The history of today OCTOBER 29

	The Oct. 29, 1934, Advertiser reported on the return of Bishop Museum scientists from the South Pacific.

1888: Mrs. W.L. Moore is the first woman admitted to the practice of law in Hawai'i.

1929: Black Tuesday. Billions are lost as the stock market slide that had begun on Oct. 24 worsens and the market crashes.

1929: Two Inter-Island Airways Sikorsky amphibious planes fly from Honolulu to Maui and then continue on to Hilo. Regular interisland air service began the following month.

1948: The commissioners of public instruction dismiss John and Aiko Reinecke from school service and revoke John Reinecke's teacher's certificate. Both had been labeled as members of the Communist Party of Hawaii.

1955: The Advertiser reports that AFL hotel workers and Henry Kaiser's Hawaiian Village have signed the first five-day, 40-hour-week labor contract in the Hawai'i hotel industry.

1957: Henry Kaiser is in trouble with the city over a large sign at the Kaiser Dome advertising the movie "Around the World in 80 Days." The city said he didn't get a permit for the neon sign, which was two feet high and 40 feet long.

1959: Ala Moana Center marks its official grand opening. Twenty-five new stores open, joining 25 others that opened within the previous two months.

1967: The century-old banyan tree at King and Ke'eaumoku streets is cut down so the street can be widened.

Warning: include(/www/today/ln/150historycal.inc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /srv/users/thaarchives/apps/thaarchives/public/2006/Oct/29/ln/150history.html on line 59

Warning: include(): Failed opening '/www/today/ln/150historycal.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.:/opt/sp/php7.4/lib/php') in /srv/users/thaarchives/apps/thaarchives/public/2006/Oct/29/ln/150history.html on line 59