Page 4: Historical Events In October - 29

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

1910  On October - 29 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  Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader on this day in history.   

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

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

1913  Floods in El Salvador kill thousands on this day in history.   

1914  On October - 29 russia declares war on Turkey   

1915  On October - 29 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  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  On October - 29 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1923  Dietrich Manicke, composer on October - 29.   

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

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

1924  Zbigniew Herbert, writer on October - 29.   

1925  On October - 29 betty Evans Grayson, Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959)   

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

1927  On October - 29 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 October - 29.   

1929  On October - 29 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  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 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)   

0490  Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on this day in history.   

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  On October - 29 death of conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252)   

1321  On this day in history stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies   

1590  On this day in history dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68   

1618  On October - 29 death of walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason   

1650  On October - 29 death of david Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)