Page 6: Historical Events In October - 29

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

1950  British minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns on October - 29.   

1950  On October - 29 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  On this day in history belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours)   

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

1956  On October - 29 international zone of Tangier returned to Morocco   

1956  Israeli paratroopers drop into the Sinai to open Straits of Tiran on October - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

1957  Louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71 on October - 29.   

1958  On this day in history boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature   

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

1960  On October - 29 chartered C46 carrying Cal State's football team crashes, kills 16   

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

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

1962  On this day in history naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77   

1963  On this day in history "Meet the Beatles" booklet is published   

1963  Adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1964  On October - 29 town of Karmiel founded in the Galilee   

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 this day in history.   

1966  The National Organization for Women is founded on this day in history.   

1966  [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Manner Kater), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1968  On October - 29 marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78   

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  Victor E van Vriesland, poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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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  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne was born on October - 29.   

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  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  On this day in history birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)   

0490  Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on October - 29.   

1038  On this day in history death of aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1138  On October - 29 death of bolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)   

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 October - 29 dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68   

1618  Death of Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on this day in history.   

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