Timeline Friday 29 October 1897

Events on Friday 29 October 1897 3

• 1839 – 1897 Henry George (1839-1897) Died 29 October 1897, aged 58 Henry George was an American political economist whose book Progress and Poverty argued for a single tax on land values. He died during his second campaign for mayor of New York City.
• 1839 – 1897 Henry George (1839-1897) Died 29 October 1897, aged 58 Henry George was an American political economist whose book Progress and Poverty argued for a single tax on land values. He died during his second campaign for mayor of New York City.
• 1897 – 1945 Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945) Died 1 May 1945, aged 47 Goebbels served as Nazi Germany's Minister of Propaganda, directing the regime's media, censorship, and antisemitic messaging. He killed his six children and himself along with his wife in the Berlin Führerbunker the day after Hitler's suicide. He had briefly succeeded Hitler as Chancellor.