Historical Events In October - 29

1876  On this day in history jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59  

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

1878  On this day in history alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II)  

1879  Franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor (1932) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1883  Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68 on October - 29.  

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

1885  On this day in history george B McClellan, Union army general, dies at 58  

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1888  On October - 29 lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company  

1889  On October - 29 stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, BC  

1889  NY Giants (NL) beat Bkln (AA) in world series 6 games to 3 on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history claire Goll, writer  

1891  Fanny Brice, NYC, singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks) on October - 29.  

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 October - 29.  

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

1897  Hope Emerson, Hawarden Iowa, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn) on October - 29.  

1898  On October - 29 emmanuel Bondeville, composer  

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

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

1901  On October - 29 in Amherst, Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.  

1901  Daniele Amfiteatrov, composer on October - 29.  

1901  On October - 29 leon Czolcosz, assassin of President McKinley, is electrocuted  

1903  Vivian Ellis, composer on October - 29.  

1904  The first intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas) on this day in history.  

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

1905  On this day in history hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured  

1905  Laurence Dowdall, lawyer on this day in history.  

1906  Fredric [William] Brown, US, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home) on October - 29.  

1908  Stewart Myles MacPherson, broadcaster on this day in history.  

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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 October - 29.  

1513  On October - 29 birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne  

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.  

1656  On October - 29 birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]  

1682  On this day in history birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)  

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

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

1268  On this day in history death of conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252)  

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

1590  Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68 on this day in history.  

1618  On October - 29 death of walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason  

1650  Death of David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575) on October - 29.