Cover of Dark Side of the Moon
OCTOBER 29
1929:The Roaring '20s come to a crashing halt as "Black Tuesday" hits the
New York Stock Exchange. More than 16 million shares are traded in
panic, causing stock prices to collapse completely and thousands of
investors to lose their entire savings.
1983: Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon spends its 491st week on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, becoming the longest-charting album of all time. Dark Side of the Moon will remain on the chart until July 1988.
1998: While still in office as a U.S. senator from Ohio, John
Glenn revisits his earlier career, returning to space as a payload
specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery. At 77, Glenn is the
oldest person to travel in space, setting another record alongside his 1962 achievement as the first American to orbit the Earth.
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