october 29 in history: what happened
At an international conference in Geneva, Switzerland, the International Red Cross was founded in 1863

At an international conference in Geneva, Switzerland, the International Red Cross was founded in 1863.
In 1918, the Russian Communist Youth Union (RCSM) was created.
On this day, but in 1945, ballpoint pens went on sale for the first time in New York (57 years after receiving the patent).
In 2015, the Chinese government announced the end of the One Family One Child policy, which was introduced in 1979.
On October 29, English physician, researcher of mesmerism and phrenology John Elliotson (1791); Soviet physicist, founder of the science of metal cutting Yakov Usachev (1873); Soviet design engineer, one of the creators of the T-34 tank Alexander Morozov (1904); Soviet and Russian statesman, economist and historian, Prime Minister of Russia (1998-1999) Yevgeny Primakov (1929).



