Today in History for 29th October 2021

Historical Events

1889 - "World Championship" Baseball Series, Polo Grounds, NYC: defending champion NY Giants (NL) beat Brooklyn Bridegrooms (AA), 3-2 in Game 9 to claim series, 6-3
1923 - Mustafa Kemal officially confirms Turkey as a republic (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), now commemorated annually as the Republic Day of Turkey
1923 - Gibbs, Grey and Wood's revue "Runnin' Wild" (introducing "The Charleston") opens on Broadway, New York City
1949 - White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox
1985 - Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multiparty election in Liberia
1987 - "Don't Get God Started" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 86 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1908 - Stewart Myles MacPherson, Canadian-born British broadcaster (WWII), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1995)
1934 - Ramon Sender, Spanish composer, born in Madrid, Spain
1952 - Arnell Carmichael, rock keyboardist (Raydio)
1977 - Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor (CSI: Miami), born in New Westminister, British Columbia
1978 - Kelly Smith, English football player (Arsenal Ladies), born in Watford, England
1981 - Reema Sen, Indian actress, born in Kolkata, India

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Famous Deaths

1802 - Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, French composer, dies at 95
1957 - Rosemarie Nitribitt, German call girl, strangled in her apartment in an unsolved murder at 24
1994 - Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer (Picture Page, Dressing Up), dies at 84
1996 - Patricia Ticia Anne Ingrams, broadcaster, dies at 50
2002 - Glenn McQueen, American animator (b. 1960)
2015 - Murphy Anderson, American comic artist (DC Comics), dies at 89

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