Historical Events In October - 29

1909  Douglass Montgomery, LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane) on October - 29.   

1910  On October - 29 bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game   

1910  Alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician on October - 29.   

1911  On October - 29 phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader   

1911  On October - 29 joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC   

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

1913  On this day in history floods in El Salvador kill thousands.   

1914  Russia declares war on Turkey on October - 29.   

1915  Aristide Briand becomes premier of France on October - 29.   

1915  Dennis Brookes, cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7) on October - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1920  Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1922  George August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1923  The Republic of Turkey is proclaimed on this day in history.   

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

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

1923  Dietrich Manicke, composer on October - 29.   

1924  On this day in history "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater   

1924  The ends of the Holland Tunnel meet under the Hudson River in New York City on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history zbigniew Herbert, writer   

1925  Betty Evans Grayson, Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959) on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor   

1927  Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951) on October - 29.   

1927  On October - 29 leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45   

1929  On this day in history "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression"   

1929  On October - 29 black Tuesday' New York's Wall Street crash   

1929  On October - 29 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  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 October - 29 birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne   

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]   

1682  Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761) was born on this day in history.   

1690  On this day in history birth of martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)   

1704  On this day in history birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)   

0490  Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on this day in history.   

1038  On October - 29 death of aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1138  On this day in history 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  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  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.