October 1929

Thursday 03:

The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".

Monday 07:

Ramsay MacDonald is the first British premier to address the U.S. Congress.

Friday 11:

JC Penney open Store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 states.

Wednesday 23:

Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic.

Thursday 24:

"Black Thursday" crash of the New York Stock Exchange.

Tuesday 29:

The New York Stock Exchange crashes, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.