Page 10: Historical Events In 1929

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

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

Aug 03   Bethel Leslie, NYC, entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap) on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 07   Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms Dutch govt in the year 1929.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 10   On this day in history 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) in the year 1929.   

Aug 13   On this day in history augustyn Bloch, composer   

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

Aug 14   In the year 1929 jewish Agency for Palestine forms   

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   Hugues Aufray, French singer on this day in history.   

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   First airship flight around the Earth flying eastward completed on this day in history.   

Aug 20   In the year 1929 norma Connolly, Boston, Mass, actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital)   

Aug 21   Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of S Afr Communist Party in the year 1929.   

Aug 21   In the year 1929 chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town   

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

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

Aug 23   On this day in history charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies   

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

Jan 02   Art Prysock, jazz musician was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1929 birth of sergio Leone, Italian, director (Fist Full of Dollars)   

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

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   Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist, sculptor was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1929.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1929 heiner Muller, writer, dies   

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

Jan 13   Wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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)