Today in History for 29th October 2022:
Historical Events
1921 – The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed in northern California and Oregon
1932 – French liner Normandie is launched
1945 – Happy Chandler resigns as US Senator, remains as baseball commissioner
1982 – Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted
1988 – First scheduled Soviet shuttle launch (postponed)
2017 – British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes a distant 9th in Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; good enough to clinch his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship
Famous Birthdays
1704 – John Byng, English admiral executed by firing squad at 52 for neglecting his duty in defence of Minorca, born in Southill, Bedfordshire, England (d. 1757)
1853 – Josephine Beall Bruce, African-American activist (NACW) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1923)
1882 – Jean Giraudoux, French writer and playwright (The Madwoman of Chaillot), born in Bellac, Haute-Vienne, France (d. 1944)
1923 – Dietrich Manicke, German composer, born in Wurzen, Saxony, Germany (d. 2013)
1937 – Sonny Osborne, American bluegrass banjo player (The Osborne Brothers – “Rocky Top”), born in Roark, Kentucky (d. 2021)
1938 – Ralph Bakshi, Krymchak-American animator and film maker (Fritz the Cat; Lord of the Rings (1978); Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures), born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine
Famous Deaths
1677 – Charles Coypeau Dassoucy, French poet and singer, dies at 72
1919 – A. B. Simpson, Canadian preacher (b. 1843)
1965 – Bill McKechnie, American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates, 1940 Cincinnati Reds) and coach (World Series 1948 Cleveland Indians), dies at 79
1979 – Ramon “Tiki” Fulwood, American funk drummer (Parliament-Funkadelic; Miles Davis), dies of stomach cancer at 35
1983 – Sten Broman, Swedish composer, dies at 81
2011 – Jimmy Savile, British entertainer and suspected sexual predator, dies at 84