Page 4: Historical Events In October - 29

1909  Douglass Montgomery, LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane) on this day in history.   

1910  Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game on this day in history.   

1910  On October - 29 alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician   

1911  On October - 29 phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader   

1911  On this day in history joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC   

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  Russia declares war on Turkey on this day in history.   

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

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

1917  On October - 29 eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again)   

1919  On this day in history soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60   

1920  On October - 29 ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees   

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

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

1922  On this day in history francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider)   

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

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

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

1923  Dietrich Manicke, composer on October - 29.   

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

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

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

1927  On this day in history frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951)   

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

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

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  On October - 29 birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher   

1507  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 29.   

1682  On October - 29 birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)   

1690  On October - 29 birth of martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)   

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

0490  On this day in history petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies   

1038  Death of Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on October - 29.   

1138  On this day in history death of bolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)   

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  On this day in history dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68   

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 October - 29.