Historical Events In 1929

Aug 01   On this day in history syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian captain pre-WWI), dies  

Aug 02   In the year 1929 phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR  

Aug 03   Bethel Leslie, NYC, entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap) in the year 1929.  

Aug 04   In the year 1929 60,000 SA'ers/SS'ers march by Munich  

Aug 04   Yasser Arafat, leader (Palestine Liberation Organization) on this day in history.  

Aug 07   On this day in history charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms Dutch govt  

Aug 07   Don Larsen, pitcher (NY Yankees), on what must have been a perfect day in the year 1929.  

Aug 08   1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward begins on this day in history.  

Aug 08   German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight in the year 1929.  

Aug 08   On this day in history salem Oregon airport dedicated  

Aug 09   Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist (Simplicissimus), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Aug 10   In the year 1929 aletta Henriette Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor/feminist, dies at 75  

Aug 10   Canadian National Railways place in service the first road diesel electric passenger locomotive. This consisted of two units, weighing a total of 335 tons on this day in history.  

Aug 10   Grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd & last NL win in the year 1929.  

Aug 11   On this day in history babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve)  

Aug 13   Augustyn Bloch, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 14   In the year 1929 hewlett Thompson, Bishop of Exeter  

Aug 14   Jewish Agency for Palestine forms on this day in history.  

Aug 16   In the year 1929 bill Evans, US jazz pianist  

Aug 16   On this day in history frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer, dies at 70  

Aug 18   Hugues Aufray, French singer on this day in history.  

Aug 19   Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57 in the year 1929.  

Aug 20   In the year 1929 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed  

Aug 20   In the year 1929 first airship flight around the Earth flying eastward completed  

Aug 20   Norma Connolly, Boston, Mass, actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital) on this day in history.  

Aug 21   On this day in history ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of S Afr Communist Party  

Aug 21   Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town on this day in history.  

Aug 22   Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Aug 23   Arabs attack Jews in Israel on this day in history.  

Aug 23   Charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies in the year 1929.  

Aug 24   On this day in history 43rd US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62)  

Aug 25   Frederick Burton, cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 25   Graf Zeppelin passes over SF for LA after trans-Pacific voyage on this day in history.  

Aug 26   1st US roller coaster built in the year 1929.  

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Jan 01   Holling Gustav Vapor, character on Northern Exposure was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of art Prysock, jazz musician  

Jan 03   Marilyn Lloyd, (Rep-D-TN, 1975- ) was born in the year 1929.  

Jan 03   Sergio Leone, Italian, director (Fist Full of Dollars) was born in the year 1929.  

Jan 03   In the year 1929 birth of ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer  

Jan 04   Amitai W Etzioni, US sociologist (Active Society) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Bobby Tulloch, ornithologist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist, sculptor  

Jan 02   On this day in history erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38  

Jan 06   On this day in history nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72  

Jan 07   On this day in history henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77  

Jan 09   On this day in history heiner Muller, writer, dies  

Jan 11   In the year 1929 death of julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28  

Jan 13   On this day in history wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80  

Jan 14   On this day in history cornelis W Lely, Dutch Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies at 74  

Jan 19   Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873) died in the year 1929.