On this day: October 29

October 29 : Republic Day in Turkey ( 1923 ) 1831 Bristol riots 1831 – Rioting broke out in Bristol, England, after the Second Reform Bill failed during its passage through Parliament , causing up to 250 casualties and £300,000 of damage (pictured) . 1868 – The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to Japanese imperial forces during the Boshin War . 1956 – Suez Crisis : The Israel Border Police massacred 48 Arab citizens in Kafr Qasim , among them women and children who were returning from work. 1991 – Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of Gaspra . Edmund

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