Historical Events In October - 29

1876  Jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1877  Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (Yorks & Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930) on this day in history.  

1878  On October - 29 alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II)  

1879  Franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor (1932) on October - 29.  

1881  On October - 29 judge (U.S. magazine) first published.  

1882  On October - 29 martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer, dies at 64  

1883  Dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor/director (Hofstad Stage) on October - 29.  

1883  On this day in history friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68  

1884  Bela Lugosi, Lugos Hungary, horror actor (Dracula, Body Snatcher) on this day in history.  

1885  George B McClellan, Union army general, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company  

1889  On this day in history stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, BC  

1889  On this day in history nY Giants (NL) beat Bkln (AA) in world series 6 games to 3  

1890  On October - 29 claire Goll, writer  

1891  Fanny Brice, NYC, singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks) on this day in history.  

1892  On October - 29 william M Harnett, US painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies  

1893  Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor on October - 29.  

1894  The first election of the Hawaiian Republic on this day in history.  

1894  1st election of Hawaiian Republic on this day in history.  

1897  The birth of Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propaganda chief on October - 29.  

1897  On October - 29 hope Emerson, Hawarden Iowa, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn)  

1898  On October - 29 emmanuel Bondeville, composer  

1899  On this day in history akim Tamiroff, Tiflis Russia, actor (For Whom the Bell Tolls)  

1901  On October - 29 leon Czolgosz, who assassinated President McKinley, is put to death in the electric chair.  

1901  In Amherst, Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine on this day in history.  

1901  On October - 29 daniele Amfiteatrov, composer  

1901  Leon Czolcosz, assassin of President McKinley, is electrocuted on October - 29.  

1903  Vivian Ellis, composer on this day in history.  

1904  On October - 29 the first intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas)  

1904  On this day in history 1st intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas)  

1905  On October - 29 hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured  

1905  On October - 29 laurence Dowdall, lawyer  

1906  Fredric [William] Brown, US, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home) on this day in history.  

1908  Stewart Myles MacPherson, broadcaster 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  On this day in history birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne  

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

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  On this day in history birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)  

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

1038  On this day in history death of aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1138  Death of Bolesław III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086) on this day in history.  

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  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 October - 29.  

1650  Death of David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575) on this day in history.