Today in History for October 1929
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 24 of 24
3rd - British Labour govt recovers diplomatic relations with USSR
3rd - Julius Curtius succeeds Stresemann as German foreign minister
3rd - Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia
6th - 12th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Hillcrest CC Los Angeles
7th - Ramsay MacDonald is 1st British premier to address US Congress
8th - A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs
8th - Mohammed Nadir Khan occupies Kabul Afghanistan/drives out H Ghazi
9th - G Kaufman & R Lardner's musical "June Moon," premieres in NYC
11th - Sean O'Casey's "Silver Tassle," premieres in London
11th - JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
12th - Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning
14th - Phila A's beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1 in 26th World Series
14th - Philadelphia A's set World Series record of 10 runs in an inning
18th - Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
20th - Bayshore Highway opens (SF)
22nd - French govt of Briand falls
22nd - James H Scullin forms Australia government
24th - "Black Thursday," start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8%
24th - Ruby Vallee's Fleishmann Hour begins broadcasting on NBC radio
24th - Belgium princess Marie-Jose & Italian crown prince Umberto gets engaged, assassination attempt on Umberto fails
25th - Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe
28th - Dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64
29th - "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression"
30th - The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 49 of 49
1st - Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity
2nd - John Zochonis, British multi-millionaire soap magnate
2nd - Kenneth Leighton, composer
2nd - Moses Gunn, St Louis Mo, actor (Amityville II, Good Times, Shaft)
3rd - Bert Stern, American photographer
4th - Leroy Van Dyke, Spring Fork Mo, country singer (Walk on By)
4th - Scotty Beckett, Oakland CA, actor (Listen Darling, Battleground)
5th - Autherine Lucy, 1st black to enroll in U of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
5th - Richard F Gordon Jr, Seattle, Capt USN/astronaut (Gemini 11, Apol 12)
5th - Skip Homeier, Chicago Ill, actor (Beachhead, Dan Raven, Interns)
6th - Les Favell, cricketer (stoic Australian batsman late 50's)
7th - Robert Westall, British author (d. 1993)
7th - Graeme Ferguson, Canadian filmmaker and executive
8th - Valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2001)
11th - Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress
12th - Robert Coles, Milton Mass, author (Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973)
12th - Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic television presenter (d. 2007)
14th - Alfredo Santos Buenaventura, composer
14th - Yvon Durelle, Canadian boxer (d. 2007)
16th - Bill Green, (Rep-R-NY, 1978- )
16th - Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress
17th - Ram Da-Oz, composer
18th - Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, president of Nicaragua (1990- )
19th - Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1948-56)
19th - Dumitru Capoianu, composer
21st - Ursula K[roeber] Le Guin, US, sci-fi author (Tombs of Atuan)
22nd - Dory Previn, Rahway NJ, pop singer (Love Be My Cover)
22nd - Giorgio Gaslini, composer
22nd - Lev Jasjin, Russian soccer player (goalie)
22nd - Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (d. 1990)
24th - George H Crumb, Charleston WV, composer (Pulitzer 1968-Echoes of Time)
24th - James Brosnan, baseball player/writer (Long Season)
24th - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 2004)
24th - Hubert Aquin, French-Canadian novelist and activist (d. 1977)
25th - Peter Loader, cricketer (England quick in 13 Tests 1954-59, later WA)
25th - Peter Rohmkorf, writer
25th - Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist
26th - Georgette Amowitz, choreographer/educator
26th - Hans Peter Haller, composer
26th - Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000)
27th - Marino Iandioro, canned Tomato Pioneer
28th - 1st child born in aircraft, Miami, Florida
28th - Joan Plowright, Brigg England, actress (Brimstone & Treacle)
28th - Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966)
28th - Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (d. 1988)
28th - John Hollander, American poet
30th - Joan Ganz Cooney, founder (Children's Television Workshop)
31st - Bud Spencer, Italian actor (Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It)
31st - Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (d. 2004)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 14 of 14
1st - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b. 1861)
3rd - Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (Nobel 1926), dies at 51
3rd - Jeanne Eagels, actress (The Letter), dies at 35
4th - John Metzelaar, Dutch/US writer (Report on the Fishes), dies at 37
12th - Max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52
20th - Rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76
21st - Owen Dunell, cricketer (two Tests for South Africa in 1889), dies
23rd - Thomas F Tout, historian (Manch school of historiography), dies at 74
24th - Peter J Blok, Dutch historian, dies at 74
25th - James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (two Tests for England 1877), dies
26th - Arno Holz, writer, dies at 66
28th - Hermann Ungar, writer, dies at 36
28th - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
31st - António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician and 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
