Updated October 28, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Oct. 29, 1929, stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out.
On Oct. 29, 1891, Fanny Brice, the American comic singer, was born. Following her death on May 29, 1951, her obituary appeared in The Times.
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1618 Sir Walter Raleigh, the English courtier, military adventurer and poet, was executed in London. 1682 The founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, landed at what is now Chester, Pa. 1891 Broadway star Fanny Brice was born Fanny Borach in Newark, N.J. 1901 President William McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz, was electrocuted. 1923 The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed. 1929 Stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out. 1940 The United States America began its first peacetime military draft. 1947 Frances Cleveland Preston, the widow of President Grover Cleveland, died at age 83. 1956 Israel invaded Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Canal crisis. 1956 “The Huntley-Brinkley Report” premiered as NBC’s nightly TV newscast. 1962 The Beach Boys’ debut album, “Surfin’ Safari,” was released. 1966 The National Organization for Women was founded. 1967 The musical “Hair” opened off-Broadway. 2004 Osama bin Laden, in a videotaped statement, directly admitted for the first time that he had ordered the Sept. 11 attacks. 2004 European Union leaders signed the EU’s first constitution. Current Birthdays
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Actress Winona Ryder turns 41 years old today.
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Actress Gabrielle Union turns 39 years old today.
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1940 Connie Mack III, Former U.S. senator, R-Fla., turns 72 1944 Denny Laine, Rock musician (Wings, Moody Blues), turns 68 1945 Melba Moore, Singer, turns 67 1946 Peter Green, Rock musician (Fleetwood Mac), turns 66 1947 Richard Dreyfuss, Actor, turns 65 1948 Kate Jackson, Actress (“Charlie’s Angels”), turns 64 1953 Denis Potvin, Hockey Hall of Famer, turns 59 1957 Dan Castellaneta, Actor (“The Simpsons”), turns 55 1961 Randy Jackson, Singer (The Jackson Five), turns 51 1967 Joely Fisher, Actress, turns 45 1977 Brendan Fehr, Actor (“CSI: MIami”), turns 35 1984 Chris Baio, Rock musician (Vampire Weekend), turns 28 Historic Birthdays
Fanny Brice 10/29/1891 – 5/29/1951 American singing comedian.Go to obituary »
75 William Hayley 10/29/1745 – 11/12/1820
English poet, biographer, patron of the arts88 Daniel Decatur Emmett 10/29/1815 – 6/28/1904
American minstrel entertainer69 Thomas Francis Bayard 10/29/1828 – 9/28/1898
American statesman, diplomat and lawyer89 Franz Von Papen 10/29/1879 – 5/2/1969
German chancellor (1932)88 Fred Lazarus Jr. 10/29/1884 – 5/27/1973
American merchandiser47 Joseph Goebbels 10/29/1897 – 5/1/1945
Minister of propaganda for Nazi Germany
