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| January 01, 1929 |
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Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery |
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| January 02, 1929 |
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US & Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls |
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| January 03, 1929 |
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27 year old William S Paley becomes CBS pres |
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| January 03, 1929 |
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Bradman scores 112 v England at MCG - his 1st Test century |
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| January 05, 1929 |
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Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia |
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| January 06, 1929 |
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Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia |
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| January 07, 1929 |
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Buck Rogers, 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres |
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| January 07, 1929 |
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Tarzan, one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears |
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| January 07, 1929 |
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1st telephone connection between Netherlands & East Indies |
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| January 08, 1929 |
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1st telephone connection between Netherlands & West-Indies |
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| January 08, 1929 |
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CBS radio network buys WABC in NYC |
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| January 09, 1929 |
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BG DeSylva & Lew Brown's musical Follow Thru, premieres in NYC |
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| January 09, 1929 |
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KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA begins radio transmissions |
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| January 10, 1929 |
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Elmer Rice's Street Scene, premieres in NYC |
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| January 12, 1929 |
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Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana |
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| January 13, 1929 |
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Humanist Society established, Hollywood Calif |
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| January 14, 1929 |
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Afghan King Amanullah forced to resign |
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| January 17, 1929 |
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Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip Thimble Theater |
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| January 18, 1929 |
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NY Daily Mirror columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio |
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| January 18, 1929 |
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Stalin proposes to ban Trotsky from the Politburo |
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| January 19, 1929 |
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Acadia National Park, Maine established |
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| January 19, 1929 |
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Clas Thunberg skates world record 500m in 42.8 sec |
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| January 20, 1929 |
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1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, In Old Arizona |
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| January 21, 1929 |
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Robert Sherriff's Journey's End, premieres in London |
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| January 25, 1929 |
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Bradman scores 340* for NSW v Victoria, 488 mins, 38 fours |
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| January 26, 1929 |
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Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence |
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| January 29, 1929 |
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Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms |
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| January 31, 1929 |
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Erich Maria Remarques publishes Im West nieces Neues in Berlin |
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| January 31, 1929 |
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Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey |
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| February 01, 1929 |
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1st clean & jerk of 400 lbs (182 kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402« lbs |
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| February 03, 1929 |
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Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam |
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| February 04, 1929 |
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Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut v England at Adelaide |
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| February 05, 1929 |
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Jimmy Hatlo's They'll Do It Every Time cartoon debuts in SF |
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| February 06, 1929 |
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Rudy Vallee recorded Deep Night |
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| February 08, 1929 |
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KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions |
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| February 09, 1929 |
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USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland & Romania sign Litvinov Pact |
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| February 11, 1929 |
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Eugene O'Neill's Dynamo, premieres in NYC |
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| February 11, 1929 |
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Vatican City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome |
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| February 12, 1929 |
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Karst Leemburg wins Dutch 11 cities skate (11:30) |
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| February 13, 1929 |
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Cruiser Act: OKs construction of 19 new cruisers & an aircraft carrier |
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| February 13, 1929 |
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Vladimir Mayakofsky's Klop, premieres in Moscow |
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| February 14, 1929 |
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St Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 7 gangsters killed |
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| February 15, 1929 |
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St Valentine's Day massacre (Chicago) |
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| February 16, 1929 |
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KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions |
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| February 19, 1929 |
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Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, NY |
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| February 20, 1929 |
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American Samoa organizes as territory of US |
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| February 20, 1929 |
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Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field |
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| February 26, 1929 |
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Pres Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park |
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| February 27, 1929 |
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Turkey signs Litvinov-pact |
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| February 28, 1929 |
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Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home |
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| March 02, 1929 |
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Chicago Black Hawks shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game |
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| March 02, 1929 |
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Congress creates Court of Customs & Patent Appeals |
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| March 04, 1929 |
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Charles Curtis (R-Kansas) becomes 1st native American VP |
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| March 04, 1929 |
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Herbert Hoover inaugurated as 31st president |
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| March 06, 1929 |
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Turkey & Bulgaria sign friendship treaty |
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| March 08, 1929 |
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US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia |
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| March 09, 1929 |
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Marcel Pagnol's Marius, premieres in Paris |
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| March 13, 1929 |
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Bradman scores 123 Aust v England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton |
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| March 16, 1929 |
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WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions |
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| March 17, 1929 |
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General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel |
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| March 17, 1929 |
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Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid |
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| March 18, 1929 |
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Dmitri Shostakovitch' The new Babylon, premieres in Leningrad |
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| March 22, 1929 |
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66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes |
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| March 22, 1929 |
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KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions |
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| March 22, 1929 |
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USCG vessel sank Canadian schooner suspected of carrying liquor |
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| March 23, 1929 |
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1st telephone installed in White House |
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| March 27, 1929 |
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson |
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| March 27, 1929 |
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner |
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| March 28, 1929 |
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Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador |
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| March 29, 1929 |
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Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep NY Rangers in 2 games |
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| April 01, 1929 |
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Austrian govt of Ignaz Seipel falls |
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| April 01, 1929 |
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Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven Netherlands opens |
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| April 01, 1929 |
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Louie Marx introduces Yo-Yo |
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| April 01, 1929 |
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Luis Bu¤uel releases Un Chien Andalou, 24-minute film |
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| April 01, 1929 |
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Morehouse College, Spellman College & Atlanta University affiliate |
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| April 03, 1929 |
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Persia agrees to Litvinov Pact |
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| April 04, 1929 |
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New Moon musical opens in London |
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| April 04, 1929 |
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1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held |
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| April 05, 1929 |
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Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact |
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| April 11, 1929 |
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KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions |
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| April 11, 1929 |
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Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam |
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| April 16, 1929 |
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Cleve Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a HR on 1st at bat |
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| April 16, 1929 |
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NY Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers |
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| April 18, 1929 |
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Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire |
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| April 19, 1929 |
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33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6 |
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| April 24, 1929 |
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1st non-stop England to India flight takes-off |
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| April 24, 1929 |
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Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark |
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| April 26, 1929 |
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1st non-stop England to India flight lands |
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| April 30, 1929 |
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Earnest Streeruwitz becomes chancellor of Austria |
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| May 01, 1929 |
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Brooklyn's Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds |
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| May 01, 1929 |
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Farm workers strike begins in East-Groningen |
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| May 01, 1929 |
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Police kill 19 Mayday demonstrators in Berlin |
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| May 03, 1929 |
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Prussia bans anti-fascists |
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| May 04, 1929 |
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Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9 |
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| May 06, 1929 |
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AL announces it will discontinue MVP award |
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| May 06, 1929 |
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NY to SF footrace begins |
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| May 08, 1929 |
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Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway |
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| May 08, 1929 |
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NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0 |
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| May 09, 1929 |
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NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pitts Pirates |
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| May 09, 1929 |
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WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions |
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| May 10, 1929 |
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55th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland wins in 2:01.6 |
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| May 10, 1929 |
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64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane |
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| May 11, 1929 |
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1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) |
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| May 11, 1929 |
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Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx |
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| May 12, 1929 |
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary) |
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| May 15, 1929 |
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Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleve Ohio) |
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| May 16, 1929 |
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1st Academy Awards - Wings, Emil Jennings & Janet Gaynor wins |
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| May 18, 1929 |
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55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8 |
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| May 18, 1929 |
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Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16 & lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs) |
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| May 19, 1929 |
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Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death |
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| May 19, 1929 |
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General Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek govt |
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| May 21, 1929 |
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Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC |
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| May 21, 1929 |
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Sergei Prokoviev's ballet Prodigal Son, premieres in Paris |
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| May 24, 1929 |
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Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings |
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| May 27, 1929 |
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2nd Ryder Cup: Britain-Ireland, 7-5 at Moortown, England |
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| May 28, 1929 |
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1st all color talking picture On With the Show exhibited (NYC) |
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| May 31, 1929 |
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Atlantic City Convention Center opens |
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| June 03, 1929 |
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1st trade show at Atlantic City Convention Center (electric light) |
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| June 03, 1929 |
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Border dispute between Peru & Chile resolved |
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| June 03, 1929 |
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Chile, Peru & Bolivia sign accord about Tacna-Arica-area |
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| June 04, 1929 |
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George Eastman demonstrates 1st technicolor movie (Rochester NY) |
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| June 05, 1929 |
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Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour govt in Britain |
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| June 07, 1929 |
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Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor) |
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| June 07, 1929 |
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Vatican City becomes a sovereign state |
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| June 08, 1929 |
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61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8 |
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| June 08, 1929 |
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Venezuelan rebel Rafael Urbina overthrows Fort Amsterdam, Cura‡ao kidnap governor Fruytier |
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| June 09, 1929 |
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Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Cura‡aose hostages free |
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| June 14, 1929 |
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Prussia & Vatican sign Concord |
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| June 15, 1929 |
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1st time NY curb stock exchange transacts more business than NY Exch |
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| June 16, 1929 |
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Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days) |
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| June 22, 1929 |
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Mel Ott (Giants) homers off Leo Sweetland (Phillies) in doubleheader |
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| June 25, 1929 |
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Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) |
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| June 26, 1929 |
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ENKA/Vereinigte Glanzstoff Factory merge AKU (Genl Kunstzijde Union) |
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| June 27, 1929 |
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1st color TV demo (NYC) |
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| June 27, 1929 |
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Pres Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I |
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| June 29, 1929 |
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1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca |
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| June 29, 1929 |
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31.1øC (88øF) hoogste temperatuur op deze dag in De Bilt |
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| June 29, 1929 |
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Mexico & Vatican sign Concord |
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| June 30, 1929 |
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33rd US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 294 at Winged Foot CC NY |
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| July 01, 1929 |
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US Immigration law of 1924 in effect |
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| July 01, 1929 |
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US cartoonist Elzie Segar creates Popeye |
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| July 03, 1929 |
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Dunlop Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber |
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| July 04, 1929 |
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AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down |
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| July 05, 1929 |
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42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62) |
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| July 05, 1929 |
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WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down |
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| July 06, 1929 |
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St Louis has 2, 10 run innings & beats Phillies 28-6 |
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| July 07, 1929 |
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Romania & Vatican sign concord |
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| July 10, 1929 |
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In game between Pirates & Phillies 9 HRs hit 1 in each inning |
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| July 10, 1929 |
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US issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency |
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| July 15, 1929 |
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1st airport hotel opens-Oakland Ca |
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| July 17, 1929 |
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USSR drops diplomatic relations with China |
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| July 24, 1929 |
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NY to SF foot race ends (2« months) winner is 60 year old Monteverde |
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| July 24, 1929 |
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Pres Hoover proclaims Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounces war |
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| July 27, 1929 |
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Dike of Wieringermeerpolder finished |
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| July 28, 1929 |
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Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Mich) |
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| July 29, 1929 |
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Belgium Maurice Dewaele wins Tour de France |
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| July 31, 1929 |
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Aristide Briand becomes premier of France |
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| August 02, 1929 |
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Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR |
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| August 04, 1929 |
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60,000 SA'ers/SS'ers march by Munich |
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| August 04, 1929 |
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Indians, in 9th with 2 outs score 9 to beat Yanks 14-6 |
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| August 04, 1929 |
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Jones Beach in NY opens |
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| August 07, 1929 |
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Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms Dutch govt |
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| August 07, 1929 |
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Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games |
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| August 08, 1929 |
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1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward begins |
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| August 08, 1929 |
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German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight |
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| August 08, 1929 |
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Salem Oregon airport dedicated |
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| August 10, 1929 |
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Grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd & last NL win |
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| August 11, 1929 |
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Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve) |
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| August 11, 1929 |
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Persia & Iraq sign friendship treaty |
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| August 11, 1929 |
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Russian-Chinese border fights |
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| August 14, 1929 |
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Jewish Agency for Palestine forms |
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| August 20, 1929 |
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1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed |
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| August 21, 1929 |
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Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town |
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| August 23, 1929 |
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Arabs attack Jews in Israel |
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| August 24, 1929 |
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43rd US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62) |
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| August 24, 1929 |
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Palestinians attack orthodox Jews in Jerusalem |
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| August 24, 1929 |
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Turkey & Persia signs friendship treaty |
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| August 25, 1929 |
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Graf Zeppelin passes over SF for LA after trans-Pacific voyage |
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| August 26, 1929 |
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1st US roller coaster built |
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| August 28, 1929 |
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Frank Woolley scores his 100th first-class hundred |
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| August 29, 1929 |
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German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight |
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| September 02, 1929 |
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Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union & Lever Bros |
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| September 02, 1929 |
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WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network |
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| September 03, 1929 |
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Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17 |
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| September 05, 1929 |
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French premier A Briand requests a US of Europe |
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| September 11, 1929 |
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SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system |
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| September 14, 1929 |
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49th US Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64) |
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| September 14, 1929 |
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A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox |
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| September 16, 1929 |
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Police shoots at strikers at Maastricht, 2 killed |
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| September 17, 1929 |
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British troops begin evacuating |
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| September 18, 1929 |
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Pirates loss to Braves & clinch NL pennant for the Cubs |
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| September 18, 1929 |
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Preston Sturges' Strictly Dishonorable, premieres in NYC |
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| September 19, 1929 |
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Latvia dictator A Woldemaras chased out |
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| September 21, 1929 |
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1st legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling & 1st reception by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton |
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| September 24, 1929 |
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Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in NY in 1st all-instrument flight |
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| September 24, 1929 |
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Yanks Tom Zachary ends season 12-0 |
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| September 25, 1929 |
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Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam |
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| September 26, 1929 |
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John Schrober becomes chancellor of Austria |
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| September 28, 1929 |
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1st CF interception return for a touchdown (Joe Hess-U of Alberta) |
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| September 30, 1929 |
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1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel) |
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| October 03, 1929 |
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British Labour govt recovers diplomatic relations with USSR |
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| October 03, 1929 |
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Julius Curtius succeeds Stresemann as German foreign minister |
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| October 03, 1929 |
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Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia |
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| October 06, 1929 |
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12th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Hillcrest CC Los Angeles |
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| October 07, 1929 |
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Ramsay MacDonald is 1st British premier to address US Congress |
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| October 08, 1929 |
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A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs |
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| October 08, 1929 |
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Mohammed Nadir Khan occupies Kabul Afghanistan/drives out H Ghazi |
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| October 09, 1929 |
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G Kaufman & R Lardner's musical June Moon, premieres in NYC |
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| October 11, 1929 |
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Sean O'Casey's Silver Tassle, premieres in London |
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| October 12, 1929 |
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Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning |
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| October 14, 1929 |
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Phila A's beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1 in 26th World Series |
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| October 14, 1929 |
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Philadelphia A's set World Series record of 10 runs in an inning |
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| October 20, 1929 |
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Bayshore Highway opens (SF) |
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| October 22, 1929 |
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French govt of Briand falls |
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| October 22, 1929 |
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James H Scullin forms Australia government |
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| October 24, 1929 |
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Black Thursday, start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8% |
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| October 24, 1929 |
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Ruby Vallee's Fleishmann Hour begins broadcasting on NBC radio |
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| October 24, 1929 |
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Belgium princess Marie-Jos‚ & Italian crown prince Umberto gets engaged, assassination attempt on Umberto fails |
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| October 25, 1929 |
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Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe |
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| October 28, 1929 |
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Dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64 |
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| October 29, 1929 |
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Black Tuesday, Stock Market crashes triggers Great Depression |
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| November 01, 1929 |
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Lundy, part of British Isles, issue their own stamps |
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| November 04, 1929 |
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John Baldridge' Berkeley Square, premieres in NYC |
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| November 07, 1929 |
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Museum of Modern Art opens (NYC) |
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| November 08, 1929 |
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Jean Giraudoux' Amphitryon '38, premieres in Paris |
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| November 08, 1929 |
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NYC Museum of Modern Art opens in Hecksher Building |
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| November 17, 1929 |
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Pascual Ortiz Rubio elected president of Mexico |
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| November 17, 1929 |
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Stalin throws Nicolai Bucharin out of Politburo |
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| November 18, 1929 |
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Dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates kinescope |
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| November 18, 1929 |
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Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places |
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| November 18, 1929 |
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Stalin routes troops to Manchuria |
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| November 20, 1929 |
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1st broadcast of Goldbergs on US radio |
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| November 20, 1929 |
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Salvador Dali's 1st one-man show |
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| November 22, 1929 |
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Bradman scores 157 for NSW against the MCC at cricket SCG |
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| November 25, 1929 |
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Belgium govt Jaspar falls |
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| November 28, 1929 |
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Adm Richard E Byrd makes 1st South Pole flight |
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| November 28, 1929 |
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Ernie Nevers scores all 40 pts for Chic Cards vs Bears (NFL record) |
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| November 29, 1929 |
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Lt Cmdr Richard E Byrd sends My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole (He was wrong) |
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| November 30, 1929 |
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17th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 14-3 |
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| December 01, 1929 |
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BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe |
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| December 01, 1929 |
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Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe |
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| December 02, 1929 |
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1st skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien |
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| December 03, 1929 |
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Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak |
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| December 05, 1929 |
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1st US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NYC) |
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| December 06, 1929 |
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Turkey introduces female suffrage |
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| December 07, 1929 |
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Bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 mins |
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| December 07, 1929 |
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Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament |
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| December 10, 1929 |
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Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st |
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| December 14, 1929 |
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Alexander Zaimis elected pres of Greece |
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| December 15, 1929 |
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Walter Mittelholzer flies as 1st about the Kilimanjaro |
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| December 16, 1929 |
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Chic Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pitts Pirates, 3-1 |
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| December 20, 1929 |
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Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager |
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| December 20, 1929 |
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Mount Davidson dedicated as a SF city park |
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| December 21, 1929 |
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1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Tx) |
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| December 25, 1929 |
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Grimmett takes 6-146 for SA, Queensland all out 380 Crowd 5,390 |
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| December 29, 1929 |
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Police arrest Sukarno & 100s PNI-leaders |
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| December 30, 1929 |
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Cole Porter's musical Wake Up & Dream, premieres in NYC |
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| December 30, 1929 |
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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority incorporates |
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| December 31, 1929 |
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Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini illius magistri |
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