Historical Events In 1929

Aug 01   In the year 1929 syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian captain pre-WWI), dies  

Aug 02   In the year 1929 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   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   On this day in history 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   1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward begins on this day in history.  

Aug 08   On this day in history german airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight  

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   Aletta Henriette Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor/feminist, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Aug 10   In the year 1929 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) on this day in history.  

Aug 13   On this day in history augustyn Bloch, composer  

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

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

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   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 in the year 1929.  

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

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

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

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

Aug 25   Graf Zeppelin passes over SF for LA after trans-Pacific voyage on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 01   Holling Gustav Vapor, character on Northern Exposure was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1929 birth of art Prysock, jazz musician  

Jan 03   In the year 1929 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   In the year 1929 birth of ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1929 birth of bobby Tulloch, ornithologist  

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

Jan 07   On this day in history henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77  

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

Jan 11   Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28 died in the year 1929.  

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

Jan 14   On this day in history cornelis W Lely, Dutch Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies at 74  

Jan 19   Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873) died in the year 1929.