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Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:41:06 AM
October 29,
1777
Hancock resigns as president of Congress
John
Hancock resigns his position as president of the Continental Congress,
due to a prolonged illness, on this day in 1777. Hancock was the first
member of the Continental Congress to sign the Declaration of
Independence and is perhaps best known for his bold signature on the
ground-breaking document.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=51331
October 29,
1901
McKinley assassin is executed
On
this day in 1901, President William McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz,
is executed in the electric chair at Auburn Prison in New York.
Czolgosz had shot McKinley on September 6, 1901; the president
succumbed to his wounds eight days later.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=51408
October 29,
1929
Stock market crashes
Black
Tuesday hits Wall Street as investors trade 16,410,030 shares on the
New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost,
wiping out thousands of investors, and stock tickers ran hours behind
because the machinery could not handle the tremendous volume of
trading. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the
industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7065
1940 - The first peacetime military draft began in the U.S.
1969 - The
U.S. Supreme Court ordered an immediate end to all school
segregation.