Historical Events In October - 29

1909  Douglass Montgomery, LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane) on October - 29.   

1910  Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game on October - 29.   

1910  On this day in history alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician   

1911  On October - 29 phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader   

1911  On October - 29 joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC   

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

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

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

1915  Aristide Briand becomes premier of France on this day in history.   

1915  Dennis Brookes, cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7) on this day in history.   

1917  Eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again) on October - 29.   

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

1920  On October - 29 ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees   

1920  Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate on this day in history.   

1920  Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74 on October - 29.   

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

1921  Bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts) on this day in history.   

1922  Francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider) on October - 29.   

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

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

1923  On October - 29 the Republic of Turkey is proclaimed.   

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

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

1923  Dietrich Manicke, composer on October - 29.   

1924  On this day in history "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater   

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

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  Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor on October - 29.   

1927  Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951) on this day in history.   

1927  On October - 29 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  On October - 29 black Tuesday' New York's Wall Street crash   

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

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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 this day in history.   

1562  On October - 29 birth of george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury   

1656  On this day in history 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  Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) was born on October - 29.   

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

0490  On this day in history petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1590  On October - 29 dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68   

1618  On this day in history death of walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason   

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