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

Historical Events

Results 1 - 23 of 23

1st - 1st clean & jerk of 400 lbs (182 kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402½ lbs
3rd - Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam
4th - Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut v England at Adelaide
5th - Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF
6th - Rudy Vallee recorded "Deep Night"
8th - KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
9th - USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland & Romania sign Litvinov Pact
10th - Msgr. Stephen Alencastre, SS.CC., dedicates the beautiful Romanesque church of Saint Patrick in Honolulu.
11th - Eugene O'Neill's "Dynamo," premieres in NYC
11th - Vatican City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome
12th - Karst Leemburg wins Dutch 11 cities skate (11:30)
13th - Cruiser Act: OKs construction of 19 new cruisers & an aircraft carrier
13th - Vladimir Mayakofsky's "Klop," premieres in Moscow
14th - St Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 7 gangsters killed
15th - St Valentine's Day massacre (Chicago)
16th - KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions
18th - The first Academy Awards are announced.
19th - Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, NY
20th - American Samoa organizes as territory of US
20th - Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field
26th - Pres Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park
27th - Turkey signs Litvinov-pact
28th - Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 60 of 60

2nd - Reiner Bredemeyer, composer
3rd - Russell Arms, Berkeley Calif, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
3rd - Val Doonican, Irish singer/entertainer
3rd - Ken Shipp, American football coach
4th - Mary Joan Nielubowicz, rear admiral/nurse
4th - Paul Burlison, rocker
4th - Jerry Adler, American actor
5th - Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician
5th - Al Worthington, baseball player
6th - Sixten Jernberg, Sweden, skier (Olympic-gold-1956/60/64)
6th - Pierre Brice, French actor
6th - Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan writer
9th - Bill Barrett, (Rep-R-Nebraska)
9th - James Mulcro Drew, composer
9th - Lennox Butler, cricketer (1 Test WI v Aust 1955, 16 & 2-151)
9th - Willem Kersters, Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song)
9th - Clement Meadmore, Australian-born sculptor (d. 2005)
10th - Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country (Oly-gold-1952, 56)
10th - Henk Heidweiler, Surinam ambassador (in Netherlands)
10th - Jerry Goldsmith, pianist/composer (Twilight Zone)
10th - Jim Whittacker, mountain climber (1st American to climb Mt Everest)
11th - Leonard Gregory Kastle, composer
12th - Agustin Gonzalez Acilu, composer
13th - Omar Torrijos Herrera, president Panama
14th - Matthew G Martinez, (Rep-D-CA, 1982- )
14th - Vic Morrow, American actor (d. 1982)
15th - Countess of Dysart
15th - Gerald Harper, broadcaster/actor (Tunes of Glory, Extra Day)
15th - Graham Hill, London, auto racer (1962, 68 international racing champ)
15th - James Schlesinger, US Secretary of Defense (1973-75)
16th - Peter NF Porter, Australian/British author/poet (Chair of Babel)
16th - Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (d. 1980)
17th - Chaim Potok, NYC, novelist (Promise)
17th - Yasser Arafat, PLO-leader (Achille Lauro, Nobel 1994)
17th - Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player
18th - Leonard Cyril Deighton, English author (Ipcress File, Fighter)
18th - André Mathieu, Quebec composer (d. 1968)
19th - Jacques Deray, French film director (d. 2003)
20th - Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme)
20th - Amanda Blake, American actress (d. 1989)
21st - James Beck, English actor (d. 1973)
22nd - Marni Nixon, singer (for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood & Deborah Kerr)
22nd - Ryne Duren, near-sighted pitcher (NY Yankees)
22nd - James Hong, American actor
22nd - Rebecca Schull, American actress
23rd - Eduard W "Ed" Bauer, [Eddy Evers], Dutch actor (Bluejackets)
23rd - Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st black NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP)
23rd - Richard Moryl, composer
24th - David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland
24th - Richard B Shull, Evanston Ill, actor (Diana, Holmes & Yoyo)
25th - Christopher George, Royal Oak Minn, actor (Rat Patrol, Immortal)
25th - Peter Bingham Hinchcliff, Brit church historian (1 Sided Reciprocity)
25th - Peter Hinchcliff, historian
25th - Tommy Newsom, Va, musician/bandleader/saxophonist (Tonight Show)
27th - Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer
27th - Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (d. 2008)
28th - Frank O Gehry, architect (Galleria-Okla City)
28th - Hayden Fry, American football coach
28th - John Montague, Irish poet
28th - Joseph Rouleau, French Canadian bass opera singer

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 12 of 12

1st - August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59
3rd - Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist (b. 1878)
5th - Siegfried Ochs, composer, dies at 70
8th - Maria Christina, Queen Regent of Spain (b. 1858)
12th - Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, Ger para-psychologist, dies at 66
12th - Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. 1853)
14th - Tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875)
17th - John Read, cricketer (batted in 17 Tests for Eng for 463 runs), dies
24th - Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer, dies at 75
27th - Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65
28th - Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (React of P), dies at 54
28th - John Ebenezer West, composer, dies at 65