Page 4: Historical Events In October - 29

1909  Douglass Montgomery, LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane).   

1910  Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game   

1910  Alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician.   

1911  Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader.   

1911  Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC.   

1912  The size of the U.S. flag is set by presidential order   

1913  Floods in El Salvador kill thousands.   

1914  Russia declares war on Turkey   

1915  Aristide Briand is recorded as becoming premier of France   

1915  Dennis Brookes, cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 and 7)   

1917  Eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again).   

1919  Soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60   

1920  Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees   

1920  Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate   

1920  Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74.   

1921  The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed   

1921  Bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts).   

1922  Francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider).   

1922  George August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79.   

1923  "Runnin' Wild" (introducing the Charleston) opens on Broadway.   

1923  The Republic of Turkey is proclaimed.   

1923  Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day)   

1923  "Runnin' Wild" (introducing Charleston) opens on Broadway.   

1923  Dietrich Manicke, composer.   

1924  "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater   

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

1924  Zbigniew Herbert, writer   

1925  Betty Evans Grayson, Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959)   

1926  Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor   

1927  Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951).   

1927  Leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45.   

1929  "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression".   

1929  Black Tuesday' New York's Wall Street crash   

1929  In this year, Black Tuesday, where fearful investors crashed the New York Stock Exchange through their panicked selling of stocks, starts the Great Depression in America.   

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1463  Alessandro achillini: Italian physician/philosopher   

1507  Fernando alvarez de toledo: Spanish viceroy of neth (1566-73)   

1513  Jacques amyot: French humanist/translator/abbot of bellozanne   

1562  George abbott: English theologist/archbishop of canterbury   

1656  Edmund halley: Astronomer (halley's comet) [ns=nov 8]   

1682  Pierre françois xavier de charlevoix: French historian   

1690  Martin folkes: English antiquarian   

1704  John byng: British admiral   

0490  Death of Petrus mongus: Patriarch of alexandria,   

1038  Death of Aethelnoth: Archbishop of canterbury   

1138  BolesÅ‚aw iii krzywousty: Duke of poland (b. 1086)   

1268  Conradin: Duke of swabia (executed) (b. 1252)   

1321  Stefanus vi uros ii milutin: King of serbia (1282-1321),   

1590  Death of Dirck volkertsz coornhert: Theologist/philosopher,   

1618  Walter raleigh: English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason   

1650  Death of David calderwood: Scottish historian (b. 1575)