Page 3: Historical Events In October - 29

1876  On October - 29 jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59   

1877  Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (Yorks & Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930) on October - 29.   

1878  Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II) on October - 29.   

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

1881  Judge (U.S. magazine) first published on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer, dies at 64   

1883  On October - 29 dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor/director (Hofstad Stage)   

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

1884  On October - 29 bela Lugosi, Lugos Hungary, horror actor (Dracula, Body Snatcher)   

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

1888  Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company on October - 29.   

1889  Stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, BC on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history fanny Brice, NYC, singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks)   

1892  William M Harnett, US painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies on October - 29.   

1893  On this day in history johannes F "Johan" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor   

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

1894  1st election of Hawaiian Republic on October - 29.   

1897  On October - 29 the birth of Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propaganda chief   

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

1898  Emmanuel Bondeville, composer on October - 29.   

1899  Akim Tamiroff, Tiflis Russia, actor (For Whom the Bell Tolls) on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history leon Czolcosz, assassin of President McKinley, is electrocuted   

1903  On October - 29 vivian Ellis, composer   

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

1904  On October - 29 1st intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas)   

1905  Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured on October - 29.   

1905  Laurence Dowdall, lawyer on this day in history.   

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

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  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  On this day in history birth of george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury   

1656  Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8] was born on October - 29.   

1682  On October - 29 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  John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

0490  On this day in history petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies   

1038  On October - 29 death of aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1138  On October - 29 death of bolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)   

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  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)