Historical Events In 1929

Aug 01   Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian captain pre-WWI), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 02   Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR in the year 1929.  

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

Aug 04   60,000 SA'ers/SS'ers march by Munich on this day in history.  

Aug 04   In the year 1929 yasser Arafat, leader (Palestine Liberation Organization)  

Aug 07   Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms Dutch govt on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 08   Salem Oregon airport dedicated in the year 1929.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Aug 14   In the year 1929 jewish Agency for Palestine forms  

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

Aug 16   Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of S Afr Communist Party in the year 1929.  

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

Aug 22   In the year 1929 otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I), dies at 74  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 25   In the year 1929 frederick Burton, cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies  

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   Art Prysock, jazz musician was born in the year 1929.  

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   On this day in history birth of ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer  

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   In the year 1929 erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38  

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 in the year 1929.  

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

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

Jan 19   Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873) died on this day in history.