Historical Events In October - 29

1949  White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox on October - 29.  

1950  On this day in history british minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns  

1950  On October - 29 gustav V, king of Sweden, dies at 92  

1951  De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered on October - 29.  

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

1954  On October - 29 colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brothership  

1955  On October - 29 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  International zone of Tangier returned to Morocco on this day in history.  

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

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1956  On this day in history the Huntley-Brinkley Report nightly newscast premieres on NBC TV.  

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

1957  Hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament) on this day in history.  

1957  On this day in history louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71  

1958  Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature on October - 29.  

1959  10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1962  Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77 on October - 29.  

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

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

1964  On October - 29 star of India & other jewels are stolen in NY  

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

1964  Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings v Pakistan on this day in history.  

1965  On this day in history mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris  

1966  National Organization of Women founded on October - 29.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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 October - 29.  

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

1513  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne was born on this day in history.  

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  Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761) was born on October - 29.  

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

1038  Death of Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

1138  Death of BolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086) on October - 29.  

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 October - 29.  

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

1618  On October - 29 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)