Today in History for September 1929
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Months in 1929: January February March April May June July August October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 20 of 20
2nd - Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union & Lever Bros
2nd - WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network
3rd - Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17
3rd - Dow Jones Industrial Average reached all time high at the time (381.17), which was shortly followed by the Crash of 1929.
5th - French premier A Briand requests a US of Europe
11th - SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system
14th - 49th US Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64)
14th - A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox
16th - Police shoots at strikers at Maastricht, 2 killed
17th - British troops begin evacuating
18th - Pirates loss to Braves & clinch NL pennant for the Cubs
18th - Preston Sturges' "Strictly Dishonorable," premieres in NYC
19th - Latvia dictator A Woldemaras chased out
21st - 1st legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling & 1st reception by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton
24th - Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in NY in 1st all-instrument flight
24th - Yanks Tom Zachary ends season 12-0
25th - Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam
26th - John Schrober becomes chancellor of Austria
28th - 1st CF interception return for a touchdown (Joe Hess-U of Alberta)
30th - 1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel)
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 55 of 55
1st - Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988)
2nd - Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)
3rd - Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)
4th - Thomas F Eagleton, (Sen-D-MO, 1968-86/VP candidate-D-1972)
5th - Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Vostok III, Soyuz 9)
5th - Bob Newhart, Oak Park Ill, comedian (Bob Newhart Show, Newhart)
6th - Tsang-houe' Hsu, composer
7th - Gil Wolman, situationist
7th - John Milford, Johnstown NY, actor (Lieutenant, Legend of Jesse James)
7th - T[homas] P[atrick] McKenna, Ireland, actor (Rivals, Holocaust)
8th - Severn Darden, actor (Popesco-Mary Hartman)
8th - Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor
8th - Roger Byrne, English footballer (d. 1958
9th - Stan Parris, (Rep-R-VA, 1973-74, 81- )
9th - Claude Nougaro, French singer (d. 2004)
10th - Akio Yashiro, composer
10th - Arnold Daniel Palmer, Latrobe PA, PGA golfer (1964 Masters)
10th - Pentti Siimes, [Pentti Kalevi Siimes], Helsinki Finland
11th - David S Broder, Chicago Hgts Ill, journalist (Pulitzer 1973)
12th - Harvey Lester Schmidt, composer
13th - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)
14th - John Gutfreund
14th - Mel Hancock, (Rep-R-Missouri)
14th - Larry Collins, American writer (d. 2005)
14th - Maurice Vachon, French Canadian professional wrestler
15th - Murray Gell-Mann, physicist who predicted quarks
15th - Eva Burrows, the 13th General of The Salvation Army
16th - Dale E Kildee, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977- )
17th - John Stewart-Clark, MEP (C)
17th - Lord Craig of Radley, marshal (RAF)
17th - Stirling Moss, London England, race car driver
17th - Pat Crowley, American actress
18th - June Rosemary Fisher, teacher/trade unionist
18th - Louis Myers, blues guitarist /harmonica player
19th - 10th duke of Richmond, English large landowner/art collector
19th - Margaret S Roukema, (Rep-R-New Jersey, 1981- )
19th - Timothy Colman, Engl manufacturer/multi-millionaire (Reckitt & Colman)
20th - Anne Meara, Bkln NY comedian/actress (Stiller & Meara, Archie's Place)
21st - Bernard Williams, English philosopher (d. 2003)
21st - Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (d. 1979)
22nd - Serge Garant, composer
22nd - William E Dannemeyer, (Rep-R-CA, 1979- )
23rd - Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster
24th - George McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University)
24th - Edward M. Lawson, Canadian politician
25th - John Rutherford, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1956)
25th - Ronnie Barker, British comedian (2 Ronnies)
25th - Barbara Walters, American broadcaster
26th - Meredith C Gourdine, Newark NJ, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1952)
27th - Sada Thompson, Des Moines Ia, actress (Family, Pursuit of Happiness)
28th - Marilyn Clark, Spokane WA, actress (House of Party Beach)
28th - Nigel Althaus, British government broker
28th - Nikolay Ryzhkov, Premier of USSR (1985-1991)
28th - Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer
29th - Murray McLaggan, British Lord-Lieutenant (Mid Glamorgan)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 7 of 7
12th - Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (b. 1865)
15th - Sara Amsel, Indon/Dutch actress/wife of Carel van Hoisted, dies at 58
18th - Hermann Gradener, composer, dies at 85
23rd - Richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64
25th - Miller Huggins, manager (NY Yankees), dies from blood poisoning at 49
29th - Giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron/general/premier (1927-29), dies at 66
30th - Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China), dies
