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 October - 29.  

1910  On October - 29 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  On October - 29 floods in El Salvador kill thousands.  

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 this day in history.  

1917  On October - 29 eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again)  

1919  On this day in history soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60  

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 this day in history 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 October - 29 bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts)  

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

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1926  On October - 29 jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor  

1927  On October - 29 frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951)  

1927  Leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne  

1562  On October - 29 birth of george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury  

1656  Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8] was born on October - 29.  

1682  On this day in history birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)  

1690  Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) was born on October - 29.  

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  Death of Bolesław III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086) on this day in history.  

1268  On this day in history death of conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252)  

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

1590  Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68 on this day in history.  

1618  Death of Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on October - 29.  

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