Page 6: Historical Events In October - 29

1949  On October - 29 white Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox   

1950  On October - 29 british minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns   

1950  On this day in history gustav V, king of Sweden, dies at 92   

1951  On October - 29 de Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered   

1953  A Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns on October - 29.   

1954  On October - 29 colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brothership   

1955  Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours) on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up   

1956  International zone of Tangier returned to Morocco on October - 29.   

1956  Israeli paratroopers drop into the Sinai to open Straits of Tiran on this day in history.   

1956  The Huntley-Brinkley Report nightly newscast premieres on NBC TV on October - 29.   

1957  On October - 29 a hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)   

1957  Hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament) on October - 29.   

1957  On October - 29 louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71   

1958  Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature on this day in history.   

1959  On October - 29 10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced   

1960  Chartered C46 carrying Cal State's football team crashes, kills 16 on October - 29.   

1960  Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay's) 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6 on October - 29.   

1961  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1962  On October - 29 naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77   

1963  "Meet the Beatles" booklet is published on October - 29.   

1963  Adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73 on October - 29.   

1964  Star of India & other jewels are stolen in NY on October - 29.   

1964  Town of Karmiel founded in the Galilee on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings v Pakistan   

1965  Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris on October - 29.   

1966  National Organization of Women founded on October - 29.   

1966  The National Organization for Women is founded on October - 29.   

1966  On October - 29 [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Manner Kater), dies at 83   

1968  Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78 on October - 29.   

1969  On October - 29 vic Richardson, cricketer (Aussie capt 1935-36), dies   

1971  On October - 29 duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24   

1973  Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83 on October - 29.   

1974  On October - 29 victor E van Vriesland, poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82   

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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 this day in history.   

1513  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) was born on this day in history.   

1704  John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) was born on October - 29.   

0490  On this day in history petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies   

1038  Death of Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on October - 29.   

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  On October - 29 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 this day in history death of walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason   

1650  On this day in history death of david Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)