Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 29
- 1787 - Mozart's opera Don Giovanni received its first performance in Prague.
- 1886 - New York City office workers spontaneously "invented" the ticker-tape parade.
- 1923 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk became the first President of the Republic of Turkey, a new nation founded from remnants of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1956 - The Suez Crisis began: Israel invaded the Sinai Peninsula and pushed Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
- 1998 - The Truth and Reconciliation Commission presented its report on Apartheid in South Africa.
Recent days: October 28 - October 27 - October 26