1268 – Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252)
1666 – James Shirley, English poet and dramatist (The Triumph of Peace), dies at 70 (date of burial)
1790 – Pieter van Bleiswijk, Grand pensionary of Holland 1771-87, dies at about 66
1846 – Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist, dies at 90
1892 – William Harnett, Irish-American painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies at 44
1963 – Michael Holliday [Norman Milne], British pop singer (“The Story of My Life”), dies of a suspected drug overdose at 38
1963 – Adolphe Menjou, American actor (Front Page; Star is Born), dies at 73
1965 – Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris
1968 – Marius Ulfrstad, Norwegian composer, dies at 78
1992 – Adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies
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Historical Events for 29th October 2023
1863 – International Committee of Red Cross forms as result Geneva held conference (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)
1864 – Greek parliament accepts new Constitution
1929 – “Black Tuesday” Wall Street Stock Market crashes triggering the “Great Depression”
1939 – Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure)
1945 – Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil, resigns
1955 – Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours)
2005 – 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings kill more than 60.
2006 – Lula da Silva is elected President of Brazil defeating Geraldo Alckmin in the second round
2012 – Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in New Jersey resulting in 110 deaths and $50 billion in damage and forces the New York stock exchange to close
2022 – Twin car bombs by a jihadist group in Mogadishu, Somalia, kill 120 people
Today in History for 29th October 2023
Historical Events
1910 – Hamilton running back / kicker Ben Simpson lands CFL record 11 singles in Tigers 14-7 win over Montreal at Montreal AAA Grounds
1950 – British Chancellor of the Exchequer (Minister of Finance) Stafford Cripps resigns
1958 – Dr F Mason Sones is first doctor to perform a coronary angiogram
1967 – Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado’s hippie musical “Hair” opens off-Broadway at the Public Theatre, NYC, for a limited 6-week run
1974 – Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application
1997 – Iraq’s Revolution Command Council announces that it will no longer allow US citizens and US aircraft to serve with UN arms inspection teams
Famous Birthdays
1917 – Henry Carlsson, Swedish soccer (Olympic gold 1948), born in Falköping, Västra Götalands län, Sweden (d. 1999)
1923 – Dietrich Manicke, German composer, born in Wurzen, Saxony, Germany (d. 2013)
1951 – Guy Gelso, American rock drummer (Zebra), born in Oakland, California
1973 – Adam Bacher, South African cricket batsman (19 Tests; 13 ODIs), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1980 – B.J. Sams, American NFL player, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1990 – Kritidi Kharbanda, Indian actress (Googly), born in New Delhi, India
Famous Deaths
1856 – Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director, dies at 68
1968 – Marius Ulfrstad, Norwegian composer, dies at 78
1981 – William O. Walker, American publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85
1994 – Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer (Picture Page; Dressing Up), dies at 84
2010 – George Hickenlooper, American documentary filmmaker, dies at 47
2020 – Slaven Zambata, Croatian soccer forward (31 caps Yugoslavia; Dinamo Zagreb), dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 28th October 2023
1312 – Elisabeth of Tirol, German queen
1841 – Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (b. 1792)
1916 – Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau), dies at 77
1918 – Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (Fondamenti per la teorica delle funzioni di variabili reali), dies at 72
1940 – Andrea d’ Angeli, Italian composer, dies at 71
1959 – Egon Kornauth, Austrian classical pianist, composer, and teacher, dies at 68
1964 – Reginald Horace Blyth, Zen teacher/scholar, dies in Japan at 66
1998 – Ted Hughes, English Poet and translator (British Poet Laureate 1984-98), dies at 68
2000 – Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (b. 1912)
2002 – Margaret Booth, American film editor (b. 1898)
Historical Events for 28th October 2023
1628 – Huguenot bulwark La Rochelle surrenders to Cardinal Richelieu
1891 – Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300
1913 – “Krazy Kat” comic strip by George Herriman debuts in NY Journal
1922 – First US coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game
1939 – Anti-German demonstrations and strikes in Czechoslovakia
1943 – German submarine U-220 sunk by US aircraft in the Atlantic
1954 – Major league owners vote down sale of A’s to a Philadelphia syndicate
2011 – Baseball World Series: St. Louis beats Texas Rangers, 6-2 in Game 7 at Busch Stadium to win Cardinals’ 11th title; MVP: Cardinals 3rd baseman David Freese
2015 – Third Republican presidential candidates debate run by CNBC in Boulder, Colorado
2020 – 15th-century medieval manuscript “The Book of Lismore”, returns to Ireland after donated by Chatsworth Settlement to University College Cork
Today in History for 28th October 2023
Historical Events
1776 – Battle of White Plains: George Washington retreats to New Jersey
1886 – Statue of Liberty dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland, celebrated by first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City
1915 – Richard Strauss’ tone poem “Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony)” premieres in Berlin
1953 – Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
1955 – Egypt and Saudi Arabia sign defense treaty
1965 – Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion
Famous Birthdays
1913 – Peter Glenville, English stage and screen actor and director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), born in London (d. 1996)
1922 – Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician (1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe), born in Gutu district, Southern Rhodesia (d. 2003)
1936 – Ted Hawkins, American singer and guitarist (“The Next Hundred Years”), born in Biloxi, Mississippi (d. 1995)
1959 – Neville Henry, British rock saxophonist (Blow Monkeys – “Wicked Ways”), born in England
1965 – Jami Gertz, actress (Less the Zero, Crossroads, Solarbabies), born in Chicago, Illinois
1967 – Kevin Macdonald, Scottish film director
Famous Deaths
1646 – William Dobson, English portrait painter, dies at about 35 (b. 1610)
1877 – Robert Swinhoe, British naturalist (b. 1835)
1879 – Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French writer (b. 1799)
1997 – Toni Carabillo, writer (Feminist Chronicles), dies of lymphoma at 71
2020 – Miguel Ángel Castellini, Argentine boxer (WBA, lineal light middleweight titles 1976-77), dies from COVID-19 at 73
2020 – Bobby Ball [Harper], British comic, actor, singer and television host (Cannon and Ball; The Last of Summer Wine), dies at 76
Famous Deaths for 27th October 2023
1331 – Aboe al-Fida [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies
1670 – Vavasor Powell, Welsh non-conformist leader (b. 1617)
1964 – Willi Bredel, German writer, dies at 63
1965 – Leo van Puyfielde, Belgian art historian and museum curator (worked with Monuments Men during WWII to recover looted artifacts), dies at 83
1974 – Rudolf Dassler, German entrepreneur (founder sportswear company Puma), dies at 76
1977 – Peg Leg Sam [Arthur Jackson], American country blues harmonica player, singer and comedian, dies at 65
1990 – Elliott Roosevelt, American general, writer and son of FDR (Murder in the Oval Office), dies at 80
1991 – Pyke Koch, Dutch magic realism painter (Dolores’ Breakfast), dies at 90
1994 – Wally Halder, Canadian ice hockey forward (Olympic gold 1948, tournament top scorer), dies of cancer at 69
1994 – Robert White, American guitarist (The Funk Brothers), dies of complications from open heart surgery at 57
Historical Events for 27th October 2023
1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam
1676 – Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw
1864 – Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess’ Mill, Southside Railroad)
1935 – SDAP and NVV launches “Plan for Work” in Utrect, Netherlands
1974 – French runner Chantal Langlacé sets female world marathon record (2:46:24) in Neuf-Brisach, France
1978 – US President Jimmy Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill
1988 – “Les Miserables” opens at Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia
1990 – Supreme Soviet of Kirghiz SSR chooses Askar Akayev as republic’s first president.
1991 – “Homecoming” opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 49 performances
2020 – Organizers of 96th East-West Shrine Bowl college football all-star game, benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children, announce cancellation of game scheduled for January 23, 2021, in St. Petersburg, Florida, due to COVID-19 issues. The
Today in History for 27th October 2023
Historical Events
1935 – SDAP and NVV launches “Plan for Work” in Utrect, Netherlands
1985 – Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
1986 – Paul McCartney releases single “Pretty Little Head”
1992 – Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of JRR Tolkien
2014 – Taylor Swift releases her 5th studio album “1989” (2015 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2016)
2020 – A record 69.5 million Americans have already voted, a week before election day, 50.4% of 2016 total vote
Famous Birthdays
1811 – Isaac Singer, American inventor (1st practical home sewing machine), born in Pittstown New York (d. 1875)
1865 – Charles Spencelayh, English painter (Why War), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 1958)
1874 – Owen D. Young, American industrialist (RCA) and diplomat (Young Plan), born in Stark, New York (d. 1962)
1942 – Mike Appel, American musician, songwriter and producer (Sir Lord Baltimore; Bruce Springsteen), born in Flushing, Queens, New York
1945 – Carrie Snodgress, American actress (Diary of Mad Housewife), born in Barrington, Illinois (d. 2004)
1980 – Tanel Padar, Estonian singer-songwriter (46th Eurovision Song Contest winner, 2001 – “Everybody”), born in Uhtna, Estonia
Famous Deaths
1617 – Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563)
1864 – Andreas Randel, Swedish composer, dies at 58
1949 – Ginette Neveu, French child prodigy and concert violinist, dies in a plane crash on São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal at 30
1964 – Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63
1977 – Peg Leg Sam [Arthur Jackson], American country blues harmonica player, singer and comedian, dies at 65
1979 – Father Charles Coughlin, Canadian-American Roman Catholic priest and pro-Fascist radio broadcaster, dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 26th October 2023
1132 – Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered
1749 – Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72
1935 – Akos Buttykai, Hungarian composer, dies at 64
1943 – Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-British archaeologist, dies at 80
1984 – Gus Mancuso, American baseball catcher (World Series 1931, 33; MLB All Star 1935, 37; NY Giants, St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (Cardinals’ radio network), dies from emphysema at 78
1985 – Bob Scheffing, American baseball catcher (Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds), manager (Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers) and executive (GM NY Mets 1970-74), dies at 72
1996 – Hans Kosterlitz, German-British biochemist (endorphins), dies at 93
2010 – Mbah Maridjan, Mount Merapi gatekeeper (b. 1927)
2019 – Enriqueta Basilio, Mexican track and field athlete, and first woman to light the Olympic Cauldron (Mexico City, 1968), dies of pneumonia at 71
2021 – Walter Smith, Scottish football manager (Rangers, Everton; Scotland 2004-07), dies at 73