{
  "id": 16842333,
  "title": "THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/thursday-oct-29-2026-16842333",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T03:52:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/todayinhistory/20261028/thursday-oct-29-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "539 BC - King Cyrus the Great of Persia conquers Babylon, releasing Jewish prisoners and permitting their return to their homeland.\n\n1268 - Conradin, the final male heir of the German Hohenstaufen royal family and Holy Roman Emperors, is put to death by Charles I of Sicily alongside Margrave Frederick I of Baden.\n\n1665 - In the Battle of Mbwila (Ambuila), Portuguese forces triumph over the Kingdom of Kongo, beheading King António I of Kongo, also known as Nvita a Nkanga.\n\n1929 - The Wall Street stock market crashes, famously known as Black Tuesday, setting off the Great Depression.\n\n1957 - A hand grenade tossed from a balcony in Israel's Knesset (Parliament) wounds Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, Foreign Minister Golda Meir, and multiple others.\n\n1999 - The deadliest Indian Ocean tropical super cyclone slams into Odisha, India, with winds up to 260 km/h (160 mph), resulting in 9,885 fatalities.\n\n2015 - China phases out its 35-year-old one-child policy.",
  "summary": "539 BC-King Cyrus \"the Great\" of Persia marches into Babylon, freeing Jewish captives and allowing them to return home 1268-Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the German Hohenstaufen dynasty of kings and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed with Frederick I, Margrave of Baden, by Charles I of Sicily 1665-Battle of Mbwila [Ambuila]: Portuguese forces defeat the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitate…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}