Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 29

1934  Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history death of dwight B. Waldo, American educator and historian (b. 1864)   

1941  On this day in history death of harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)   

1943  Death of Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered at 55 on October - 29.   

1946  John S Curry, US painter (Baptism in Kansas), dies on October - 29.   

1947  Frances Cleveland Preston, former 1st lady (1885-89 93-97), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1949  On October - 29 death of g. I. Gurdjieff, Armenian mystic (b. 1872)   

1950  Gustav V, king of Sweden, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history death of de Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered   

1953  Death of William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922) on October - 29.   

1957  Louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1958  On October - 29 death of zoe Akins, American playwright (b. 1886)   

1962  Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73   

1965  Death of Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Manner Kater), dies at 83   

1968  On October - 29 marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78   

1969  Vic Richardson, cricketer (Aussie capt 1935-36), dies on October - 29.   

1971  Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24 on this day in history.   

1973  Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83 on October - 29.   

1974  Victor E van Vriesland, poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82 on October - 29.   

1975  On this day in history john Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67   

1981  William O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1983  On October - 29 sten Broman, composer, dies at 81   

1985  On October - 29 john Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82   

1986  Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, dies at 68 on October - 29.   

1987  On this day in history kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57   

1990  William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer on October - 29.   

1991  On October - 29 donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60   

1992  On this day in history adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies   

1993  On October - 29 george Pope, cricketer (one Test for England, 8 runs not out), dies   

1994  On this day in history andrew Miller-Jones TV pioneer, dies at 84   

1996  On this day in history death of james Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66   

1997  On this day in history death of anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (b. 1930)   

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1463  On this day in history birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher   

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 October - 29.   

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on October - 29.   

1656  On October - 29 birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]   

1682  On October - 29 birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)   

1690  On October - 29 birth of martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)   

1704  John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) was born on October - 29.