Historical Events In 1929

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

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

Aug 03   In the year 1929 bethel Leslie, NYC, entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap)  

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

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

Aug 07   In the year 1929 charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms Dutch govt  

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

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

Aug 08   In the year 1929 german airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight  

Aug 08   Salem Oregon airport dedicated in the year 1929.  

Aug 09   Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist (Simplicissimus), dies at 71 in the year 1929.  

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

Aug 13   In the year 1929 augustyn Bloch, composer  

Aug 14   Hewlett Thompson, Bishop of Exeter in the year 1929.  

Aug 14   Jewish Agency for Palestine forms in the year 1929.  

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

Aug 16   In the year 1929 frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer, dies at 70  

Aug 18   In the year 1929 hugues Aufray, French singer  

Aug 19   In the year 1929 sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57  

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

Aug 20   On this day in history 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   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 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   In the year 1929 arabs attack Jews in Israel  

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

Aug 24   In the year 1929 43rd US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62)  

Aug 25   Frederick Burton, cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies in the year 1929.  

Aug 25   In the year 1929 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   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   On this day in history birth of marilyn Lloyd, (Rep-D-TN, 1975- )  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of sergio Leone, Italian, director (Fist Full of Dollars)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer  

Jan 04   Amitai W Etzioni, US sociologist (Active Society) was born in the year 1929.  

Jan 04   Bobby Tulloch, ornithologist was born in the year 1929.  

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 in the year 1929.  

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

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   In the year 1929 wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80  

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

Jan 19   On this day in history death of liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873)