Today in History for March 1929
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Months in 1929: January February April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 20 of 20
2nd - Chicago Black Hawks shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game
2nd - Congress creates Court of Customs & Patent Appeals
4th - Charles Curtis (R-Kansas) becomes 1st native American VP
4th - Herbert Hoover inaugurated as 31st president
6th - Turkey & Bulgaria sign friendship treaty
8th - US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia
9th - Marcel Pagnol's "Marius," premieres in Paris
13th - Bradman scores 123 Aust v England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton
16th - WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions
17th - General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel
17th - Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid
18th - Dmitri Shostakovitch' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad
22nd - 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes
22nd - KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions
22nd - USCG vessel sank Canadian schooner suspected of carrying liquor
23rd - 1st telephone installed in White House
27th - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
27th - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
28th - Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
29th - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep NY Rangers in 2 games
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 61 of 61
1st - Sonny James, singer (Young Love, Running Bear)
1st - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (d. 1978)
2nd - Donald Gosling, English parkeerplaatsenmagnaat/multi-millionaire
3rd - Nicos Mamangakis, composer
4th - Bernard Haitink, Amsterdam Neth, conductor (London Phil Orch 1969-78)
4th - Josep Mestres-Quadreny, composer
5th - Joan Shawlee, Forest Hills NY, actress (Prehistoric Women)
5th - Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
6th - David Sheppard, bishop (Liverpool)/cricketer (England batsman)
6th - Hal Miller, British MP
6th - Ho Dam, North Korean secretary of State (1970-83)
6th - Thomas S Foley, (Rep-D-WA, 1965-94)/majority whip/speaker of house
9th - Hugh Desmond Hoyte, president (Guyana, 1985-92)
9th - Marie Cardinal, writer
11th - Erskine Childers, unofficial/civil servant
11th - Francisco Bernardo Pulgar Vidal, composer
11th - Jackie McGlew, cricketer (dour South African opening bat of the 50')
11th - Timothy Carey, American actor (d. 1994)
12th - Bernard Costello, US, double sculls (Olympic-silver-1956)
12th - Lupe Anguiano, Mexican-American civil rights activist
12th - U Win Tin, jailed Burmese journalist
13th - J D Slater, writer
13th - Peter Breck, Rochester NY, actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji)
13th - Walter Medio, race horse trainer
13th - Will Eisma, composer
14th - Thomas Bell Jr, race horse trainer
15th - Tiezo Matsumura, composer
16th - Edwin London, composer
16th - Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress
18th - Christa Wolf, German novelist (Divided Heaven)
18th - Ctirad Kohoutek, composer
18th - Kai Winding, rocker
18th - John Macurdy, American bass
19th - Herman van San, composer
19th - Michael Ryan, actor (John Randolph-Another World)
19th - Robert Muczynski, composer
20th - Germán Robles, Spanish actor
21st - James Coco, Bronx NY, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death)
21st - Jules Verne Berman, space & science reporter (ABC-TV)
21st - Maurice Catarcio, wrestler
23rd - Albert H Crews, astronaut
23rd - Gerrit den Braber, Dutch composer/producer
23rd - James Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Pyt Potter, Otley)
23rd - Michael Manser, architect
23rd - Roger Bannister, England, 1st to run a 4 minute mile (May 6, 1954)
24th - Cuan McCarthy, cricketer (36 Test wkts for S Africa, 1 career no-ball)
25th - Harris W Fawell, (Rep-R-IL, 1985- )
25th - Kenneth Haigh, Yorkshire England, actor (Search for the Nile)
25th - Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)
26th - Maurice Simon, jazz musician
26th - Edwin Turney, American businessman
28th - Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop
28th - Paul England, Australian racing driver
29th - Ronald Clive Williams, actor/comedian
29th - Sheila Kitzinger, author, anthropologist & child birth educator
29th - Utpal Dutt, Indian actor (d. 1993)
30th - Richard Dysart, Brighton Mass, actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law)
30th - Shirley Stoler, Brooklyn NY, actress (Frankenhooker, 7 Beauties)
31st - Lee Patterson, Vancouver BC, actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World)
31st - Liz Claiborne, Brussels Belgium, American fashion designer, entrepreneur and founder of Liz Claiborne Inc (d. 2007)
31st - Bertram Fields, American lawyer
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 9 of 9
1st - Royal H. Weller, American politician (b. 1881)
5th - David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-born American automobile pioneer (b. 1854)
12th - Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman (b. 1851)
15th - Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24
20th - Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77
22nd - Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer, dies at 64
26th - Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859)
27th - Samuil Shatunovsky, Ukrainian mathematician, dies at 70
28th - Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (b. 1861)
