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Thursday, 29 October 2026

2008

Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to 5.

2005

29 October 2005 Delhi bombings kill more than 60.

2004

The Arabic news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a video of Osama bin Laden in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

In Rome, European heads of state sign the Treaty and Final Act establishing the first European Constitution.

2002

Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people shopping. Over 60 people died and over 100 are missing. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.

1999

A large cyclone devastates Orissa, India.

1998

ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission.

While ''en route'' from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he is landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel.

Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.

Apartheid: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.

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