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A historical collage showing panicked investors beneath a falling Wall Street stock chart in 1929, a vintage computer displaying LO during the first ARPANET transmission in 1969, and Space Shuttle Discovery launching with John Glenn in 1998.

Crash, Crash, Launch!

Updated 2026-10-29

29 October: Three anniversaries. Two crashes. One spectacular launch. What connects the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the birth of the internet in 1969 and John Glenn’s return to space in 1998? All three events happened on 29 October, but there’s a rather more entertaining connection. Two involved crashes. The third involved a launch. 📉 […]

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