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Months in 1929: January February March May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Results 1 - 21 of 21

1st - Austrian govt of Ignaz Seipel falls
1st - Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven Netherlands opens
1st - Louie Marx introduces Yo-Yo
1st - Luis Buñuel releases "Un Chien Andalou," 24-minute film
1st - Morehouse College, Spellman College & Atlanta University affiliate
3rd - Persia agrees to Litvinov Pact
3rd - RMS Queen Mary is ordered from John Brown & Company Shipbuilding and Engineering by Cunard Line.
4th - "New Moon" musical opens in London
4th - 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held
5th - Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact
8th - Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
11th - KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions
11th - Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam
16th - Cleve Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a HR on 1st at bat
16th - NY Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers
18th - Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire
19th - 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6
24th - 1st non-stop England to India flight takes-off
24th - Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark
26th - 1st non-stop England to India flight lands
30th - Earnest Streeruwitz becomes chancellor of Austria

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 61 of 61

1st - Milan Kundera, Czech poet/writer (Joke, Unbearable Lightness of Being)
1st - Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator
1st - Bo Schembechler, American football coach (d. 2006)
2nd - Catherine Gaskin, romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife)
2nd - Frans H J J Andriessen, Dutch MP (KVP/CDA)
3rd - Dennis Farr, director (Courtauld Institute Galleries)
3rd - Miyoshi Umeki, Jap, actr (Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father)
3rd - Lee Leonard, American television personality
4th - William F Clinger Jr, (Rep-R-PA, 1979- )
5th - Hugo Claus, Flemish writer/director (Cool Lover, Sugar)
5th - Nigel Hawthorne, actor (Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II)
5th - Joe Meek, English record producer
6th - "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster
6th - Andre Previn, Berlin Germany, conductor (London Symphony)/pianist
6th - Arthur S Taylor Jr, US drummer/band leader (Taylor's Wailers)
6th - Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer
6th - Li Yuan-chia, artist
6th - Willis Hall, British writer
7th - Bob Denard, French mercenary (d. 2007)
8th - Jacques Brel, Belgium, singer/actor (Pain in the A__)
8th - Renzo de Felice, historian
8th - WIlliam K Everson, film historian
8th - Walter Berry, Austria singer/ex husband of Christa Ludwig
9th - Harvey Lichtenstein, pres (Bkln Academy of Music)
10th - Dusan Radic, composer
10th - Max Von Sydow, Lund Sweden, actor (Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Dreamscape)
11th - Lawrence Coughlin, (Rep-R-PA, 1969- )
12th - Elspet Gray, (Lady Rix), actress (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Solo, Tenko)
13th - Marilynn Smith, Topeka KS, LPGA golfer (1972 Pabst Open)
14th - William Edgar Thornton, Faison NC, MD/astronaut (STS-8, 51-B, sk:49)
14th - Gerry Anderson, English television producer
15th - Adrian Cadbury, candy manufacturer (Cadbury, Schweppes)
15th - Jocelyn Barrow, deputy chair person (British Broadcast Standards)
16th - Roy Hamilton, singer (You'll Never Walk Alone)
17th - Eileen Stamers-Smith, headmistress (Malvern Girls' College)
17th - James Last, orchestra leader/composer/arranger
17th - Lady (James) Mellon, CEO (Volunteer Development Scotland)
18th - Peter Hordern, British CEO (Fina)
18th - Peter Jeffrey, actor (Dr Phibes Rides Again, Twinsanity)
19th - Edward Crook, Detroit Mich, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1960)
20th - Bob Braun, Ludlow Ky, singer (Dotty Mack Show)
22nd - Geoffrey Marshall, Provost (Queen's College, Oxford)
22nd - Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist
22nd - Michael Atiyah, educator (Trinity College - Cambridge England)
22nd - Robert Wade-Gery, diplomat/exec director (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
22nd - Victoria Opoku-Ware, Ghanaian queen
23rd - George Steiner, professor (English)
24th - Ferit Tuzun, composer
24th - Dr.Rajkumar, Kannada actor
25th - Jose Angel Valente, Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza)
25th - Yvette Corlett, athlete
25th - Yvette Williams, NZ, long jumper (Oly-gold-52)
26th - Richard Mitchell, American author and professor (d. 2002)
27th - Nina Ponomareva Romaschkova, USSR, discus thrower (Oly-gold-1952, 60)
28th - Carolyn Jones, Amarillo Texas, actress (Morticia-Addams Family)
29th - Peter Joshua Sculthorpe, composer
29th - Vaclav Kucera, composer
29th - W Kempowski, writer
29th - [John] Jeremy Thorpe, British MP (Liberal)
29th - Mickey McDermott, American baseball player (d. 2003)
30th - Peter Carsten, Weissenberg Bavaria, actor (Mr Super Invisible)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 7 of 7

4th - Karl Friedrich Benz, automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies at 84
10th - Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36
15th - Antonio Smareglia, composer, dies at 74
16th - Abraham van Stolk Jzn, art collector, dies at 57
22nd - Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer, dies at 86
22nd - Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
23rd - Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28