Page 3: Historical Events In October - 29

1876  On October - 29 jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59   

1877  Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (Yorks & Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930) on October - 29.   

1878  On this day in history alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II)   

1879  On October - 29 franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor (1932)   

1881  Judge (U.S. magazine) first published on October - 29.   

1882  Martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer, dies at 64 on October - 29.   

1883  Dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor/director (Hofstad Stage) on this day in history.   

1883  Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1884  On October - 29 bela Lugosi, Lugos Hungary, horror actor (Dracula, Body Snatcher)   

1885  On this day in history george B McClellan, Union army general, dies at 58   

1888  Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company on October - 29.   

1889  On October - 29 stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, BC   

1889  On this day in history nY Giants (NL) beat Bkln (AA) in world series 6 games to 3   

1890  Claire Goll, writer on October - 29.   

1891  On this day in history fanny Brice, NYC, singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks)   

1892  William M Harnett, US painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies on this day in history.   

1893  Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor on October - 29.   

1894  The first election of the Hawaiian Republic on this day in history.   

1894  1st election of Hawaiian Republic on this day in history.   

1897  On October - 29 the birth of Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propaganda chief   

1897  Hope Emerson, Hawarden Iowa, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn) on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history emmanuel Bondeville, composer   

1899  On this day in history akim Tamiroff, Tiflis Russia, actor (For Whom the Bell Tolls)   

1901  On October - 29 leon Czolgosz, who assassinated President McKinley, is put to death in the electric chair.   

1901  In Amherst, Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine on this day in history.   

1901  On October - 29 daniele Amfiteatrov, composer   

1901  On this day in history leon Czolcosz, assassin of President McKinley, is electrocuted   

1903  Vivian Ellis, composer on October - 29.   

1904  The first intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas) on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history 1st intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas)   

1905  On this day in history hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured   

1905  Laurence Dowdall, lawyer on October - 29.   

1906  On this day in history fredric [William] Brown, US, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home)   

1908  Stewart Myles MacPherson, broadcaster on October - 29.   

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1463  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher was born on October - 29.   

1507  On October - 29 birth of fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)   

1513  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne was born on this day in history.   

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.   

1656  Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8] was born on this day in history.   

1682  On this day in history birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)   

1690  Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) was born on this day in history.   

1704  John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

0490  Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on October - 29.   

1038  On October - 29 death of aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1138  Death of BolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086) on October - 29.   

1268  Death of Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252) on October - 29.   

1321  On October - 29 stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies   

1590  Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68 on October - 29.   

1618  Death of Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on this day in history.   

1650  Death of David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575) on October - 29.