Page 4: 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 this day in history alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician   

1911  Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader on October - 29.   

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

1912  On this day in history 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 October - 29.   

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

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

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 October - 29.   

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  Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74 on October - 29.   

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 October - 29.   

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

1923  The Republic of Turkey is proclaimed on this day in history.   

1923  On October - 29 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 October - 29.   

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 October - 29.   

1927  On this day in history 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  On October - 29 "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression"   

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

1507  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on October - 29.   

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  On October - 29 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 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  Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies on this day in history.   

1590  Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68 on October - 29.   

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

1650  Death of David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575) on October - 29.