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 October - 29.   

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

1911  On October - 29 phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader   

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

1912  On this day in history 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  On this day in history russia declares war on Turkey   

1915  On October - 29 aristide Briand becomes premier of France   

1915  Dennis Brookes, cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7) on October - 29.   

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 October - 29.   

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  On October - 29 the Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.   

1921  Bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts) on this day in history.   

1922  Francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider) on this day in history.   

1922  On October - 29 george August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79   

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  On this day in history dietrich Manicke, composer   

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  On October - 29 zbigniew Herbert, writer   

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

1927  On October - 29 leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45   

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

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  On October - 29 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 October - 29 birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne   

1562  On this day in history birth of george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury   

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 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  On October - 29 petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

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)