Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The year 1929 in Archaeology involved some significant events The year 1929 in architecture involved some significant events List of years in Art Events Diego Rivera marries Frida Kahlo. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1929: Events Greatest number of fatal civil aircraft crashes in US history Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on The year 1929 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events The Little Review, edited by Margaret Caroline Anderson and Jane Heap ceases publication The Dial Events May 3 - Francis Poulenc 's Concert champêtre for Harpsichord and orchestra is premiered in Paris See also 1928 in country music, 1929 in music, other events of 1929, 1930 in country music and the List of years in Country Music Events January events January 1 - Paul Shoup takes over the presidency of the Southern Pacific Company parent company of the Southern The year 1929 in Radio involved some significant events Events January 8 - CBS purchases New York City The year 1929 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below Football ( American) January 1 - Rose Bowl - Georgia Tech 8 California 7 The highlight (or lowilght The year 1929 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1929. See also 1928 in Australia, other events of 1929, 1930 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. See also 1928 in Canada, other events of 1929, 1930 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. Events January 17 - All cats from abroad except Great Britain, are to be kept in quarantine for a period of six months to avoid rabies Population Estimated Population as of 31 December 1486100 Increase since previous 31/12/1928 18700 (1 See also 1928 in South Africa, other events of 1929, 1930 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. Incumbents Monarch - George V of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Stanley Baldwin, Conservative (until Sovereign States A – Kingdom of Afghanistan Albania – Albanian Kingdom – Principality of Andorra – 1928 state leaders - Events of 1929 - 1930 state leaders - State leaders by year ----- See also List of state leaders in 1929 List of colonial governors Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Tuesday ( Dominical letter F) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today

Events of 1929

January-February

• January 1 - California loses to Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the 15th Rose Bowl by a score of 8-7. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta Georgia.
• January 2 - Canada and the United States agree on a plan to preserve Niagara Falls. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Niagara Falls are massive Waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border separating the Canadian province of Ontario
• January 9 - The Seeing Eye is established with the mission to train dogs to assist the blind (Nashville, Tennessee). Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. The Seeing Eye Inc (TSE is a Guide dog school that is located in Morristown New Jersey in the United States. The dog ( Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated Subspecies of the gray wolf, a Mammal of the Canidae family of the order Blindness is the condition of lacking Visual perception due to Physiological or Neurological factors
• January 10 - Tintin, a comic book character created by Hergé, makes his debut. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian He went on to be published in over 200 million comic books in 60 languages.
• January 15 - Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader
• January 15 - First issue of Annales d'histoire économique et sociale published in France by Armand Colin. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Armand Colin is an historically important French publishing house created in 1870 by Auguste Armand Colin

January 2: Niagara agreement. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. The Niagara Falls are massive Waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border separating the Canadian province of Ontario

• January 17 - Popeye, a comic strip character created by Elzie Crisler Segar, makes his debut. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist Elzie Crisler Segar ( December 8, 1894 &ndash October 13, 1938) was an American Cartoonist, best known as the creator of
• January 18 - Leon Trotsky expelled from Soviet Union; he moves to Turkey in January 29 and applies for sanctuary in France and Germany. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Leon Trotsky ( Russian:, Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• January 29 - Seeing Eye Dog organization is formed. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. A service dog is a type of Assistance dog, specifically trained to help people who have disabilities other than visual or Hearing impairment
• February 11
  • Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic The Lateran Treaty is one of the Lateran Pacts of 1929 or Lateran Accords, three agreements made in 1929 between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy
  • Eugene O'Neill's Dynamo premieres in New York. Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16 1888–November 27 1953 was a Nobel -prize winning American playwright The City of New York
• February 14 - St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven gangsters, rivals of Al Capone, are murdered in Chicago. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German The Saint Valentine's Day massacre is the name given to the murder of seven people as part of a Prohibition Era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago For other uses see Gangsta. A gangster is a criminal who is or at some point almost invariably becomes a member of a persistent violent Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
• February 18 - First Academy Awards are announced. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.
• February 26 - The Grand Teton National Park is established by Congress. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park located in northwestern Wyoming, south of Yellowstone National Park.

Feb.26: Grand Teton National Park. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park located in northwestern Wyoming, south of Yellowstone National Park.

March-April

• March 3 - Revolt attempt of Generals José Gonzalo Escobar and Jesús María Aguirre fails in Mexico. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
• March 4 - Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st President of the United States, succeeding Calvin Coolidge. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10 1874 &ndash October 20 1964 was the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933 The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by John Calvin Coolidge Jr (July 4 1872 January 5 1933 was the thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929
• March 16 - A part-talkie film version of Show Boat, based on Edna Ferber's novel rather than the musical, premieres in Palm Beach. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king A part-talkie film is a film which was made during the early sound era (anywhere from 1927 to 1930 which is partly a Silent film and partly a Talkie. Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book (based on a novel by Edna Ferber) and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein Edna Ferber ( August 15 1885 - April 16 1968) was an American novelist, Author and Playwright Palm Beach is an upscale Incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The film stars Laura La Plante and Joseph Schildkraut. Laura La Plante (born Laura La Plant on November 1, 1904 in St Joseph Schildkraut ( March 22, 1896 &ndash January 21, 1964) was an Academy Award -winning Austrian stage It is critically panned and not successful at the box office.

May-June

• May - Wickersham Commission begins investigation of alcohol prohibition in U. The Wickersham Commission was established in May 1929 when President Herbert Hoover appointed George W S.
• May 13 - National Crime Syndicate founded in Atlantic City. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. The National Crime Syndicate was the name given by the press to a loosely-organized multi-ethnic Organized crime Syndicate, started in the 1930s by Charlie
• May 14 - Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Wilfred Rhodes (born October 29, 1877, North Moor Kirkheaton, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire; died July 8, 1973 First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by
• May 15 - A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the The Cleveland Clinic (formally known as the Cleveland Clinic Foundation) is a multispecialty academic medical center located in Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state
• May 16 - 1st Academy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California, with Wings winning Best Picture. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. The 1st Academy Awards were presented on May 16 1929 at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The Roosevelt Hotel is a historic Spanish-style Hotel located at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood California. Wings ( is a silent movie about World War I fighter pilots directed by William A The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working
• May 17 - Al Capone and bodyguard were arrested for concealing deadly weapons. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason.
• May 31 - British general election returns a hung parliament yet again - Liberals will determine who has power. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. The 1929 UK general election was held on 30 May 1929 and resulted in a Hung parliament.
• June 7
  • In Britain Conservatives concede power rather than ally with the Liberals. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom.
  • The Lateran Treaty, making Vatican City a sovereign state, is ratified
• June 8 - Ramsay MacDonald founds new Labour government. The Lateran Treaty is one of the Lateran Pacts of 1929 or Lateran Accords, three agreements made in 1929 between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy Vatican City, officially the State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano is a Landlocked sovereign City-state whose territory Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable James Ramsay MacDonald ( 12 October 1866 &ndash 9 November 1937) was a British politician and twice Prime Minister of the United The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the
• June 12 - Annelies Marie Frank (Anne Frank) was born in Frankfurt am Main. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank ( (12 June 1929 – early March 1945 was a Jewish girl born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany
• June 16 - Otto E. Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (New York City to San Francisco, 4165 miles in 183 days). Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Otto Funk (born in St Louis Missouri, 6 October 1868 died in Hillsboro Illinois, 6 February 1934 was a German-American violinist who gained fame (including The City of New York The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city
• June 21 - Agreement brokered by US ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Dwight Whitney Morrow ( January 11, 1873 – October 5, 1931) was an American businessman politician and diplomat The Cristero War (also known as the Cristiada of 1926 to 1929 was an uprising and Counter-revolution against the Anti-Catholic Mexican government of the time set The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. In June 27, church bells ring for the first time in years
• June 27 - First public demonstration of color TV, by H. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden E. Ives and his colleagues at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York. The first images are a bouquet of roses and an American flag. A mechanical system was used to transmit 50-line color television images between New York and Washington.

July-August

• July 5 - Scotland Yard seizes 12 nude paintings of D. H. Lawrence from the Mayfair gallery on grounds of indecency
• July 24
  • French prime minister Raymond Poincaré resigns for medical reasons - he is succeeded by Aristide Briand
  • The Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it was first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928 by most leading world powers). Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. New Scotland Yard or Scotland Yard, informally known as The Yard and NSY, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930 was an English writer of the 20th century whose prolific and diverse output included Novels short Mayfair is an area of central London, England, within the City of Westminster. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Raymond Poincaré (20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934 was a French conservative Statesman who served as Prime Minister of France on five Aristide Briand (28 March 1862 – 7 March 1932 was a French statesman who served several terms as Prime Minister of France and won the Nobel Peace Prize The Kellogg-Briand Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris, after the city where it was signed on August 27, 1928, was an international treaty "providing War is an international relations Dispute, characterized by organized Violence between National Military units Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American Magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• July 25 - Pope Pius XI emerges from the Vatican and enters St. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Pope Pius XI ( Latin: Pius PP XI; Italian: Pio XI; May 31 1857 &ndash February 10 1939) born Peter's square in a huge procession witnessed by about 250,000 persons, thus ending nearly 60 years of papal self-imprisonment within the Vatican.
• July 27 - Third Geneva Convention. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. See also Geneva Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick in armies in the field (1929 The Geneva Convention (1929
• August 8 - The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight (will end on August 29). Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708)
• August 19 - The radio comedy show Amos and Andy makes its debut starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy based on Stereotypes of African-Americans and popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s Freeman Fisher "Gozzie" Gosden ( May 5, 1899 – December 10, 1982) was an American Radio Comedian, Charles James Correll ( February 2, 1890 &ndash September 26, 1972) was an American Radio Comedian, best
• August 23 - The 1929 Palestine riots of the Hebron, Safed, and Gaza Jewish communities got underway. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire In the summer of 1929 a long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated and erupted into a series of Hebron ( al-Ḫalīl or al-Khalīl, Standard Hebrew: Ḥevron Tiberian Hebrew: Ḥeḇrôn is the largest city in the West Bank, located in the south Safed (צְפַת pronounced Tsfat; صفد pronounced Safad) is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories.

September-October

• September 5 - Aristide Briand presents his plan of the United States of Europe. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Aristide Briand (28 March 1862 – 7 March 1932 was a French statesman who served several terms as Prime Minister of France and won the Nobel Peace Prize
• September 7 - Steamboat Kuru sinks in Näsijärvi, Tampere, Finland claiming 136 lives. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. SS Kuru was a Steam ship which sank on September 7, 1929 in the lake Näsijärvi, near Tampere, Finland. Näsijärvi is a Lake 95 meters above sea level in southern Finland. Tampere ( ˈtɑmpɛrɛ Swedish: Tammerfors or) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.
• September 17 - Coup ousts Augustinas Voldemaras in Lithuania; new president is Antanas Smetona
• October 11 - JC Penney opens Store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 states. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Augustinas Voldemaras ( April 16, 1883 May 16, 1942) was a Lithuanian nationalist political figure Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the Antanas Smetona ( August 10 1874 January 9 1944) was one of the most important Lithuanian political figures between World Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed J C Penney Company Inc ( most commonly known today by the name JCPenney or simply Penneys) is a mid-range chain of American Department stores Milford is a city in Kent and Sussex Counties, Delaware. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates the population of the city is 7201
• October 18 - Women are announced to be persons by the privy council in Britain. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid A privy council is a body that advises the Head of state of a nation on how to exercise their executive authority, typically but not always in the context of a Women can be appointed to the Canadian Senate. The Senate of Canada (Le Sénat du Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the sovereign (represented by the governor general Achieved by five Canadian women called the Famous Five.
• October 22 - Government of Aristide Briand falls in France. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Aristide Briand (28 March 1862 – 7 March 1932 was a French statesman who served several terms as Prime Minister of France and won the Nobel Peace Prize
• October 24 - The start of the Black Thursday stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the ’29 Crash, the Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of October 1929 A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of Stock prices across a significant cross-section of a Stock market. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City.
• October 28 - Black Monday stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange
• October 29 - Black Tuesday stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange

The Wall Street Crash of 1929, the beginning of the Great Depression

. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the ’29 Crash, the Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of October 1929 A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of Stock prices across a significant cross-section of a Stock market. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the ’29 Crash, the Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of October 1929 A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of Stock prices across a significant cross-section of a Stock market. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City.

November-December

• November 1 Annual Solar Eclipse of 1929 Nov 01. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is wholly or partially obscured
• November - Vladimir Zworykin takes out the first patent for color television. Vladimir Kozmich Zworykin (Владимир Козьмич Зворыкин ( July 30, 1889 - July 29, 1982) was a Russian-American
• November 7 - In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat The City of New York The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, USA, on 53rd Street between Fifth
• November 15 - The Ambassador Bridge is opened to traffic. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. The Ambassador Bridge is a Privately-owned Suspension bridge that connects Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, with Windsor
• November 18 - 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull The 1929 Grand Banks earthquake, also called the Laurentian Slope earthquake and the South Shore Disaster, was a magnitude 7 Newfoundland — ˈn(jufənˌlænd (Terre-Neuve Talamh an Éisc — is a large island 15 km off the east coast of The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released 2 submarine earthquake centered on Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula area, killing 28. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer The first transatlantic Telegraph Cable crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Foilhommerum Valentia Island, in western Ireland to A tsunami ((tsuːˈnɑːmi is a series of waves created when The Burin Peninsula is a Canadian Peninsula located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador As of 1997, it is Canada's most lethal earthquake. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page [1]
• November 29 - Floyd Bennett, US Admiral Richard Byrd, Captain Ashley McKinley, and Harold June, become the first to fly over the South Pole. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Floyd Bennett (October 25 1890 &ndash April 25 1928 American Aviator who piloted Richard E The name Richard Byrd may refer to Richard C Byrd (1805–1854 an American politician Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888–1957 admiral polar The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth.
• December 2 - First Lightpoles in London
• December 3 - Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover announces to U.S. Congress that the worst effects of the recent stock market crash are behind the nation and the American people have regained faith in the economy. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10 1874 &ndash October 20 1964 was the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933 The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses A stock market, or (equity market is a private or public market for the trading of company Stock and derivatives of company Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
• December 28 - "Black Saturday" in Samoa: New Zealand colonial police kill 11 unarmed demonstrators, an event which leads the Mau movement to demand independence for Samoa. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of The Mau movement was the name given to the popular nonviolent movement for Samoan independence from colonial rule Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean The Mau movement was the name given to the popular nonviolent movement for Samoan independence from colonial rule ^[1]
• December 29 - All India Congress in Lahore demands Indian independence
• December 31 - Guy Lombardo plays Auld Lang Syne for the first time

Undated

• The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is proposed. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II ( lahor is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and is the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Independence is the Self-government of a Nation, Country, or State by its residents and population or some portion thereof generally exercising Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (born June 19, 1902 in London Ontario; died November 5, 1977) was a Canadian "Auld Lang Syne" is a Scottish Poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song ( Roud # 6294 In Linguistics, the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis ( SWH) (also known as the " Linguistic relativity hypothesis " postulates a systematic relationship
• Greatest number of fatal civil aircraft crashes in US history. Air safety is a term encompassing the theory investigation and categorization of flight failures, and the prevention of such failures through regulation as well as through
• Civil war in Afghanistan. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت,
• Lapua Movement in Finland. Lapua Movement (Lapuan liike sometimes referred to as " Lapua Fascism " named after the then Municipality and modern days town of Lapua Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.
• Ross County F.C.founded in Dingwall, Scotland. Ross County Football Club are a Scottish professional football team who currently play in the Scottish Football League. They initially play in the Highland League.

Births

January-February

• January 3 - Sergio Leone, Italian film director (d. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa ( Hirohito) from December 25, 1926 to The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Sergio Leone ( January 3, 1929 &ndash April 30, 1989) was an Italian Film director. 1989)
• January 6 - Babrak Karmal, General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, third President of Afghanistan (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Babrak Karmal ( January 6, 1929 - December 3, 1996) was the third President of Afghanistan (1979 - 1986 during the period of the communist Afghanistan has only intermittently been a Republic - between 1973-1992 and from 2001 onwards - at other times being governed by a variety of kings Emirs 1996)
• January 9 - Brian Friel, Irish dramatist
• January 15 - Martin Luther King Jr., American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Brian Friel (born 9 January 1929) is a playwright and more recently director of his own works from Northern Ireland who now resides in County Donegal Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1968)
• January 17 - Jacques Plante, Canadian hockey player (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Joseph Jacques Omer "Jake the Snake" Plante ( January 17, 1929 – February 27, 1986) was a Canadian professional Ice hockey 1986)
• January 20 - Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts Jr ( January 20, 1929 – July 2, 1964) was one of the pioneering race car drivers of 1964)
• January 22 - Petr Eben, Czech composer (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Petr Eben ( 22 January 1929 &ndash 24 October 2007) was one of the most distinguished Composers in the Czech Republic. 2007)
• January 23 - John Charles Polanyi, Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• January 26
  • Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor John Charles Polanyi, (in Hungarian Polányi János PC, CC, FRSC, FRS (born January 23, 1929) is a Hungarian-Canadian The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Jonard Frank Labiak ( January 26 1929 &ndash July 27 2000) better known as Gordon Solie was a Florida -based 1999)
  • Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer
• January 28
  • Acker Bilk, American jazz clarinetist
  • Claes Oldenbourg, Swedish sculptor
• January 27 - Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Jules Ralph Feiffer (born) is an American syndicated comic-strip Cartoonist and Author. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Acker Bilk MBE (born 28 January 1929) born Bernard Stanley Bilk (known more familiarly as Mr Claes Oldenburg (born January 28, 1929) is a sculptor, best known for his Public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Gastón Suárez (born January 27, 1929 &ndash November 6, 1984) was a Bolivian Novelist and Dramatist. 1984)
• January 31
  • Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • Jean Simmons, English actress
• February 5
  • Luc Ferrari, French composer (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer (Rudolf Ludwig Mößbauer born January 31, 1929) is a German Physicist who studied Gamma rays from The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Jean Merilyn Simmons OBE (born January 31 1929 is an Oscar -nominated English actress Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Luc Ferrari, French composer born on February 5, 1929 in Paris - deceased on August 22, 2005 in Arezzo in Italy 2005)
  • Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician
• February 6 - Pierre Brice, French actor
• February 10 - Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fred Sinowatz ( 5 February 1929 11 August 2008) was born in Neufeld an der Leitha, Burgenland, Austria Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Pierre Brice (born 6 February 1929 in Brest, France) birth name Baron Pierre Louis de Bris, is a French Actor, mainly known for his Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Jerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith ( February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was an American Film score Composer 2004)
• February 14 - Vic Morrow, American actor (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Victor "Vic" Morrow ( February 14, 1929 &ndash July 23, 1982) was an American actor 1982)
• February 15 - Graham Hill, English race car driver (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Norman Graham Hill ( February 15, 1929 – November 29, 1975) was a British racing driver and two-time Formula One World 1975)
• February 17
  • Chaim Potok, American rabbi and author (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Chaim Potok ( February 17, 1929 - July 23, 2002) was an American Jewish Author and Rabbi. 2002)
  • Patricia Routledge, English actress
• February 18 - Len Deighton, British author
• February 22 - James Hong, Chinese actor
• February 28
  • Hayden Fry, American football coach
  • Frank Gehry, Canadian-born architect

March-April

• March 1 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Katherine Patricia Routledge, CBE (born 17 February 1929) is an English actress and Singer. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Leonard Cyril Deighton (born February 18, 1929, Marylebone, London) is a British Historian, Cookery expert Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne For the co-founder of the online ratings site see Hot or Not. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule John Hayden Fry (born February 28, 1929) was a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A College football coach from 1962 to Frank Owen Gehry CC (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is a Pritzker Prize -winning Architect Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Georgi Ivanov Markov (Георги Иванов Марков (March 1 1929 – September 11 1978 was a Bulgarian Dissident. 1978)
• March 4
  • Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor
  • Josep Mestres Quadreny, Catalan composer
• March 9 - Desmond Hoyte, Prime Minister and President of Guyana (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Bernard Johan Herman Haitink CH KBE (born March 4, 1929) is a Dutch conductor and Violinist Early Josep Maria Mestres Quadreny (born 4 March, 1929 in Manresa) is a Catalan composer Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Hugh Desmond Hoyte ( March 9, 1929 &ndash December 22, 2002) was a Guyanese politician Heads of Government of Guyana (1953-Present Chief Ministers of Guyana (1953-1961 Premiers of Guyana (1961-1966 Prime Ministers of Guyana (1966-Present When Guyana was declared a republic in 1970 the president was elected by the National Assembly for a five-year term and possessed largely ceremonial powers 2002)
• March 17 - Peter L. Berger, Austrian-born sociologist
• March 23 - Sir Roger Bannister, British runner
• March 26 - Tom Foley, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• April 1
  • Milan Kundera, Czech-born author
  • Bo Schembechler, American football coach (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Peter Ludwig Berger (born March 17, 1929) is an American sociologist and Lutheran theologian well known for his work The Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, CBE (born 23 March 1929 is an English former athlete best known as the first man to run the Mile in less than 4 Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Thomas Stephen Foley (born March 26, 1929 in Spokane Washington) is an American politician of the Democratic Party The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer&mdashor speaker &mdashof the United States House of Representatives. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Milan Kundera (ˈmɪlan ˈkundɛra (born April 1, 1929, in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is a French Writer of Czech Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler Jr ( April 1 1929 &ndash November 17 2006) was an American College football 2006)
• April 5
  • Nigel Hawthorne, British actor (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne CBE ( 5 April, 1929 – 26 December, 2001) was an English Actor, perhaps best 2001)
  • Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• April 6 - Suchitra Sen (Roma Dasgupta), the legendary Bengali Actress, is born in Pabna (now in Bangladesh). Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Ivar Giaever (originally spelled Giæver) (born April 5, 1929 in Bergen Norway) is a physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Suchitra Sen ( April 6 1929) or April 6, 1931[http //wwwtripurainfo The Bengali people are the ethnic community from Bengal (divided between Bangladesh and India) on the Indian subcontinent with a history dating An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially
• April 6
  • André Previn, German-born pianist, composer, and conductor
  • Keijo Liinamaa, prime minister of Finland (d. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> André Previn ( Andreas Ludwig Priwin) KBE (b Keijo Antero Liinamaa ( 6 April 1929 &ndash 28 June 1980) was a lawyer and caretaker Prime Minister of Finland. 1980)
• April 8 - Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Walter Berry ( April 8, 1929 &ndash October 27, 2000) was an Austrian Bass-baritone. 2000)
• April 9 - Fred Hollows, ophthalmologist (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Frederick (Fred Cossom Hollows, AC (born April 9 1929 in Dunedin, New Zealand &ndash died February 10 1993 Ophthalmology is the branch of Medicine which deals with the diseases and surgery of the visual pathways including the Eye, Brain 1993)
• April 10 - Max von Sydow, Swedish actor
• April 17 - Michael Forest, American actor
• April 18 - Peter Jeffrey, British actor (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama (born 10 April 1929 is a well-known Swedish actor known in particular for his collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Gerald Michael Charlebois, better known as Michael Forest (born April 17 1929 in Harvey North Dakota, USA) is an American Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Peter Jeffrey ( 18 April 1929 &ndash 25 December 1999) was a British actor with many roles in Television and 1999)
• April 24 - Rajkumar, Indian singer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to This page relates to the Kannada actor Dr Rajkumar for other uses of the name see Raj Kumar. 2006)
• April 29 - Fred Hollows, a famous Ophthalmologist, is born in New Zealand. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Frederick (Fred Cossom Hollows, AC (born April 9 1929 in Dunedin, New Zealand &ndash died February 10 1993 Ophthalmology is the branch of Medicine which deals with the diseases and surgery of the visual pathways including the Eye, Brain New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island

May-June

• May 1 - Ralf Dahrendorf, German-British social scientist and member of the House of Lords)
• May 4
  • Audrey Hepburn, Belgian actress (d. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf Baron Dahrendorf, KBE (born May 1, 1929) is a German-British Sociologist, Philosopher, Political scientist The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Audrey Hepburn ( &ndash) was an English/Dutch Academy Award - Emmy Award - Tony Award - and Grammy Award -winning film and stage actress 1993)
  • Emilio Enrico Belén, Spanish painter and poet
  • Sydney MacDonald Lamb, American linguist
• May 6 - Paul Lauterbur, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• May 8 - Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actress (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Sydney MacDonald Lamb (born May 4, 1929) is an American linguist and professor at Rice University, whose Stratificational grammar Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Paul Christian Lauterbur ( May 6, 1929 – March 27, 2007) was an American Chemist who shared the Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen was a naturalized American actress and standards Singer. She was best known for her roles as Katsumi the wife of Joe Kelly ( Red 2007)
• May 10 - Antonine Maillet, Canadian author
• May 14
  • Gump Worsley, Canadian hockey player
  • Henry McGee, English actor
• May 16 - Adrienne Rich, American poet
• May 21 - Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboist
• May 25 - Beverly Sills, American soprano (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Antonine Maillet, PC, CC, OQ, ONB, LLD, FRSC, (born May 10, 1929) is a Canadian Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Lorne John "Gump" Worsley ( May 14, 1929 in Montreal Quebec – January 26, 2007, in Beloeil Quebec) was a professional Henry McGee ( May 14, 1929 – January 28, 2006) was a British actor best known as Straight man to Benny Hill Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Adrienne Cecile Rich (born May 16 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American poet essayist and Feminist. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Heinz Holliger (born) is a Swiss oboist, Composer and conductor. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Beverly Sills ( May 25, 1929 – July 2, 2007) was an 2007)
• June 1 - Nargis, Indian actress (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected For the town in France see Nargis Loiret; For the 2008 cyclone which devastated the Irrawaddy Delta and the city of Yangon see Cyclone Nargis 1981)
• June 2 - Norton Juster, American author and architect
• June 3 - Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• June 6 - Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Norton Juster (born June 2, 1929) is an American Architect and Author. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Werner Arber (born June 3, 1929) is a Swiss Microbiologist and Geneticist. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Sunil Dutt ( Hindi: सुनील दत्त June 6, 1930 – May 25, 2005) born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian 2005)
• June 10 - Harald Juhnke, German entertainer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Harald Juhnke (pronounced "you-nka" ( June 10, 1929 in Berlin-Wedding - April 1, 2005 in Rüdersdorf near Berlin 2005)
• June 12
  • Brigid Brophy, English author (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Brigid Antonia Brophy Lady Levey ( June 12, 1929, in London, England &ndash August 7, 1995, in Louth, Lincolnshire 1995)
  • Anne Frank, German-born diarist and Holocaust victim (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank ( (12 June 1929 – early March 1945 was a Jewish girl born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany 1945)
• June 13 - Alan Civil, English French horn player (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Alan Civil OBE ( June 13, 1929 – March 19, 1989) was a British horn player 1989)
• June 16 - Ramon Bieri, American actor (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Ramon Bieri (born June 16, 1929; died May 27, 2001) was an American Actor. 2001)
• June 17 - Tigran Petrosian, Russian chess player (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Tigran Petrosian (Տիգրան Պետրոսյան ( June 17, 1929 &ndash August 13, 1984) was World Chess Champion from 1963 1984)
• June 18 - Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and American pragmatism. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Jürgen Habermas (ˈjʏʁgən ˈhaːbɐmaːs born June 18, 1929 is a German Philosopher and Sociologist in the tradition of
• June 21 - Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (d. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Abdel Halim Ismail Shabana ( Arabic: عبدالحليم إسماعيل شبانة) commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez ( عبد الحليم حافظ 1977)
• June 23 - June Carter Cash, American singer (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Valerie June Carter Cash ( June 23, 1929 &ndash May 15, 2003) was a Singer, Songwriter, actress, comedienne 2003)
• June 26 - Milton Glaser, American graphic designer
• June 29 - Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer (note - some sources indicate July 24 as date of birth; d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Milton Glaser (born June 26, 1929) is a Graphic designer, best known for the I Love New York logo his " Bob Dylan " Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Oriana Fallaci ( 29 June 1929 - 15 September 2006) was an Italian Journalist, Author, and political interviewer Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. 2006)

July-August

• July 1 - Gerald Edelman, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• July 2 - Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines
• July 4 - Bill Tuttle, baseball player
• July 5 - Tony Lock, English cricketer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Gerald Maurice Edelman (born July 1, 1929) is an American biologist who won the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Imelda Remedios Visitacion Romualdez-Marcos (born Imelda Remedios Visitacion Trinidad Romualdez on July 2, 1929 in Manila) is the widow Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples William Robert Tuttle ( July 4 1929 - July 27 1998) was a Center fielder for three teams during his Major League Baseball Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Graham Anthony Richard Lock ( 5 July 1929 - 30 March 1995) was an English Cricketer who played primarily as a left-arm 1995)
• July 9 - King Hassan II of Morocco (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. King Hassan II (صاحب الجلالة الملك الحسن الثاني class 1999)
• July 11 - Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Hermann Prey ( July 11, 1929 &ndash July 22, 1998) was a German Baritone. 1998)
• July 13 - Sofia Muratova, Soviet gymnast
• July 18
  • Dick Button, American figure skater
  • Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American musician (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Sofia Ivanovna Muratova ( Russian: Софья Ивановна Муратова ( July 13, 1929 in Leningrad - September 25 2006 Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Richard Totten "Dick" Button (born July 18, 1929 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American Jalacy Hawkins, best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins ( July 18, 1929 &ndash February 12, 2000) was an African-American singer 2000)
• July 25 - Somnath Chatterjee, Indian politician
• July 26 - Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-born pianist
• July 28 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, wife of John F Kennedy (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Somnath Chatterjee (Bengali সোমনাথ চট্টোপাধ্যায় (born July 25, 1929 in Tezpur, Assam) is an Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Alexis Weissenberg (born July 26, 1929) is a Bulgarian born French Jewish Pianist. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of 1994)
• July 31 - Lynne Reid Banks, British author
• August 1 - Hafizullah Amin, General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, second President of Afghanistan (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Lynne Reid Banks (born 31 July 1929) is a British author of books for children and adults Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Hafizullah Amin ( حفيظ الله امين) ( August 1, 1929 – December 27, 1979) was the second President of Afghanistan Afghanistan has only intermittently been a Republic - between 1973-1992 and from 2001 onwards - at other times being governed by a variety of kings Emirs 1979)
• August 8 - Ronald Biggs, British criminal
• August 9 - Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist, intellectual and an activist for human rights (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Ronald Arthur Biggs better known as Ronnie Biggs (born August 8, 1929) is an English Prisoner who is known for escaping from prison Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Abdi İpekçi ( August 9, 1929 – February 1, 1979) was a Turkish Journalist, Intellectual and an activist for 1979)
• August 16
  • Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Helmut Rahn, known as Der Boss (The Boss ( 16 August 1929 in Essen – 14 August 2003) was a German football player 2003)
  • Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. William John Evans (better known as Bill Evans) ( August 16, 1929 &ndash September 15, 1980) was one of the most famous and influential 1980)
• August 21 - X. J. Kennedy, American poet
• August 24 - Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. X J Kennedy (born 21 August 1929, Dover New Jersey) is a Poet, Translator, Anthologist, editor, and bestselling Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini ( Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني (August 24 1929 – November 11 The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 2004)
• August 26 - Maurice Tempelsman, Belgian diamond merchant and financier
• August 27 - Ira Levin, American author (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Maurice Tempelsman (born August 26 1929, Antwerp Belgium) is a Belgian - American businessman and diamond merchant Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Ira Levin ( August 27 1929 &ndash November 12 2007) was an American Novelist, Playwright, and Songwriter 2007)
• August 28 - Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian conductor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital István Kertész ( August 28, 1929 &ndash April 16, 1973) was a world-renowned Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor 1973)
• August 29 - Thom Gunn, British poet (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Thom Gunn ( 29 August 1929 - 25 April 2004) was an Anglo-American poet 2004)

September-October

• September 1 - Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Anne Ramsey ( September 1, 1929 - August 11, 1988) was an American actress who is probably most famous for her roles as 1988)
• September 3 - James J. Bulger, FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive
• September 4 - Thomas Eagleton, American senator (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius James Joseph " Whitey " Bulger Jr (born September 3 1929) is a wanted fugitive and alleged leader of the Winter Hill Gang Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Early life and political career Eagleton was the son of another St 2007)
• September 5
  • Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor
  • Andrian Nikolayev, cosmonaut (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. George Robert "Bob" Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American stand-up comedian and Actor. Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev ( Chuvash and Андриян ГригорьевичНиколаев ( September 5, 1929 &ndash July 3, 2004 2004)
• September 6 - Yash Johar, Indian film producer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Yash Johar (, September 6 1929 - June 26 2004) was an Indian Bollywood Film producer. 2004)
• September 8 - Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor
• September 9 - Claude Nougaro, French singer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Christoph von Dohnányi (born September 8, 1929) is Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Claude Nougaro ( September 9 1929 &ndash March 4 2004) was a French Songwriter and Singer. 2004)
• September 15
  • Eva Burrows, General of The Salvation Army
  • Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• September 20 - Anne Meara, American comedienne and actress
• September 21 - Bernard Williams, British philosopher (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Eva Evelyn Burrows AC (born 15 September 1929) was the 13th General of the Salvation Army. Murray Gell-Mann (born September 15, 1929) is an American Physicist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Anne Meara (born September 20 1929 is an American Comedian and actress. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams FBA (21 September 1929 &ndash 10 June 2003 has been described as the most important British moral philosopher of his time 2003)
• September 25
  • Ronnie Barker, British comedian (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Ronald William George Barker, OBE (25 September 1929 &ndash 3 October 2005 was an English actor and Comedian, best known for his roles as Norman Stanley Fletcher 2005)
  • Barbara Walters, American journalist
• October 7 - Robert Westall, British author (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25 1929) is an American Journalist, writer and media Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Robert Atkinson Westall ( October 7, 1929, North Shields &ndash April 15, 1993, Lymm) is the author of many books mostly 1993)
• October 11 - Martha Newberry/Read 1957 murder victim
• October 12
  • Robert Coles, American psychologist and author
  • Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic-born British television presenter (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Robert Coles (b October 12, 1929) is an American Author, child psychiatrist and professor at Harvard University. Magnús Magnússon KBE (ˈmaknus ˈmaknuˌsɔn October 12 1929 &ndash January 7 2007) was an Icelandic television 2007)
• October 14 - Yvon Durelle, Canadian boxer
• October 16 - Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress
• October 21 - Ursula K. Le Guin, American author
• October 22 - Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Yvon Durelle ( October 14 1929 &ndash January 6 2007) born in Baie-Ste-Anne, New Brunswick Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Fernanda Montenegro (born Arlete Pinheiro Esteves da Silva; October 16 1929 is an Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated Berlin's Silver Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (ˈɝsələ ˈkroʊbɚ ləˈgwɪn (born October 21, 1929) is an American author Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Лев Ива́нович Я́шин (22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990 was a Russian Soviet football goalkeeper, considered by many to be 1990)
• October 24
  • George Crumb, American composer
  • Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer and playwright (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat George Crumb (born October 24, 1929) is an American Composer of modern and Avant garde music Yordan Radichkov (Йордан Радичков ( October 24, 1929 - January 21, 2004) was a famous Bulgarian writer and 2004)
• October 28 - John Hollander, American poet
• October 29 - Yevgeny Primakov, Russian politician and a former Prime Minister of Russia. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine John Hollander (born October 28, 1929 in New York City) is an American Poet and literary Critic. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov (Евгений Максимович Примаков born October 29 1929 is a Russian Politician, a former KGB general

November-December

• November 2
  • Rachel Ames, American actress
  • Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, President of Pakistan
  • Richard E. Taylor, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• November 4 - Doris Roberts, American actress
• November 7 - Eric R. Kandel, Austrian-born neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• November 8 - Lal Krishna Advani, Indian politician
• November 9 - Imre Kertesz, Hungarian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
• November 11 - LaVern Baker, American singer (d. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Rachel Ames (born November 2, 1929 in Portland Oregon) is an American Actress. Muhammad Rafiq Tarar ( Urdu: محمد رفیق تارڑ) (b November 2, 1929) was President of Pakistan from January 1, The President of Pakistan ( Urdū: صدر Sadr-e-Mumlikat) is the Head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Richard Edward Taylor, CC, FRS, FRSC, PhD, MSc, BSc (born November 2, 1929 in Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Doris May Roberts (born November 4, 1930) Her father deserted the family when Roberts was a child and her mother raised Doris with the help of her Russian Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Eric Richard Kandel (born November 7, 1929) is a Psychiatrist, a neuroscientist and Professor of Biochemistry The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Lal Krishna Advani (लाल कृष्ण आडवाणी لال ڪرشنا آڏواڻي also known as Lal Kishenchand Advani (Sindhi लाल किशनचंद Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Imre Kertész (imrɛ ˈkɛrteːs (born November 9, 1929, Budapest) is a Hungarian Jewish author Holocaust The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare LaVern Baker ( November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) was an American Rhythm & Blues singer 1997)
• November 12 - Grace Patricia Kelly, American actress and Princess of Monaco (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Grace Patricia Kelly (later Grace Princess of Monaco; November 12 1929 &ndash September 14 1982 was an Academy Award -winning American film and 1982)
• November 13 - Fred Phelps, leader of the Westboro Baptist Church
• November 15 - Edward Asner, American actor
• November 19 - Norman Cantor, Canadian medieval scholar (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Fred Waldron Phelps Sr (born November 13 1929 is an The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC is a church headed by Fred Phelps and based in Topeka Kansas, United States. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an American Actor primarily known for his Emmy -winning role as Lou Grant on Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Norman F Cantor (born in Winnipeg, Canada on November 19, 1929, died in Miami Florida, United States on September 2004)
• November 28 - Berry Gordy, Musician
• November 30 - Dick Clark, American television entertainer
• December 6 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German-born conductor
• December 9 - Bob Hawke, twenty-third Prime Minister of Australia
• December 13 - Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor
• December 16
  • Nicholas Courtney, British actor
  • James Moore, British author
• December 17 - Jacqueline Hill, British actress (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Berry Gordy Jr (born November 28, 1929, Detroit Michigan) is an American Record producer, and the founder of the Motown Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an American Television, Radio personality, Game show host Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Nikolaus Harnoncourt ( Count Johann Nicolaus Graf de la Fontaine und Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Robert James Lee (Bob Hawke, AC (born 9 December 1929 was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia and longest serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC (born December 13 1929 is a Canadian Theater, Film and Television actor. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Nicholas Courtney (born William Nicholas Stone Courtney on 16 December 1929) is a British Television Actor, most famous James Moore and Jim Moore are the names of Cowboy Jimmy Moore (b Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Jacqueline Hill ( 17 December 1929 – 18 February 1993) was a British actress best known for her role as Barbara Wright 1993)
• December 23 - Chet Baker, American jazz musician (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr ( Yale Oklahoma, 23 December 1929 - Amsterdam, 13 May 1988) was an American 1988)
• December 25 - Stuart Hall, British radio and television presenter
• December 28
  • Brian Redhead, English journalist and broadcaster (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Stuart Hall (born December 25, 1929 in Hyde Cheshire) is a BBC radio and Television presenter. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Brian Redhead ( 28 December 1929 - 23 January 1994) was a British author journalist and broadcaster 1994)
  • Terry Sawchuk, Canadian hockey player (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Terence Gordon Sawchuk ( December 28, 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – May 31, 1970 in New York City, New York 1970)

Deaths

January - June

• January 5 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (b. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. 1856)
• January 13 - Wyatt Earp, American gunfighter (b. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp ( March 19, 1848 &ndash January 13, 1929) was an American farmer Teamster, sometime buffalo 1848)
• January 30 - La Goulue, French dancer (b. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Louise Weber ( July 13 1866 &ndash January 30, 1929) was a French Can-can dancer who performed under the Stage 1866)
• February 6 - Maria Christina of Austria, Queen Regent of Spain (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Maria Christina, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria - Teschen, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia ( Maria Christina 1858)
• February 11 - Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Johann II Prince of Liechtenstein ( 5 October 1840 &ndash 11 February 1929) aka Johann II der Gute or Johann II the Good 1840)
• February 12 - Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Lillie Langtry ( 13 October 1853 &ndash 12 February 1929) born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, was a highly successful British 1853)
• February 14 - Tom Burke, American runner (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Thomas Edward Burke ( January 15, 1875 &ndash February 14, 1929) was an American athlete 1875)
• March 1 - Royal H. Weller, American politician (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Royal Hurlburt Weller ( July 2[[ 881]] - March 1[[ 929]] was a United States Representative from New York. 1881)
• March 5 - David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American inventor
• March 12 - Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a for the New Zealand politician see David Buick (New Zealand David Dunbar Buick was a Scottish -born American Inventor Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Asa Griggs Candler ( December 30, 1851 &ndash March 12, 1929) was an American business tycoon who made most of his money selling 1851)
• March 20 - Ferdinand Foch, French commander of Allied forces in World War I (b. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Ferdinand Foch OM GCB (2 October 1851 – 20 March 1929 was a French soldier military theorist and writer credited with possessing "the most original 1851)
• April 4 - Karl Benz, German automotive pioneer (b. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled Carl, ( November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg 1844)
• April 22 -Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Henry Lerolle ( October 3, 1848 - April 22, 1929) was French painter art collector and patron born in Paris 1848)
• April 24 - Caroline Rémy, French feminist (b. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Caroline Rémy de Guebhard ( April 27, 1855 &mdash April 24, 1929, was a French socialist, journalist and feminist 1855)
• May 21 - Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC (7 May 1847 &ndash 21 May 1929 was a British Liberal Statesman and The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1847)
• June 8 - Bliss Carman, Canadian poet (b. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Bliss Carman FRSC ( April 15 1861 - June 8, 1929) was a preeminent Canadian Poet. 1861)
• June 11 - William Dickson Boyce, American entrepreneur and founder of the Boy Scouts of America (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. William Dickson "W D" Boyce ( June 16, 1858 &ndash June 11, 1929) was an American Newspaper man and entrepreneur 1858)
• June 16 - Bramwell Booth, General of The Salvation Army (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. 1856)
• June 28 - Edward Carpenter, English poet (b. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Also see Ed Carpenter. Edward Carpenter ( 29 August 1844 – 28 June 1929) was an English 1844)

July - December

• July 15 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Hugo von Hofmannsthal ( February 1, 1874 – July 15, 1929) was an Austrian Novelist, librettist, Poet 1874)
• August - Mary MacLane, Canadian feminist writer (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mary MacLane ( May 1 1881 &mdash August 1929 was a controversial Canadian -born American writer whose frank memoirs helped usher in the 1881)
• August 3 - Thorstein Veblen, Norwegian-born economist (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Thorstein Bunde Veblen (born Tosten Bunde Veblen July 30, 1857 &ndash August 3, 1929) was a Norwegian-American sociologist 1857)
• August 3 - Emil Berliner, German-born inventor (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Emile Berliner ( May 20, 1851 – August 3, 1929) was a German -born American Inventor, best known for developing 1851)
• August 5 - Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist and feminist (b. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Dame Millicent Fawcett GBE LLD ( June 11, 1847 &ndash August 5, 1929) was an English Suffragist 1847)
• August 26 - Sir Ernest Satow, British diplomat and scholar (b. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Sir Ernest Mason Satow PC, GCMG, (June 30 1843 - August 26 1929 known in Japan as アーネスト・サトウ was an outstanding British Scholar 1843)
• August 27 - Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket engineer (b. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Herman Potočnik ( Pseudonym Hermann Noordung) ( December 22, 1892 - August 27, 1929) was a Slovene rocket 1892)
• September 12 - Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Rainis, was the Pseudonym of Jānis Pliekšāns (b in Varslavāni, current Jēkabpils district &mdash d 1865)
• September 23 - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Richard Adolf Zsigmondy ( April 1, 1865 - September 23, 1929) was an Austrian German Chemist of Hungarian The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1865)
• September 24 - Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai doctor (b. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Prince Father Mahidol Adulyadej Prince of Songkla (Somdej Pramahitathibej Adulyadejvikrom Prabarommarajajanok Chao Fa Mahidol Adulyadej Kromma Luang Songkla Nakarin - สมเด็จพระมหิตลาธิเบศรอดุลยเดชวิกรม 1892)
• September 29 - Tanaka Giichi, 26th Prime Minister of Japan (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. ( 22 June 1864 – 29 September 1929) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Politician, and the 26th Prime The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime 1863)
• October 1 - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Antoine Bourdelle, originally Émile Antoine Bourdelle, ( October 30, 1861 - October 1, 1929) was a French sculptor 1861)
• October 3 - Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Jeanne Eagels ( June 26, 1894 – October 3, 1929) was an actress on Broadway and in several motion pictures 1890)
• October 3 - Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's ( May 10, 1878 &ndash October 3, 1929) was a German liberal politician and statesman who served as Chancellor and Foreign Minister The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1878)
• October 28 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Prince Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin von Bülow, born Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin von Bülow ( May 3, 1849 October 28, 1929) The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler 1849)
• November 6 - Prince Maximilian of Baden, Chancellor of Germany (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Prince Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm of Baden ( Max von Baden) ( 10 July 1867 6 November 1929) was the cousin and The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler 1867)
• November 17 - Herman Hollerith, American businessman and inventor (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Herman Hollerith ( February 29, 1860 &ndash November 17, 1929) was a German-American statistician who developed a 1860)
• November 24 - Georges Clemenceau, Premier of France (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Georges Benjamin Clemenceau ( Mouilleron-en-Pareds ( Vendée) 28 September 1841 24 November 1929 was a French statesman physician and Journalist The Prime Minister of France ( Premier ministre français) in Fifth Republic is the functional Head of the government and Council of Ministers 1841)
• December 10 - Harry Crosby, American publisher and poet (b. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Harry Crosby ( June 4, 1898 &ndash December 10, 1929) was an American heir Bon vivant, Poet, and for some 1898)
• December 20 - Émile Loubet, 7th President of France (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Émile François Loubet (31 December 1838 - 20 December 1929 was a French Politician and the 7th President of France. The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected 1838)
• December 29 - Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Wilhelm Maybach ˈmaibax ( February 9, 1846 &ndash December 29, 1929) was an early German engine designer and industrialist 1846)

Nobel prizes

• Physics - Prince Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie
• Chemistry - Arthur Harden, Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin
• Physiology or Medicine - Christiaan Eijkman, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
• Literature - Thomas Mann
• Peace - Frank Billings Kellogg

Notes

1. ^ Meleisea, Malama, Lagaga: A Short History of Western Samoa, 1987, ISBN 982-02-0029-6, pp. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond 7th duc de Broglie, FRS (də bʁœj ( August 15 1892 &ndash March 19 1987) was a French The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Arthur Harden ( October 12 1865 &ndash June 17 1940) was an English Biochemist. Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin ( February 15, 1873 &ndash November 6, 1964) was a German -born Swedish The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Christiaan Eijkman ( August 11, 1858, Nijkerk &ndash November 5, 1930, Utrecht) was a Dutch Physician Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins OM FRS ( June 20, 1861 Eastbourne, Sussex - May 16, 1947 Cambridge The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Paul Thomas Mann ( June The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Frank Billings Kellogg ( December 22, 1856 – December 21, 1937) was an American lawyer Politician and Statesman 137-8

External links

• About. com: 1929 Stock Market Crash.
• Stock Market Crash of 1929-Learn about the disastrous crash that lead to the Great Depression.
• The 1930s Timeline: 1929 — from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia

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