Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/October 29

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Removed: 1945 - At Gimbels Department Store in New York City the first ballpoint pens go on sale (price: $12.50 each).

The article specifies trhat biros were made in Argentina two years previous to this (and presumably were also sold there, not merely stockpiled indefinately). So the anniversary is of the first US sales, not the first World sales ... and we're not into US-centricism, non? --Tagishsimon
Good call. I'm against US-centricism and I missed that. Thanks. -- PFHLai 12:32, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Black Tuesday

I read in my local paper that today was Black Tuesday in 1929. There is an article for it, under The Wall Street Crash of '29. THis is an important event, and it triggered the worst economic dperession to date. Should it be included?

1929 - The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or Black Tuesday, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by The Modern Prometheus (talk • contribs) 12:33, 29 October 2006 (UTC).

Thanks for the suggestion. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 started on "Black Thursday" the week before. This crash was mentioned on MainPage on October 24. Let's not repeat-feature the same events. Thanks. --PFHLai 09:43, 2 November 2006 (UTC)