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  Gustav V, king of Sweden, dies at 92 on October - 29.   

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

1953  On October - 29 a Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns   

1954  Colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brothership on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history 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 this day in history a hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1961  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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

1963  On October - 29 "Meet the Beatles" booklet is published   

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 October - 29.   

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

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

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

1966  On October - 29 national Organization of Women founded   

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  Vic Richardson, cricketer (Aussie capt 1935-36), dies on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher   

1507  On this day in history birth of fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)   

1513  On October - 29 birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne   

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  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 this day in history.   

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  On October - 29 death of conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252)   

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 this day in history.   

1618  Death of Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on October - 29.   

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