Page 4: Historical Events In October - 29

1909  On October - 29 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 October - 29.   

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

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

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 October - 29.   

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 October - 29.   

1917  On October - 29 eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again)   

1919  Soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60 on October - 29.   

1920  On this day in history ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees   

1920  On October - 29 baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate   

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

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

1921  Bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts) on this day in history.   

1922  On October - 29 francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider)   

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

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

1923  On October - 29 the Republic of Turkey is proclaimed.   

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

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

1923  Dietrich Manicke, composer on October - 29.   

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

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

1924  Zbigniew Herbert, writer on October - 29.   

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 October - 29.   

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

1929  Black Tuesday' New York's Wall Street crash on October - 29.   

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  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on this day in history.   

1513  On this day in history birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne   

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on October - 29.   

1656  On this day in history birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]   

1682  Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 29 petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies   

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

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

1268  On this day in history death of conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252)   

1321  Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies on October - 29.   

1590  Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

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)