Page 4: Historical Events In October - 29

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

1910  Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game on October - 29.   

1910  On this day in history alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician   

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

1911  On this day in history 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 October - 29 floods in El Salvador kill thousands.   

1914  Russia declares war on Turkey on October - 29.   

1915  Aristide Briand becomes premier of France on October - 29.   

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

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 October - 29 george August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79   

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

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

1923  Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day) on October - 29.   

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

1923  Dietrich Manicke, composer on this day in history.   

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  Betty Evans Grayson, Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959) on October - 29.   

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  On this day in history leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45   

1929  "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression" on this day in history.   

1929  Black Tuesday' New York's Wall Street crash on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.   

1656  On October - 29 birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]   

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 this day in history.   

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  On October - 29 death of aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury   

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 this day in history.   

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

1590  On October - 29 dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68   

1618  Death of Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on this day in history.   

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