“Chestnutting” from Every Saturday: An Illustrated Journal of Choice Reading which was published on October 29, 1870 by American artist Winslow Homer Image via Smithsonian American Art Museum, no known restrictions

“Mothers of the Army.” Women of New York start food conservation movement, October 29, 1917. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain in the US

San Francisco, California. View of the Golden Gate Bridge looking toward Marin County hills… October 29, 1969 Image via the J. Paul Getty Museum, no known restrictions

A painting of Abraham Lincoln presenting a Bible to Sojourner Truth at The White House which was given to him by African Americans from Baltimore Sojourner Truth’s meeting with Lincoln took place on October 29, 1864. Image via LOC, no known restrictions

On today’s date October 29, 1956: Greek-American soprano Maria Callas made her Metropolitan Opera debut in Bellini’s “Norma” Photo: Maria Callas as Violetta in La traviata, 1958 via Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain

“This stone marks the spot where William Penn landed October 28 or 29, 1682” in Chester, Pennsylvania.

Fannie Brice, born October 29, 1891 could sing, act, and make people laugh on the stage, screen, and radio. She gained fame in the Ziegfeld Follies (as shown here) with her songs “My Man” and “Secondhand Rose.” Brice’s life was the subject of the musical and film “Funny Girl.” Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain in the US

Born October 29, 1921 Bill Mauldin went through WW2 with a sketch pad. His cartoons of “dogface” GIs Willie and Joe were a popular feature of the “Stars and Stripes” military newspaper, winning him a Pulitzer Prize. Mauldin’s sly humor infuriated Gen. Patton but Gen. Eisenhower saw the cartoons as good for morale. Image from LOC via Wikimedia Commons, public domain in the US

Vice President Curtis on the right, standing next to radio, with others during a radio show – October 29, 1929 Image via Library of Congress, no known restrictions

On October 29, 1998 John Glenn returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Image by NASA: Space Shuttle Discovery launching on 10/29/1998 via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

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