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  Alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician on this day in history.   

1911  On October - 29 phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader   

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

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  On this day in history russia declares war on Turkey   

1915  On October - 29 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  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 October - 29.   

1920  On October - 29 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  Francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1924  The ends of the Holland Tunnel meet under the Hudson River in New York City on October - 29.   

1924  On this day in history zbigniew Herbert, writer   

1925  On this day in history 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  Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951) on this day in history.   

1927  Leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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  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  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 29.   

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 October - 29.   

1704  On October - 29 birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)   

0490  Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on this day in history.   

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

1321  On this day in history 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  Death of Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on this day in history.   

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