Page 4: Historical Events In October - 29

1909  On this day in history douglass Montgomery, LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane)   

1910  Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game on October - 29.   

1910  On this day in history alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician   

1911  On October - 29 phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader   

1911  Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC on this day in history.   

1912  The size of the U.S. flag is set by presidential order on this day in history.   

1913  Floods in El Salvador kill thousands on this day in history.   

1914  On October - 29 russia declares war on Turkey   

1915  On October - 29 aristide Briand becomes premier of France   

1915  On this day in history dennis Brookes, cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7)   

1917  Eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again) on this day in history.   

1919  Soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60 on October - 29.   

1920  Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees on October - 29.   

1920  Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate on October - 29.   

1920  On October - 29 johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74   

1921  The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed on this day in history.   

1921  Bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts) on October - 29.   

1922  Francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider) on October - 29.   

1922  On October - 29 george August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79   

1923  "Runnin' Wild" (introducing the Charleston) opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history the Republic of Turkey is proclaimed.   

1923  Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day) on this day in history.   

1923  On October - 29 "Runnin' Wild" (introducing Charleston) opens on Broadway   

1923  Dietrich Manicke, composer on this day in history.   

1924  On October - 29 "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater   

1924  The ends of the Holland Tunnel meet under the Hudson River in New York City on October - 29.   

1924  On this day in history zbigniew Herbert, writer   

1925  On October - 29 betty Evans Grayson, Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959)   

1926  Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor on October - 29.   

1927  On October - 29 frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951)   

1927  Leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1929  "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression" on October - 29.   

1929  On this day in history black Tuesday' New York's Wall Street crash   

1929  On this day in history black Tuesday, where fearful investors crashed the New York Stock Exchange through their panicked selling of stocks, starts the Great Depression in America.   

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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 October - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1138  Death of BolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086) on this day in history.   

1268  Death of Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252) on October - 29.   

1321  On this day in history 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  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)