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 this day in history de Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered  

1953  A Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns on this day in history.  

1954  Colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brothership on October - 29.  

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

1956  Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history international zone of Tangier returned to Morocco  

1956  On October - 29 israeli paratroopers drop into the Sinai to open Straits of Tiran  

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

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 October - 29.  

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

1960  On this day in history 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 October - 29 naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77  

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

1963  On October - 29 adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73  

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

1964  Town of Karmiel founded in the Galilee on October - 29.  

1964  On October - 29 bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings v Pakistan  

1965  Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris on this day in history.  

1966  National Organization of Women founded on October - 29.  

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

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

1968  Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history vic Richardson, cricketer (Aussie capt 1935-36), dies  

1971  Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24 on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83  

1974  On this day in history victor E van Vriesland, poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82  

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1463  On this day in history birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher  

1507  On October - 29 birth of fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)  

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  On October - 29 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 this day in history death of bolesław III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)  

1268  On October - 29 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 October - 29.  

1618  On this day in history death of walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason  

1650  Death of David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575) on this day in history.