Editing 1929 (section)

=== October ===
{{Main|October 1929}}
[[File:Crowd outside nyse.jpg|thumb|120px|[[October 24]]–[[October 29|29]]: [[Wall Street Crash of 1929|The Wall Street Crash of 1929]], the beginning of the [[Great Depression]].]]

* [[October 3]] – The country officially known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes changes its name to [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]].
* [[October 6]] – [[Serie A]], the top-class professional football league of [[Italy]], replaces the Divisione Nazionale.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
* [[October 12]] – [[1929 Australian federal election]]: The [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]], led by [[James Scullin]], defeats the [[Nationalist Party of Australia|Nationalist]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Third Bruce Ministry|Government]], led by [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Stanley Bruce]]. Scullin will be sworn in on [[October 22]]. Notably, this is the first occasion in Australian political history where a sitting prime minister loses his own seat (the second being [[John Howard]] in [[2007 Australian federal election|2007]]).
*[[October 13]] – [[Afghan Civil War (1928–1929)|Afghan Civil War]] ends.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJpXJXOno9IC|title=Kabul Under Siege: Fayz Muhammad's Account of the 1929 Uprising|last1=Muḥammad|first1=Fayz̤|last2=Hazārah|first2=Fayz̤ Muḥammad Kātib|date=1999|publisher=Markus Wiener Publishers|isbn=9781558761551|pages=274–6}}</ref>
* [[October 18]] – On appeal from the [[Supreme Court of Canada]]  on behalf of "[[The Famous Five (Canada)|The Famous Five]]" Canadian women in the landmark case of ''[[Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)]]'', the [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] in the United Kingdom announces that women are "persons" under the [[British North America Acts]], and thus eligible for appointment to the [[Senate of Canada]].
* [[October 22]] – The government of [[Aristide Briand]] falls in France.
* [[October 24]]–[[October 29|29]] – [[Wall Street Crash of 1929]]: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30&nbsp;billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).<ref>{{cite web|website=The Balance|title=Stock Market Crash of 1929 Facts, Causes, and Impact|access-date=March 28, 2020|author=KIMBERLY AMADEO|date=March 17, 2020 |url=https://www.thebalance.com/stock-market-crash-of-1929-causes-effects-and-facts-3305891}}</ref> 
* [[October 25]] – Former [[U.S. Interior Secretary]] [[Albert B. Fall]] is convicted of [[bribery]] for his role in the [[Teapot Dome scandal]], becoming the first Presidential cabinet member to go to prison for actions in office.