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Today in History 10/29/16

Today in History
(539 BCE) Founder of the Persian Empire is king of the world
539 BCE The Persian Achaemenid Empire already stretches across a huge swath of the known world when its leader, Cyrus the Great, conquers another great capital, Babylon. His Cyrus Cylinder will proclaim him “king of the four corners of the world” and set out many reforms for Mesopotamia. .

Cyrus II of Persia, commonly known as Cyrus the Great and also called Cyrus the Elder by the Greeks, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Under his rule, the empire embraced all the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, expanded vastly and eventually conquered most of Southwest Asia and much of Central Asia and the Caucasus. From the Mediterranean Sea and Hellespont in the west to the Indus River in the east, Cyrus the Great created the largest empire the world had yet seen. Under his successors, the empire eventually stretched at its maximum extent from parts of the Balkans and Eastern Europe proper in the west, to the Indus Valley in the east. His regal titles in full were The Great King, King of Persia, King of Anshan, King of Media, King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, and King of the Four Corners of the World.

Birthplace: Anshan, Iran
Died: 530 BC · Syr Darya
Spouse: Amitis Shahbanu · Cassandane · Neithiyti Buried: Pasargadae
Children: Cambyses II (Son) · Bardiya (Son) · Atossa (Daughter) · Artystone (Daughter) · Roxane (Daughter) Parents: Cambyses I (Father) · Mandane of Media (Mother)

— Source: wiki/Cyrus_the_Great
(1792) A British visitor names Oregon’s highest peak
Britain’s Lt. William Broughton, traveling in Captain Vancouver’s company, spots a “very high, snowy mountain,” as he stands on present-day Sauvie Island in the American Northwest’s Columbia River. He’ll name the stratovolcano ‘Mount Hood’ in tribute to British admiral Samuel Hood.. 1792

Mount Hood, called Wy’east by the Multnomah tribe, is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon. It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about 50 miles east-southeast of Portland, on the border between Clackamas and Hood River counties. In addition to being Oregon’s highest mountain, it is one of the loftiest mountains in the nation based on its prominence.

Address: Mt Hood, Government Camp, OR 97028
Phone: (503) 337-2230
Website: www.mthood.com
Elevation: 11,249 feet (3,429 m)
First ascent: Jul 11, 1857
Last eruption: 1866
Prominence: 7,707 feet (2,349 m)

— Source: LINK
(1929) The Great Depression begins with a terrible crash
1929 Panic has gripped Wall Street since October 24, and now the bottom has fallen out, as market losses rise to $30 billion. The unparalleled crash ends a bull market riding high on 1920s optimism and ushers in what will be a worldwide, and decade-long, Great Depression. .

The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday, the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began on October 24, 1929, and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its aftereffects. The crash, that had followed the London Stock Exchange’s crash of September signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries.

Start date: Oct 28, 1929
End date: Oct 29, 1929

— Source: wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929
(1956) A Mideast passage to India spurs a global crisis
Two months after Egypt’s president nullifies British control over a strategic maritime passage by nationalizing the Suez Canal, Israeli forces invade to take it back. Britain and the US will soon join them, sparking a dangerous struggle that grows to include another superpower, the USSR.. 1956

The Suez Crisis, also named the Tripartite Aggression and the Kadesh Operation, was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser from power. After the fighting had started, the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations forced the three invaders to withdraw. The episode humiliated Great Britain and France and strengthened Nasser.

Start date: Oct 29, 1956
End date: Nov 07, 1956

— Source: wiki/Suez_Crisis
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