Historical Events In 1929

Aug 01   Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian captain pre-WWI), dies in the year 1929.  

Aug 02   On this day in history phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR  

Aug 03   On this day in history bethel Leslie, NYC, entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap)  

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

Aug 04   Yasser Arafat, leader (Palestine Liberation Organization) in the year 1929.  

Aug 07   In the year 1929 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 in the year 1929.  

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

Aug 08   In the year 1929 salem Oregon airport dedicated  

Aug 09   On this day in history heinrich Zille, German cartoonist (Simplicissimus), dies at 71  

Aug 10   On this day in history aletta Henriette Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor/feminist, dies at 75  

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

Aug 10   In the year 1929 grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd & last NL win  

Aug 11   Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve) in the year 1929.  

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

Aug 14   Hewlett Thompson, Bishop of Exeter on this day in history.  

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

Aug 16   Bill Evans, US jazz pianist in the year 1929.  

Aug 16   Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1929.  

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

Aug 19   On this day in history sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57  

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

Aug 20   On this day in history first airship flight around the Earth flying eastward completed  

Aug 20   On this day in history norma Connolly, Boston, Mass, actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital)  

Aug 21   Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of S Afr Communist Party on this day in history.  

Aug 21   On this day in history chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town  

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

Aug 23   Arabs attack Jews in Israel in the year 1929.  

Aug 23   In the year 1929 charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies  

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

Aug 25   On this day in history frederick Burton, cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies  

Aug 25   On this day in history graf Zeppelin passes over SF for LA after trans-Pacific voyage  

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 in the year 1929.  

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

Jan 03   Marilyn Lloyd, (Rep-D-TN, 1975- ) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer was born in the year 1929.  

Jan 04   In the year 1929 birth of amitai W Etzioni, US sociologist (Active Society)  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1929 birth of yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist, sculptor  

Jan 02   Erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Heiner Muller, writer, dies in the year 1929.  

Jan 11   On this day in history death of julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28  

Jan 13   Wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80 in the year 1929.  

Jan 14   Cornelis W Lely, Dutch Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies at 74 in the year 1929.  

Jan 19   In the year 1929 death of liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873)