Historical Events In 1929

Aug 01   In the year 1929 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   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   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   On this day in history german airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight   

Aug 08   On this day in history salem Oregon airport dedicated   

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   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) on this day in history.   

Aug 13   On this day in history augustyn Bloch, composer   

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

Aug 14   On this day in history jewish Agency for Palestine forms   

Aug 16   On this day in history bill Evans, US jazz pianist   

Aug 16   On this day in history frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer, dies at 70   

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   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 23   In the year 1929 charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies   

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   Graf Zeppelin passes over SF for LA after trans-Pacific voyage in the year 1929.   

Aug 26   On this day in history 1st US roller coaster built   

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Jan 01   Holling Gustav Vapor, character on Northern Exposure was born in the year 1929.   

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   In the year 1929 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   Bobby Tulloch, ornithologist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist, sculptor   

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

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 in the year 1929.   

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873) died on this day in history.