Historical Events In October - 29

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

1950  British minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns on this day in history.  

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

1951  De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered on this day in history.  

1953  On this day in history a Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns  

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  On October - 29 international zone of Tangier returned to Morocco  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 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  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on October - 29.  

1962  Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

1963  On this day in history adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73  

1964  Star of India & other jewels are stolen in NY on this day in history.  

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

1964  Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings v Pakistan on October - 29.  

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

1966  On this day in history national Organization of Women founded  

1966  On October - 29 the National Organization for Women is founded.  

1966  On October - 29 [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  Vic Richardson, cricketer (Aussie capt 1935-36), dies on October - 29.  

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

1973  On October - 29 heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83  

1974  Victor E van Vriesland, poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82 on October - 29.  

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1463  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher was born on October - 29.  

1507  On October - 29 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  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on October - 29.  

1656  Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8] was born on this day in history.  

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 October - 29 birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)  

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 Bolesław III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086) on October - 29.  

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 this day in history.  

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)