Following the ratification of its charter by the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, France, the Republic of China, and a majority of signatories of the United Nations Charter, the United Nations is formally established.
Accomplished magician and escapologist Harry Houdini performs for the last time at the Garrick Theater in Detroit, Michigan. Houdini performed despite having been diagnosed with appendicitis, and he died seven days later from complications of a ruptured appendix.
Black Thursday
On "Black Thursday", the New York Stock Exchange loses 11% of its value in the first significant drop of October 1929. Before the end of the month, stocks would face their worst drop in history.
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