1929 Calendar
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1929 Historical Event(s)
January 17, 1929
– Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
January 20, 1929
– In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
January 31, 1929
– The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky.
February 10, 1929
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Snake in Chinese astrology.
May 31, 1929
– The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, “The Karnival Kid”, is released.
June 7, 1929
– The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
August 23, 1929
– Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
September 7, 1929
– Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
October 30, 1929
– The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany.
Who Were Born On 1929?
January 1, 1929
– Joseph Lombardo, American mafioso
February 18, 1929
– André Mathieu, Canadian composer (d. 1968)
March 31, 1929
– Bertram Fields, American lawyer
April 25, 1929
– Yvette Williams, first woman New Zealander to go to Olympics
July 9, 1929
– Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
October 4, 1929
– Scotty Beckett, American child actor (d. 1968)
October 5, 1929
– Bill Wirtz, American ice hockey executive (d. 2007)
December 9, 1929
– John Cassavetes, American actor and director (d. 1989)
December 13, 1929
– Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor
December 30, 1929
– Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)