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  On October - 29 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 this day in history floods in El Salvador kill thousands.  

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

1915  Aristide Briand becomes premier of France on this day in history.  

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

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

1919  Soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1920  Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1922  George August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79 on October - 29.  

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

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

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

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

1923  Dietrich Manicke, composer on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  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 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  Black Tuesday, where fearful investors crashed the New York Stock Exchange through their panicked selling of stocks, starts the Great Depression in America on this day in history.  

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1463  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher was born on this day in history.  

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 October - 29.  

1562  On this day in history 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  On October - 29 birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)  

1690  On October - 29 birth of martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)  

1704  John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

0490  On this day in history petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies  

1038  Death of Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on October - 29.  

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)