Historical Events In 1929
Jan 07 "Buck Rogers," first sci-fi comic strip, premieres
Jan 03 27 year old William S Paley becomes CBS president
Jan 07 The first telephone connection between Netherlands &East Indies
Jan 05 Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia
Jan 12 Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana
Jan 07 "Buck Rogers," first sci-fi comic strip, premieres
Jan 20 The first feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona"
Jan 03 27 year old William S Paley becomes CBS president
Jan 08 The first telephone connection between Netherlands & West-Indies
Jan 03 Bradman scores 112 vs England at MCG - his first Test century
Jan 02 US &Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls
Jan 18 Stalin proposes to ban Trotsky from the Politburo
Jan 07 The first telephone connection between Netherlands &East Indies
Jan 31 Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia
Jan 06 Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia
Jan 17 Popeye makes first appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theatre"
Jan 17 King Inayatullah of Afghanistan forced to abdicate after a coup; he ruled for only three days.
Jan 31 Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey
Jan 29 Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms
Jan 19 Acadia National Park, Maine established
Feb 13 Cruiser Act OKs construction of 19 new cruisers &an aircraft carrier
Feb 15 St Valentine's Day massacre (Chicago)
Feb 17 The birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader and Nobel Prize winner
Feb 14 The St Valentines Day Massacre, in Chicago, between rival gansters
Feb 28 The birth of Frank O. Gehry, American architect
Feb 14 Seven rivals of mobster Al Capone are murdered in a Chicago garage, now remembered as the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre."
Feb 05 Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in San Francisco
Feb 27 Turkey signs Litvinov-pact
Feb 11 The independence and sovereignty of Vatican City is recognized by Italy, with the signing of the Lateran Treaty.
Feb 12 Actress Lilly Langtree dies.
Feb 06 Rudy Vallee recorded "Deep Night"
Feb 09 USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland &Romania sign Litvinov Pact
Feb 13 Vladimir Mayakofsky's "Klop," premieres in Moscow
Feb 20 American Samoa organized as a territory of US
Feb 03 Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam
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