Historical Events In 1929

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

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

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   In the year 1929 salem Oregon airport dedicated  

Aug 09   In the year 1929 heinrich Zille, German cartoonist (Simplicissimus), dies at 71  

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 in the year 1929.  

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

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 in the year 1929.  

Aug 14   On this day in history hewlett Thompson, Bishop of Exeter  

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 in the year 1929.  

Aug 18   In the year 1929 hugues Aufray, French singer  

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) in the year 1929.  

Aug 21   In the year 1929 ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of S Afr Communist Party  

Aug 21   Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town in the year 1929.  

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

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

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

Aug 25   In the year 1929 graf Zeppelin passes over SF for LA after trans-Pacific voyage  

Aug 26   In the year 1929 1st US roller coaster built  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of holling Gustav Vapor, character on Northern Exposure  

Jan 02   In the year 1929 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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1929.  

Jan 04   Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist, sculptor was born in the year 1929.  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1929 nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72  

Jan 07   In the year 1929 henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77  

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

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

Jan 13   In the year 1929 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   In the year 1929 death of liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873)