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  The size of the U.S. flag is set by presidential order on October - 29.   

1913  Floods in El Salvador kill thousands on October - 29.   

1914  Russia declares war on Turkey on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history 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 October - 29 eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again)   

1919  On October - 29 soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60   

1920  On October - 29 ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees   

1920  On this day in history baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate   

1920  Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1921  The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed on October - 29.   

1921  On this day in history bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts)   

1922  On this day in history francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider)   

1922  George August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1923  "Runnin' Wild" (introducing the Charleston) opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

1923  The Republic of Turkey is proclaimed on this day in history.   

1923  Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day) on October - 29.   

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

1923  Dietrich Manicke, composer on October - 29.   

1924  "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater on this day in history.   

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

1924  On October - 29 zbigniew Herbert, writer   

1925  Betty Evans Grayson, Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959) on October - 29.   

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  "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression" on October - 29.   

1929  On this day in history black Tuesday' New York's Wall Street crash   

1929  Black Tuesday, where fearful investors crashed the New York Stock Exchange through their panicked selling of stocks, starts the Great Depression in America on October - 29.   

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1463  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher was born on October - 29.   

1507  On October - 29 birth of fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)   

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

1562  On this day in history birth of george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury   

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

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 October - 29.   

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

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

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

1268  Death of Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252) on this day in history.   

1321  Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies on this day in history.   

1590  Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68 on October - 29.   

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 October - 29.