Page 4: Historical Events In October - 29

1909  On this day in history douglass Montgomery, LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane)   

1910  On October - 29 bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game   

1910  Alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician on October - 29.   

1911  On this day in history phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader   

1911  Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC on October - 29.   

1912  The size of the U.S. flag is set by presidential order on October - 29.   

1913  Floods in El Salvador kill thousands on October - 29.   

1914  Russia declares war on Turkey on this day in history.   

1915  On October - 29 aristide Briand becomes premier of France   

1915  On October - 29 dennis Brookes, cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7)   

1917  On October - 29 eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again)   

1919  On this day in history soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60   

1920  Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate   

1920  On this day in history johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74   

1921  On October - 29 the Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.   

1921  On this day in history bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts)   

1922  On this day in history francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider)   

1922  On this day in history george August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79   

1923  "Runnin' Wild" (introducing the Charleston) opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

1923  The Republic of Turkey is proclaimed on this day in history.   

1923  On October - 29 turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day)   

1923  "Runnin' Wild" (introducing Charleston) opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

1923  On October - 29 dietrich Manicke, composer   

1924  "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater on October - 29.   

1924  On this day in history the ends of the Holland Tunnel meet under the Hudson River in New York City.   

1924  Zbigniew Herbert, writer on October - 29.   

1925  Betty Evans Grayson, Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959) on this day in history.   

1926  On October - 29 jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor   

1927  Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951) on October - 29.   

1927  On this day in history leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45   

1929  On this day in history "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression"   

1929  Black Tuesday' New York's Wall Street crash on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history black Tuesday, where fearful investors crashed the New York Stock Exchange through their panicked selling of stocks, starts the Great Depression in America.   

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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 October - 29.   

1682  Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761) was born on October - 29.   

1690  On this day in history birth of martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)   

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

0490  On October - 29 petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies   

1038  Death of Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1138  On October - 29 death of bolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)   

1268  On October - 29 death of conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252)   

1321  Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies on October - 29.   

1590  Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1618  Death of Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on October - 29.   

1650  On this day in history death of david Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)