Page 4: Historical Events In October - 29

1909  On this day in history douglass Montgomery, LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane)   

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 this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader   

1911  On October - 29 joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC   

1912  On this day in history the size of the U.S. flag is set by presidential order.   

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

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

1915  On October - 29 aristide Briand becomes premier of France   

1915  On October - 29 dennis Brookes, cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7)   

1917  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 October - 29.   

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

1921  On October - 29 bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts)   

1922  Francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider) on October - 29.   

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

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

1923  The Republic of Turkey is proclaimed on October - 29.   

1923  On October - 29 turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day)   

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

1923  Dietrich Manicke, composer on October - 29.   

1924  On October - 29 "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater   

1924  On October - 29 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 October - 29.   

1926  Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951)   

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 this day in history.   

1929  On October - 29 black Tuesday' New York's Wall Street crash   

1929  On October - 29 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  On this day in history birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher   

1507  On this day in history birth of fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)   

1513  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne was born on this day in history.   

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  Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761) was born on October - 29.   

1690  Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) was born on October - 29.   

1704  On this day in history birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)   

0490  Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on October - 29.   

1038  Death of Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1138  Death of BolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086) on October - 29.   

1268  Death of Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252) on October - 29.   

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 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)