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   On this day in history bethel Leslie, NYC, entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap)   

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   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   In the year 1929 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward begins   

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

Aug 08   Salem Oregon airport dedicated on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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) in the year 1929.   

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

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

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

Aug 16   On this day in history 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 in the year 1929.   

Aug 19   On this day in history sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57   

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

Aug 20   First airship flight around the Earth flying eastward completed on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1929.   

Aug 22   Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Aug 23   In the year 1929 arabs attack Jews in Israel   

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

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

Aug 25   Frederick Burton, cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies on this day in history.   

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   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   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   In the year 1929 birth of bobby Tulloch, ornithologist   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72 in the year 1929.   

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

Jan 09   Heiner Muller, writer, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28 died on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history 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)