Month October 1929 Calendar

About Month of October Calendar

• October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans.
  
  October symbols: The birthstones of Octoberare the tourmaline and opal. Its birth flower is the calendula. The zodiac signs for the month of October are Libra (until October 22) or Scorpio (October 23 onwards). October Star Stones: Libra (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22). Planetary Stone: Sapphire; Lucky Charms: Opal, Sardonyx, Chrysolite; birthstone: pink Tourmaline, Opal. Scorpio (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21). Planetary Stone: Garnet, Ruby; Lucky Charms: Aquamarine, Beryl. October Mystical birthstone is Jasper. October Ayurvedic Birthstone is Opal.

Historical Events for October, 1929

• Day of Week 3rd » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".
• Day of Week 7th » Patriarch Photios II of Constantinople called Photios II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• Day of Week 11th » JC Penney opens store 1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
• Day of Week 18th » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in 'Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General) called Edwards v. Canada' when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
• Day of Week 23rd » Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic.
• Day of Week 24th » "Wall Street Crash 1929 known as Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
• Day of Week 28th » Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval.
• Day of Week 30th » The Standseilbahn Stuttgart e.g Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1929

• 1st » Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1st » Grady Chapman, American singer (The Robins) (d. 2011)
• 1st » Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (The Strangers (American band) named The Strangers) (d. 2006)
• 2nd » Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (d. 1996)
• 2nd » Moses Gunn, American actor (d. 1993)
• 2nd » Cesare Maestri, Italian mountaineer and author
• 2nd » Howard Roberts, American guitarist (The Wrecking Crew (music) or The Wrecking Crew) (d. 1992)
• 4th » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (d. 1968)
• 4th » John Edward Mack, American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)
• 4th » Leroy Van Dyke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 5th » Fred Feast, English actor (d. 1999)
• 5th » Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 5th » Bill Wirtz, American businessman (d. 2007)
• 6th » George Mattos, American pole vaulter (d. 2012)
• 7th » Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation
• 7th » Robert Westall, English journalist and author (d. 1993)
• 8th » Didi (footballer) named Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2001)
• 10th » Herb Levinson, American actor (d. 2012)
• 11th » Curtis Amy, American saxophonist (d. 2002)
• 11th » Raymond Moriyama, Canadian architect, designed the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scarborough Civic Centre
• 11th » Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress
• 12th » Nappy Brown, American singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
• 12th » Brian Cobby, English actor (d. 2012)
• 12th » Robert Coles, American psychologist and author
• 12th » Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic-Scottish journalist (d. 2007)
• 13th » Richard Howard, American poet, critic, and educator
• 13th » Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet(d. 2010)
• 14th » Yvon Durelle, Canadian boxer (d. 2007)
• 16th » Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress
• 17th » Mário Wilson, Mozambican footballer and manager
• 18th » Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan publisher and politician, President of Nicaragua
• 18th » Hillard Elkins, American producer and manager (d. 2010)
• 18th » Kees Fens, Dutch author and critic (d. 2008)
• 21st » Fritz Hollaus, Austrian footballer (d. 1994)
• 21st » Ursula K. Le Guin, American author
• 21st » Pierre Bellemare, French writer, radio and television host
• 22nd » Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
• 22nd » Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (d. 1990)
• 23rd » Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (d. 2006)
• 24th » Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (d. 1977)
• 24th » Jim Brosnan, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 24th » George Crumb, American composer
• 24th » Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (d. 2012)
• 24th » Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (d. 2004)
• 24th » Gustav Ranis, American development economist (d. 2013)
• 24th » Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (d. 2013)
• 26th » Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000)
• 27th » Maurice Robert Johnston, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
• 28th » Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
• 28th » Virginia Held, American feminist philosopher
• 28th » John Hollander, American poet, critic, and educator (d. 2013)
• 28th » Joan Plowright, English actress
• 29th » Irvine Patnick, English politician (d. 2012)
• 29th » Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia
• 30th » Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (d. 2012)
• 31st » Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (d. 2004)
• 31st » Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter

Famous Deaths for October 1929

• 1st » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 3rd » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 3rd » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (German Reich) known as Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 5th » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest (b. 1876)
• 14th » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 28th » Bernhard von Bülow, German politician, List of Chancellors of Germany or Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
• 31st » Ilm-ud-din, Pakistani murderer (b. 1908)
• 31st » António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th List of Presidents of Portugal named President of Portugal (b. 1866)
• 31st » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)

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