Historical Events In October - 29

1909  On October - 29 douglass Montgomery, LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane)  

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  On October - 29 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  On October - 29 floods in El Salvador kill thousands.  

1914  On this day in history russia declares war on Turkey  

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 this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

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 October - 29.  

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  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  On this day in history the Republic of Turkey is proclaimed.  

1923  Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day) on this day in history.  

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

1923  Dietrich Manicke, composer on this day in history.  

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

1924  On this day in history 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  On October - 29 betty Evans Grayson, Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959)  

1926  Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor on this day in history.  

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  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 October - 29.  

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1463  On this day in history birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher  

1507  On this day in history birth of fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)  

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  Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8] was born on October - 29.  

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 October - 29.  

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

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  Death of Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252) on October - 29.  

1321  Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies on this day in history.  

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

1618  On this day in history death of walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason  

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