Historical Events In 1929

Aug 01   Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian captain pre-WWI), dies on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1929 60,000 SA'ers/SS'ers march by Munich   

Aug 04   Yasser Arafat, leader (Palestine Liberation Organization) in the year 1929.   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1929.   

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 in the year 1929.   

Aug 10   Grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd & last NL win in the year 1929.   

Aug 11   Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve) on this day in history.   

Aug 13   In the year 1929 augustyn Bloch, composer   

Aug 14   In the year 1929 hewlett Thompson, Bishop of Exeter   

Aug 14   Jewish Agency for Palestine forms on this day in history.   

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

Aug 16   Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Aug 18   Hugues Aufray, French singer in the year 1929.   

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

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   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   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   On this day in history arabs attack Jews in Israel   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Art Prysock, jazz musician was born in the year 1929.   

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   On this day in history birth of amitai W Etzioni, US sociologist (Active Society)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of bobby Tulloch, ornithologist   

Jan 04   In the year 1929 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   In the year 1929 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   In the year 1929 heiner Muller, writer, dies   

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   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 in the year 1929.