Page 4: Historical Events In October - 29

1909  Douglass Montgomery, LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game   

1910  Alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician on October - 29.   

1911  Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader on October - 29.   

1911  On this day in history joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC   

1912  On October - 29 the size of the U.S. flag is set by presidential order.   

1913  On October - 29 floods in El Salvador kill thousands.   

1914  On October - 29 russia declares war on Turkey   

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 this day in history eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again)   

1919  On this day in history soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60   

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

1920  Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate on October - 29.   

1920  On this day in history johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74   

1921  The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed on this day in history.   

1921  Bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts) on October - 29.   

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

1922  On October - 29 george August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79   

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

1923  On this day in history the Republic of Turkey is proclaimed.   

1923  Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day) on this day in history.   

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

1923  On October - 29 dietrich Manicke, composer   

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

1924  On this day in history the ends of the Holland Tunnel meet under the Hudson River in New York City.   

1924  On this day in history zbigniew Herbert, writer   

1925  Betty Evans Grayson, Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959) on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor   

1927  Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951) on October - 29.   

1927  Leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1929  On October - 29 "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression"   

1929  Black Tuesday' New York's Wall Street crash on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history 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 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  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on October - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

1690  On October - 29 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  Death of Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

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 October - 29.   

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  On October - 29 death of david Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)