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  Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader on October - 29.   

1911  On this day in history joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC   

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

1913  On this day in history floods in El Salvador kill thousands.   

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

1915  On this day in history aristide Briand becomes premier of France   

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

1917  On this day in history eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again)   

1919  Soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1920  Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate on October - 29.   

1920  Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 October - 29.   

1922  Francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider) on this day in history.   

1922  On October - 29 george August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79   

1923  On October - 29 "Runnin' Wild" (introducing the Charleston) opens on Broadway   

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

1923  Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day) on October - 29.   

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

1923  Dietrich Manicke, composer on this day in history.   

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  On October - 29 zbigniew Herbert, writer   

1925  On October - 29 betty Evans Grayson, Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959)   

1926  Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951)   

1927  Leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45 on October - 29.   

1929  On October - 29 "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression"   

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

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 October - 29.   

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1463  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

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  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 October - 29.   

1138  On this day in history death of bolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)   

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

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 October - 29.   

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)