October 1998, using the orbiter Discovery.
Deadliest Indian Ocean tropical super cyclone hits Odisha, India, with wind speeds of 260 km/h (160 mph), killing 9,885
ExxonMobil announces that a consortium it leads will spend $4 billion over 5 years to develop large offshore oil and natural gas fields in Russia's far eastern Sakhalin region
In the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime, the Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, a fire destroys a luxurious department store with 1,500 people shopping, killing over 60 people and resulting in over 100 people missing
Islamic terrorists set off three bombs in Delhi, killing 62 people and injuring hundreds
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner is an Argentine lawyer, politician who served as the 56th President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, and later as the 37th Vice President of Argentina under...
Record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours
Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in New Jersey results in 110 deaths and $50 billion in damage and forces the New York stock exchange to close
1.5 million people are without power in California as utility company turns power off to try to avoid sparking more wildfires
Former leader Jeremy Corbyn is suspended from the British Labour Party after saying a report into antisemitism in the party was "overstated"
On 29 October 2022, at approximately 22:20, a crowd surge occurred during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea, resulting in 159 deaths and 196 injuries.
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
Extreme flash flooding in Spain's southeastern Valencia region, caused by a year's worth of rain in eight hours, leads to at least 222 deaths [1]
American computer chip maker Nvidia becomes the world’s first company to reach a $5 trillion market value [1]
Yahya Sinwar, Palestinian palestinian militant and politician, known for palestinian militant and politician, was born on 1962-10-29.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is born
Fanny Brice, American actress, singer, and comedian, known for american actress, singer, and comedian, was born on 1891-10-29.
Richard Dreyfuss, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1948-10-29. Richard Stephen Dreyfuss ( DRY-fəs; né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor.
Kate Jackson, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1949-10-29.
Winona Ryder, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1972-10-29.
Frank Sedgman, Australian athlete, known for australian tennis player, was born on 1928-10-29. Francis Arthur Sedgman is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player.
Denis Potvin, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1954-10-29.
Mike Gartner, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1960-10-29.
Abraham Kuyper, Dutch prime minister and theologian, known for dutch prime minister and theologian, was born on 1837-10-29.
Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist, known for french mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist,…
George McClellan, American major general, known for american major general, died on 1885-10-29.
Frances Hodgson Burnett, American british-american novelist, known for british-american novelist, died on 1924-10-29.
Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople. This unifies the two branches of the House of Theodosius
The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder, now broken into several pieces, on which is written an Achaemenid royal inscription in Akkadian cuneiform script in the name of the Persian king Cyrus...
Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the German Hohenstaufen dynasty of kings and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed with Frederick I, Margrave of Baden, by Charles I of Sicily
First trial for witchcraft in Paris
Pope Innocent IX (Latin: Innocentius IX; Italian: Innocenzo IX; 20 July 1519 – 30 December 1591), born Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from...
Battle of Mbwila [Ambuila]: Portuguese forces defeat the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitate King António I of Kongo, also known as Nvita a Nkanga
England and the Netherlands sign the anti-French First Barrier Treaty ("Barrieretraktaat")
Severe earthquake in New England
Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist, known for french mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist,…
Opera "Don Giovanni," with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, premieres at the Estates Theatre in Prague
Mount Hood in Oregon is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton, who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River
The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain...
First Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans
First steam-powered warship, "Demologos," is launched in New York for the US Navy
First US college fraternity to have a fraternity house is founded
Abraham Kuyper, Dutch prime minister and theologian, known for dutch prime minister and theologian, was born on 1837-10-29.
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
International Committee of Red Cross forms as result Geneva held conference (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)
The Second National Assembly of the Hellenes took place in Athens (1863–1864) and dealt both with the election of a new sovereign as well as with the drafting of a new Constitution, thereby...
Mail packets "Rhone" and "Wye" capsize off St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
J. S. Risdon of Genoa, Illinois, patents the metal windmill
Judge was a weekly satirical magazine published in the United States from 1881 to 1947.
George McClellan, American major general, known for american major general, died on 1885-10-29.
The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on Liberty Island in New York Harbor,...
Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia
Fanny Brice, American actress, singer, and comedian, known for american actress, singer, and comedian, was born on 1891-10-29.
The 1894 Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii was the fundamental law of the short-lived Republic of Hawaii before it was annexed by the United States.
In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine
First intercity trucking service (Colorado City and Snyder, Texas)
Nama chief Hendrik Witbooi fatally injured fighting for independence against German colonists near Vaalgras (modern Namibia) [1]
1st Israeli kibbutz Deganya Alef, is founded at Umm Juni, Ottoman Empire
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.
The Black Sea is a marginal sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.
German sailors refuse to obey orders to fight British naval forces and lead a revolt in the naval ports of Wilhelmshaven, beginning the German Revolution
Ed Barrow is appointed general manager of the New York Yankees
The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed in northern California and Oregon
Army move SPD/KPD-government to German part of Saxony
Frances Hodgson Burnett, American british-american novelist, known for british-american novelist, died on 1924-10-29.
Frank Sedgman, Australian athlete, known for australian tennis player, was born on 1928-10-29. Francis Arthur Sedgman is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player.
A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a major cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth.
First Eastern Canada night Canadian footbal game: Oshawa vs. Toronto Balmy Beach
Lefty Grove is named the American League's MVP after winning 31 games for the Philadelphia Athletics
French liner Normandie is launched
Golden Gate International Exposition closes for the first time
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is born
Secretary of War Henry L Stimson draws the first number, #158, in the first peacetime military draft in US history
Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965) was an American baseball player, manager, sports executive, and team owner.
Stalag Luft III (German: Stammlager Luft III; literally "Main Camp, Air, III"; SL III) was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during the Second World War, which held captured Western Allied...
The Polish 1st Armoured Division (Polish 1 Dywizja Pancerna, Pierwsza Dywizja Pancerna) was an armoured division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II.
American entrepreneur Milton Reynolds launches his "Reynolds Rocket" ballpoint pen in the US, months after the Biros were already on sale in the US
The Benelux Union (Dutch: Benelux Unie; French: Union Benelux; German: Benelux-Union; Luxembourgish: Benelux-Unioun West Frisian: Benelúks Uny) or Benelux is a politico-economic union, alliance and...
Israeli forces liberate Meron and Gush-Halev
Richard Dreyfuss, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1948-10-29. Richard Stephen Dreyfuss ( DRY-fəs; né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor.
White Sox trade catcher Joe Tipton to the Philadelphia Athletics for second baseman Nellie Fox
Kate Jackson, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1949-10-29.
The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and the head of His Majesty's Treasury.
Singer and actor Frank Sinatra (35) and 1st wife Nancy (Barbato) (33) divorce due to infidelity after 12 years of marriage
The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee Brewers. A charter member of the American League (AL), the Brewers moved to St.
Denis Potvin, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1954-10-29.
British conductor Leopold Stokowski (73) divorces third and final wife, American heiress Gloria Vanderbilt (31), after 10-1/2 years of marriage
Belgium signs an accord for a 5-day work week (45 hours)
NBC anchors Chet Huntley and David Brinkley first team up on "The Huntley–Brinkley Report"
Cassius Clay [Muhammad Ali], in his first professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker on points in 6 rounds in Louisville, Kentucky
Mike Gartner, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1960-10-29.
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
Yahya Sinwar, Palestinian palestinian militant and politician, known for palestinian militant and politician, was born on 1962-10-29.
"Meet the Beatles" booklet is published
Australian Bobby Simpson completes a cricket century in each innings against Pakistan
My Generation is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Who, released on 3 December 1965 by Brunswick Records in the United Kingdom, and Festival Records in Australia.
NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on the Moon at 6.7°N 162°E
Danny Abramowicz begins an NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan, USSR
The Electoral Reform Society calls for the introduction of Proportional Representation (PR) in elections in Northern Ireland
The History of the Cleveland Browns American football team began in 1944 when taxi-cab magnate Arthur B.
Winona Ryder, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1972-10-29.
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) is a United States law (codified at 15 U.S.C.
Peter William Sutcliffe (2 June 1946 – 13 November 2020), also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others...
Texas' Russell Erideben kicks his third 60-yard field goal of the season
Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and manager, who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the...
John Zachary DeLorean ( də-LOR-ee-ən; January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry.
,000 Dutch demonstrate against cruise missiles
NY Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30)
Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multiparty election in Liberia
2,000 US anti-abortion protesters are arrested for blocking clinics
The Lexington Avenue–63rd Street station (formerly Lexington Avenue) is a New York City Subway local station in Lenox Hill, Manhattan, shared by the IND and BMT 63rd Street Lines.
30 die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
American commercial fishing vessel (F/V) "Andrea Gail" and crew of six are lost at sea near Sable Island in North Atlantic Ocean; story becomes basis for the book and film "The Perfect Storm"
Ace of Base are a Swedish pop group formed in 1987, originally consisting of siblings Jonas, Linn, and Jenny Berggren, with Ulf Ekberg. They achieved worldwide success following the release of their...
Canadian-American comic-impressionist Rich Little (55) weds American comedian Jeannette Markey (28) at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 1997
Antonov AN-12A crashes short of runway at Ust-Ilimsk Airport (Irkutsk, Russia), possibly due to icing; all 23 on board killed
Price of the Sunday NY News increases from $1 to $1.25
Iraq's Revolution Command Council announces that it will no longer allow US citizens and US aircraft to serve with UN arms inspection teams
STS-95 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 October 1998, using the orbiter Discovery.
Deadliest Indian Ocean tropical super cyclone hits Odisha, India, with wind speeds of 260 km/h (160 mph), killing 9,885
ExxonMobil announces that a consortium it leads will spend $4 billion over 5 years to develop large offshore oil and natural gas fields in Russia's far eastern Sakhalin region
In the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime, the Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, a fire destroys a luxurious department store with 1,500 people shopping, killing over 60 people and resulting in over 100 people missing
Actress Sadie Frost (35) divorces actor Jude Law (30) after nearly six years of marriage [1]
"Jackass" member Chris Pontius (30) weds Claire Nolan in Malibu
Islamic terrorists set off three bombs in Delhi, killing 62 people and injuring hundreds
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner is an Argentine lawyer, politician who served as the 56th President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, and later as the 37th Vice President of Argentina under...
Record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours
Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in New Jersey results in 110 deaths and $50 billion in damage and forces the New York stock exchange to close
China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years
1.5 million people are without power in California as utility company turns power off to try to avoid sparking more wildfires
Former leader Jeremy Corbyn is suspended from the British Labour Party after saying a report into antisemitism in the party was "overstated"
On 29 October 2022, at approximately 22:20, a crowd surge occurred during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea, resulting in 159 deaths and 196 injuries.
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
Extreme flash flooding in Spain's southeastern Valencia region, caused by a year's worth of rain in eight hours, leads to at least 222 deaths [1]
American computer chip maker Nvidia becomes the world’s first company to reach a $5 trillion market value [1]