Birthdates Which Occur on October 29:
1463 Alessandro Achillini Italian physician/philosopher
1507 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)
1513 Jacques Amyot French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne
1562 George Abbott English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury
1656 Edmund Halley astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]
1740 James Boswell Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer
1762 Andr‚-Marie Ch‚nier French poet (El‚gies)
1816 Ferdinand II AFA king of Portugal
1822 Joost G Kist Dutch lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97)
1824 Joseph Horace Lewis Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
1837 Abraham Kuyper clergyman/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-12)
and Harriet Powers US, slave/writer (Creation of Animals)
1844 Albert von Rothschild Austrian banker
1853 Josephine B Willson Bruce US theorist (NACW)
1857 Conrad Haebler German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal)
1859 Charles Ebbets (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)
1871 Narziss Oh German psychologist
1873 Guillermo Valencia Colombia, poet/translator/statesman
1875 Marie queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania (1914-27)
1878 Alex E von Falkenhausen German general
1879 Franz JHMM von Papen German diplomat/chancellor (1932)
1882 Jean Giraudoux Bellac France, playwright (glantine, Provinciales)
1883 Dirk Verbeek actor/director (Hofstad Stage)
1884 Bela Lugosi Lugos Hungary, horror actor (Dracula, Body Snatcher)
1891 Fanny Brice NYC, singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks)
1893 Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Jr actor
1897 Hope Emerson Hawarden Iowa, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn)
and [Paul] Joseph Goebbels Nazi propagandist
1898 Emmanuel Bondeville composer
1899 Akim Tamiroff Tiflis Russia, actor (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
19-- Laura Bonarrigo Maine, actress (Cassie Callson-One Life to Live)
and Scott Jacek actor (Santa Barbara)
and Tara O'Hara XXX actress
1901 Daniele Amfiteatrov composer
1903 Vivian Ellis composer
1906 Fredric [William] Brown US, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home)
1909 Douglass Montgomery LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane)
1910 Alfred J Ayer England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician
1917 Eddie Constantine US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again)
and Henry Carlsson Sweden, soccer (Olympic-gold-1948)
1921 Bill Mauldin political cartoonist
and Ed Kemmer Reading Pa, actor (Buzz Corey-Space Patrol)
and William Henry Mauldin US, political cartoonist (Pulitzer-1945, 59)
1922 Fran‡ois H L Henrichs sportscaster/actor (Spider)
and Neal Hefti Hastings Neb, orch leader (Kate Smith Show)
1923 Dietrich Manicke composer
1925 Betty Evans Grayson Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959)
and Geraldine Brooks NYC, actr (Faraday & Co, Dumplings, Act of Murder)
and Zoot Sims rocker
1926 Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers Prince Albert, Canada, tenor
1927 Frank A Sedgman tennis champ (US Open-1951)
and Hugo Schiltz Flemish politician
1930 Peter Stampfel rocker
1934 Pim Jacobs jazz pianist/Dutch TV host
and Ramon Sender composer
and Robert E Hughes NYC, orch leader (Rich Little Show)
1937 Michael Ponti Freiburg Germany, pianist (Boston Competition 1964)
1940 Connie Mack (Rep-R-FL, 1983- /Sen-R-FL)
and Galen Weston English/Canadian industrial/multi-millionaire
and John Gotti mafia head
1944 Denny Laine [Brian Hines], rock guitarist (Moody Blues, Wings)
and Fausto Leali Italian entertainer
and Robbie van Leeuwen guitarist (Shocking Blue)
1945 Melba Moore NYC, singer/actress (Ellis Island)
1946 Peter Green [Peter Greenbaum], London, rocker (Fleetwood Mac)
and Strinivasa Moodley South african anti-apartheid activist
1947 Richard Dreyfuss Bkln NY, actor (Jaws, Nuts)
1948 Kate Jackson Birmingham Ala, actress (Rookies, Charlie's Angels)
and Ricky Reynolds rocker
1949 Paul Orndorff wrestler (WCW/SMW/NWA/WWF, Mr Wonderful)
1951 Dirk Kempthorne (Sen-R Idaho)
and Guy Gelso rock drummer (Zebra)
and Rick Bordia rock guitarist (Mink Deville)
1952 Arnell Carmichael rock keyboardist (Raydio)
and Valeri I Tokarev Russian colonel/cosmonaut
1953 Denis Potvin Ottawa Ontario, NY Islander defenseman (Norris trophy)
1954 Anita Me˜er Dutch singer (Just a Disillusion)
and Herman Ronald Frazier Phila, 400m/4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1959 Finola Hughes London, actress (Anna-General Hospital, Staying Alive)
and Jesse Barfield Ill, outfielder (Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 HR leader)
and Tamar Baruch actress (Small Truth, Q & Q)
1960 Michael Carter Dallas Tx, shot putter (Olympic-silver-1984)
1961 Cornelia Oschkenat German DR, hurdler (50m indoor)
and Randy Jackson Gary In, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC)
and Steven Jackson Randall (Randy) rocker
1965 Steven Sweet Wadsworth Ohio, heavy metal artist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
1967 Joely Fisher actress (Ellen)
1968 Grayson McCouch NYC, actor (Morgan Winthrop-Another World)
1970 Chris Thorpe Waukegan, Ill, doubles luger (Olympics-1994)
and Edwin van der Sar soccer player (Ajax)
and Philip Cocu (French?) soccer player (Vitesse)
1971 Winona Ryder [Horowitz], Mn, actress (Heathers, Edward Scissorhand)
Deaths Which Occured October 29:
490 Petrus Mongus patriarch of Alexandria, dies
1321 Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies
1590 Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68
1618 Walter Raleigh English scholar/poet/historian, executed in London
1783 Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert philosopher/mathematician, die at 66
1790 Pieter van/of Bleiswijk pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66
1802 Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary composer, dies at 95
1822 Dirk van Hogendorp Dutch earl/general/minister of War, dies at 61
1829 Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart Austrian pianist, dies
1846 Jean Louis van Aelbroeck Flemish agronoom, dies at 90
1853 Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann composer, dies at 68
William Richard Bexfield composer, dies at 29
1856 Carel SW van Hogendorp colonial director, dies at 68
1873 Ernest Feydeau French author, dies at 52
Johan N M J king of Saxon (1854-73), dies
Leonardus Lightenvelt minister of RC Worship, dies at 78
1876 Jacques Gregoir composer, dies at 59
1882 Martin Gustav Nottebohm composer, dies at 64
1883 Friedrich Robert Volkmann composer, dies at 68
1885 George B McClellan Union army general, dies at 58
James Hannington English missionary, murdered in Uganda
1892 William M Harnett US painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies
1901 Leon Czolcosz assassin of President McKinley, is executed
1911 Joseph Pulitzer American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC
1919 Soen Shaku Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60
1920 Johann Ernst Perabo composer, dies at 74
1922 George August Lumbye composer, dies at 79
1927 Leonard Nelson Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45
1931 Luciano Gallet composer, dies at 38
1932 Joseph F F Babinski Polish/French neurologist (B-Reflex), dies
1933 Paul [Prudent] Painlev‚, French mathematician/minister/premier, dies
1934 Gustavo Emilio Campa composer, dies at 71
1939 Albrecht MAPJ duke of Wrttemberg/general (WW II), dies at 73
1943 Adrianus M de Young writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered at 55
1946 John S Curry US painter (Baptism in Kansas), dies
1947 Frances Cleveland Preston former 1st lady (1885-89 93-97), dies at 83
Theodore Samuel Holland composer, dies at 69
1950 Gustav V king of Sweden, dies at 92
1951 De Raymond French High Director of Cambodia, murdered
Robert G Aitken US astronomer (New General Catalogue), dies at 86
1957 Louis B Mayer MGM producer, dies at 71
1962 Dewi AngrŠnie [Martha AP Giese], Flemish/Dutch actress, dies at 85
Naphtali Siegfried Salomon composer, dies at 77
1963 Adolphe Menjou actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73
1965 Mehdi Am Barka Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris
1966 [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans painter/actor (Manner Kater), dies at 83
1968 Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad composer, dies at 78
1971 Duane Allman rock guitarist, dies at 24 in a motorcycle accident
1973 Heathcote Dicken Statham composer, dies at 83
1974 Victor E van Vriesland poet (Spiegel of Neth po‰zie), dies
1975 John Scott Trotter orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67
1981 William O Walker publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85
1983 Sten Broman composer, dies at 81
1985 John Lodge actor/gov-CN, dies at 82
1986 Sem Presser press photographer, dies at 68
1987 Kamal El Mallakh dies at 57
Woody Herman bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74
1990 William French Smith attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer
1991 Donald Churchill playwright, dies of heart attack at 60
Harry Thomas founder (Flower Festival, Dutch Homofielen Party), dies
Maria Monica silent film actress, dies
1992 Adrienne Canivez wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies
Kenneth MacMillan British choreographer (Manon, Judas Tree), dies
1993 Raymond Lockhart TV director (Huntley Brinkley Report), dies at 65
Holidays Which Occur October 29:
Cyprus National Day
Turkey Anniversary of Declaration of Republic (1923)
1030 Turkey Republic Day (1923)
Religious Observances on October 29:
ORTH St Anna/Euphemianos of Constantinople
RC Hermelindis/Ermilindis
RC Narcissus, bishop of Jerusalem
RC Peter Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria (477-90)
RC Zenobius, physician/martyr to Sidon
575 Christian Commemoration of St Theuderius, or Chef, abbot
1885 Ang Com of James Hannington, bishop of E Equatorial Afr & companions
Things to Remember for October 29:
Flowers-calendula, cosmos & hops Gem-opal & tourmaline
Hispanic Heritage Month
National Lupus Month-Eggtober-Computer Learning Month
National Restaurant-Car Maintance Month-Rocktober-Octoberfess
23 Days Astrological sign: Scorpio
Highlights in History Which Occur October 29:
439 Vandalen under Genseric occupy Carthago
539 -BC- Babylon falls to Cyrus, Great of Persia
1508 Gelderse troops occupies Kuinre
1552 Czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle
1591 Giovanni A Facchinetti elected as Pope Innocentius IX
1682 William Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania
1709 England/Netherlands sign anti-French "BarriŠretraktaat"
1727 Severe earthquake in New England
1787 Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)
1794 French troops occupies Venlo
1811 1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans
1833 1st US college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded
1863 Intl Comm of Red Cross forms (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)
1864 Greek parliament accept new Constitution
1867 Mail packets "Rhone" & "Wye" capsizes off St Thomas Virgin Islands
1888 J Palisa discovers asteroid #280 Philia
and Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company
1889 NY Giants (NL) beat Bkln (AA) in world series 6 games to 3
and Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia
and Stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, BC
1894 1st election of Hawaiian Republic
1904 1st intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas)
and IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway (NYC) opens
1905 Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured
1910 Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game
1914 Russia declares war on Turkey
and Turkish warships storm Black Sea
1915 Aristide Briand becomes premier of France
and Thomas Masaryk claims independence for Czechoslovakia
1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #904 Rockefellia
1920 Edward Barrow named Yankee general manager
1923 "Runnin' Wild" (introducing Charleston) opens on Broadway
and Army move SPD/KPD-govt to German part of Saxon
and Gibbs/Grey/Wood's revue "Runnin' Wild," premieres in NYC
and Textile strike in Enschede Neth, against lower wages, begins
and Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire)
1924 "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater
and B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1037 Davidweilla
and Labour loses British parliamentary election
1927 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #3722
1929 "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression"
1930 1st Eastern Canada night CF game: Oshawa vs Toronto Balmy Beach
1932 French liner Normandie is launched
1935 G Reiss discovers asteroid #1376 Michelle
1939 Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure)
1940 A Patry discovers asteroid #1539 Borrelly
and Sec of War Henry L Stimson drew 1st number-158-in 1st peacetime
military draft in US history
1941 Cole Porters musical "Let's Face It," premieres in NYC
1942 16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia
and 7th day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault
and Alaska highway completed
and Branch Rickey named president/GM of Brooklyn Dodgers
and Nazi's murder 16,000 Jewish in Pinsk, Soviet Union
1943 3 allied officers escape out camp Stalag Luft 3
1944 1st Polish Armour division frees Breda
and Breda freed
and Cabadese 2nd Infantry division frees Goes South-Beveland
1945 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it was patented
1947 Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherland form Benelux Union
and Trial of art forger Han of Meegeren begins in Amsterdam
1948 Israeli forces liberate Meron & Gush-Halev
1950 British minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns
and Wally Triplett avgs 735 yards on 3 kickoff returns
Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain
and in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7
1951 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1953 Rupertwildt
1954 Colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brothership
and Sweden begins experimental TV
1955 Belgium signs accord for 5 day week (45 hours)
and Emile Zatopek runs world record 15 mile (1:14:01) & 25,000m (1:16:36)
1956 Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up
and International zone of Tangier returned to Morocco
and Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran
1957 A hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)
1958 Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1959 10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced
1960 Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) 1st professional fight
and Chartered C46 carrying Cal State's football team crashes, kills 16
and Muhammad Ali's 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6
1961 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 "Meet the Beatles" booklet is published
1964 E Roemer discovers asteroid #1930 Lucifer
and Karmi'el founded in Galilee
and Star of India & other jewels are stolen in NY
and Town of Karmiel founded in Galilee
and United Rep of Tanganyika & Zanzibar renamed United Rep of Tanzania
1965 US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on moon: 6.7øN 162øE
and National Organization of Women founded
1967 Danny Abramowicz begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
and MacDermot, Ragni & Rado's musical "Hair," premieres in NYC
1968 USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
1969 Supreme Court orders end to all school desegregation "at once"
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
and USSR performs underground nuclear test
1970 WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, GA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1972 Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal
1975 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
and Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffer kills first
1977 Texas' Russell Erideben kicks his 3rd 60 yard field goal of the season
and USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 Purple Mountain Obs discovers asteroids #2230 Yunnan, #3239 & #3643
1979 Billy Martin fired as Yankee manager (2nd time)
1981 Bill Gates becomes CEO of Phila Phillies
1982 Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted
and Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "Girl is Mine"
1983 550,000 Dutch demonstrate against cruise missile
and Notre Dame's Gil Fenerty rushes for 337 yards & 6 touchdowns
1984 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3698 Manning & #3699 Milbourn
and Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) & Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win NY Marathon
1987 Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title
1988 2,000 US anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics
and China announces a herbal male contraceptive
and Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi
and Soviets 1st scheduled shuttle launch (postponed)
1989 NYC MTA opens 63rd street extension to subway
and Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions
1990 30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria
1991 Galileo passes within 600 miles of asteroid Gaspra
1993 Dow Jones index reaches record 3687.86 points
1994 Antonov AN-12 having an accident at Ust-Ilimsk Kaluga, 21 killed
and NY Lotto pays $60 million+
and National Museum of American Indian opens (NYC)
1995 Sunday NY News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25
1867 Mail packets 'Rhone' & 'Wye' capsize off St. Thomas, V.I.
in tropical storm, taking approx. 1,000 lives.
1960 Chartered C46 carrying Cal State Poly's football team crashes
in heavy fog killing 16 team members. (Toledo, Ohio)
Your Special Reminders for October 29:
1925 31øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1971 78øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 302nd day of year with 63 days left (Numerology = 3)
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