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| Birthday October 29, 1656 Edmund Halley, in London |
| Birthday October 29, 1740 James Boswell, in Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer |
| Birthday October 29, 1873 Guillermo Valencia, Colombian poet, translator, statesman |
| Birthday October 29, 1875 Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Rumania |
| Birthday October 29, 1884 Bela Lugosi, horror Actor (Dracula, Body Snatcher) |
| Birthday October 29, 1891 Fanny Brice, singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks) |
| Birthday October 29, 1897 Paul Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propagandist |
| Birthday October 29, 1910 Alfred J. Ayer, English Neopositivist philosopher, logician |
| Birthday October 29, 1921 Bill Mauldin, political cartoonist |
| Birthday October 29, 1926 Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor |
| Birthday October 29, 1945 Melba Moore, in NYC |
| Birthday October 29, 1947 Richard Dreyfuss, Actor (Jaws, Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind) |
| Birthday October 29, 1948 Kate Jackson, Alabama (Charley's Angels, Making Love) |
| History October 29, 0539 BC Babylon falls to Cyrus the Great of Persia. |
| History October 29, 1618 Sir Walter Raleigh is executed in London. |
| History October 29, 1682 Pennsylvania granted to William Penn by King Charles II. |
| History October 29, 1727 Severe earthquake in New England. |
| History October 29, 1811 1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans. |
| History October 29, 1833 1st College Fraternity founded |
| History October 29, 1863 Intl Comm. of the Red Cross founded (Nobel 1917 1944 1963). |
| History October 29, 1894 1st election of the Hawaiian Republic |
| History October 29, 1901 Leon Czolcosz assassin of President McKinley is executed. |
| History October 29, 1920 Edward Barrow named Yankee general manager |
| History October 29, 1923 Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day). |
| History October 29, 1929 Black Tuesday the Stock Market crash. |
| History October 29, 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure) |
| History October 29, 1956 Chet Huntley & David Brinkley NBC News team up |
| History October 29, 1956 Israeli paratroopers drop into the Sinai to open Straits of Tiran |
| History October 29, 1964 Star of India & other jewels are stolen in NY. |
| History October 29, 1979 Billy Martin fired as Yankee Manager (2nd time) |
| History October 29, 1982 John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking will be acquitted. |