Page 4: Historical Events In October - 29

1909  Douglass Montgomery, LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane) on October - 29.   

1910  Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game on this day in history.   

1910  On October - 29 alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician   

1911  Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader on this day in history.   

1911  Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC on October - 29.   

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

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

1914  Russia declares war on Turkey on October - 29.   

1915  On October - 29 aristide Briand becomes premier of France   

1915  On this day in history dennis Brookes, cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7)   

1917  Eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again) on this day in history.   

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

1920  Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees on October - 29.   

1920  Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate on this day in history.   

1920  Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1921  On this day in history bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts)   

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

1922  On this day in history george August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79   

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

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

1923  On this day in history turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day)   

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

1923  On this day in history dietrich Manicke, composer   

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

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

1924  Zbigniew Herbert, writer on this day in history.   

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

1926  Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor on October - 29.   

1927  Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951) on this day in history.   

1927  Leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45 on October - 29.   

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

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 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  On October - 29 birth of george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury   

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  Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on October - 29.   

1138  On this day in history death of bolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)   

1268  Death of Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252) on this day in history.   

1321  On October - 29 stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies   

1590  On October - 29 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  Death of David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575) on this day in history.