Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 29

1934  Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer, dies at 71 on October - 29.   

1939  Death of Dwight B. Waldo, American educator and historian (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1941  On October - 29 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 this day in history.   

1946  John S Curry, US painter (Baptism in Kansas), dies on this day in history.   

1947  Frances Cleveland Preston, former 1st lady (1885-89 93-97), dies at 83 on October - 29.   

1949  On this day in history death of g. I. Gurdjieff, Armenian mystic (b. 1872)   

1950  On this day in history gustav V, king of Sweden, dies at 92   

1951  Death of De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered on October - 29.   

1953  Death of William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

1957  Louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71 on October - 29.   

1958  On this day in history death of zoe Akins, American playwright (b. 1886)   

1962  On this day in history naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77   

1963  Adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73 on October - 29.   

1965  On October - 29 death of mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris   

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

1968  On this day in history marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78   

1969  On October - 29 vic Richardson, cricketer (Aussie capt 1935-36), dies   

1971  On October - 29 duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24   

1973  On October - 29 heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83   

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

1975  On October - 29 john Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67   

1981  On October - 29 william O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85   

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

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

1986  On this day in history sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, dies at 68   

1987  On October - 29 kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57   

1990  On October - 29 william French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer   

1991  Donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60 on October - 29.   

1992  Adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies on October - 29.   

1993  George Pope, cricketer (one Test for England, 8 runs not out), dies on October - 29.   

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

1996  Death of James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66 on this day in history.   

1997  Death of Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (b. 1930) on October - 29.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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

1507  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on October - 29.   

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