Events in year of 1929
- 01-01Roy Riegels runs 60 yards the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
- 01-02US and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls
- 01-0327 year old William S Paley becomes CBS President
- 01-03Bradman scores 112 vs. England at MCG - his 1st Test century
- 01-05Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia
- 01-06Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia
- 01-07"Buck Rogers, " 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres
- 01-07"Tarzan, " one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears
- 01-071st telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies
- 01-081st telephone connection between Netherlands and West-Indies
- 01-08CBS radio network buys WABC in New York City
- 01-09KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA begins radio transmissions
- 01-12Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana
- 01-13Humanist Society established, Hollywood, California
- 01-14Afghan King Amanullah forced to resign
- 01-17Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater"
- 01-18"NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio
- 01-18Stalin proposes to ban Trotsky from the Politburo
- 01-19Acadia National Park, Maine established
- 01-19Clas Thunberg skates world record 500m in 42.8 sec
- 01-201st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona"
- 01-29Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms
- 01-31Erich Maria Remarques publishes "Im West nieces Neues" in Berlin
- 01-31Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey
- 02-03Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam
- 02-06Rudy Vallee recorded "Deep Night"
- 02-08KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
- 02-09USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Romania sign Litvinov Pact
- 02-12Karst Leemburg wins Dutch 11 cities skate (11:30)
- 02-13Cruiser Act: OKs construction of 19 new cruisers and an aircraft carrier
People born in year of 1929
- 01-01Holling Gustav Vapor: Character on Northern Exposure
- 01-02Art Prysock: Jazz musician
- 01-03Marilyn Lloyd: (Rep-D-Tennessee, 1975- )
- 01-03Sergio Leone: Italian, director (Fist Full of Dollars)
- 01-04Amitai W Etzioni: US sociologist (Active Society)
- 01-04Bobby Tulloch: Ornithologist
- 01-06Wilbert Harrison: R & B singer (Kansas City)
- 01-07Douglas Kiker: NBC newsman (1970 Peabody Award)
- 01-07Kenneth Henry: United States -- 500m speed skater (1952 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-07Terry Moore [Helen Luella Koford]: Los Angeles, California -- Actress (Little Sheba)
- 01-09Heiner Muller: Dramatist
- 01-11Nicoletta Orsomando
- 01-11Rod Taylor: Sydney, NSW -- Actor (Bearcats, Time Machine)
- 01-11Wanda Wilkomirska: Warsaw, Poland -- Violinist
- 01-12Colin Berry Haycraft: Publisher
- 01-13Joseph Anthony Pass: Guitarist
- 01-13Wim Bary: Dutch actor / theater director (Nice Boys)
- 01-14Aleksander Petrovic: Film director
- 01-14Billy Walker: Ralls, Texas -- Country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
- 01-15"Queen Ida" Guillory: Ziadaco music
- 01-15Eva Badura-Skoda: Composer
- 01-16Allard Lowenstein: Radical (Students for Democratic Action)
- 01-16Francesco Scavullo: Staten Island, New York -- Celebrity photographer
- 01-16Tage Nielsen: Composer
- 01-19Ulu Grosbard: Belgium -- Actor (Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love)
- 01-22Rita Gillespie: TV director
- 01-23John Polanyi: Berlin, Germany -- Canadian chemist (Nobel 1986)
- 01-26Jules Feiffer: NYC, New York -- Cartoonist (Passionella) / author (Little Murders)
- 01-26M R Turner: Publisher
- 01-27Ingrid Thulin: Solleftea, Sweden -- Actress (Cries & Whispers, Damned)
People died in year of 1929
- 01-02Erich Wichman[n]: Dutch fascist Painter / sculptor, dies at 38
- 01-06Nicolas Nikolayevitch: Grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72
- 01-07Henry Arthur Jones: English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77
- 01-11Julio Antonio Mella: Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28
- 01-13Wyatt Earp: US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80
- 01-14Cornelis W Lely: Dutch Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies at 74
- 01-24Willem Royaards: Theater directeor (Adam in Ballingschap)
- 02-01August Otto Halm: Composer, dies at 59
- 02-05Siegfried Ochs: Composer, dies at 70
- 02-12Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing: German para-psychologist, dies at 66
- 02-24Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager: Composer, dies at 75
- 02-27Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry: Composer, dies at 65
- 02-28Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet: Austrian artist (React of P), dies at 54
- 02-28John Ebenezer West: Composer, dies at 65
- 03-15Pine-Top Smith: Jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24
- 03-20Ferdinand Foch: Marshal of France (WWI), dies at 77
- 03-22Anton Beer-Walbrun: Composer, dies at 64
- 03-27Shatunovsky: Mathematician
- 04-04Karl Friedrich Benz: Automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies at 84
- 04-10Edmond Thieffry: Belgium -- WWI pilot, dies at 36
- 04-15Antonio Smareglia: Composer, dies at 74
- 04-16Abraham van Stolk Jzn: Art collector, dies at 57
- 04-22Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich: Composer, dies at 86
- 04-23Rudolf W Nilsen: Norwegian Poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28
- 05-04Henry Morton Dunham: Composer, dies at 75
- 05-07Albert Anselmi: US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
- 05-07John Scalise: US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
- 05-07Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta: US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
- 05-16Lilli Lehmann: Soprano
- 06-08Bliss Carman: Poet
Events in year of 1930
- 01-01Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant
- 01-01Jurgens and Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
- 01-05Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire"
- 01-061st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed
- 01-09Boston Bruins wins then NHL record 14th straight game
- 01-10Maurice Allom takes Test hat-trick England vs. New Zealand Christchurch
- 01-10Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted
- 01-13"Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears
- 01-15George Headley scores century on debut vs. England (made 176)
- 01-201st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
- 01-23Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto
- 01-23George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Va established
- 01-23WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions
- 01-311st US glider flight from a dirigible, Lakehurst, New Jersey
- 02-03Vietnamese Communistic Party forms
- 02-03William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons
- 02-041st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans
- 02-055th Aliyah to Israel begins
- 02-08"Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
- 02-10Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress
- 02-15Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes
- 02-17French government of Tardieu, falls
- 02-18Cow flown and milked, milk sealed in paper containers and parachuted
- 02-18US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
- 02-20Capelle soccer team forms
- 02-25Check photographing device patented
- 02-26"Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater
- 02-261st red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)
- 02-27Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency
- 03-021st US indoor glider flight, St. Louis Terminal Building
People born in year of 1930
- 01-01Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry: Premier / President (Sudan)
- 01-01Werner Heiden: Composer
- 01-02Julius LaRosa: Brooklyn, New York -- Singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air)
- 01-03Eddie Egan: Bronx, New York -- Actor (Joe Forrester)
- 01-04Iain Cuthbertson: British actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB)
- 01-04Sorrell Booke: Buffalo, New York -- Actor (Bye Bye Braverman, Black Like Me)
- 01-05Edward Galven Givens, Jr.: Quanah, Texas -- Major USAF / Astronaut
- 01-05Frederick Charles Tillis: Composer
- 01-05Richard Hayes: Passaic, New Jersey -- Singer / emcee (Name That Tune)
- 01-06Denis Pitts: Journalist
- 01-06Vic Tayback: Brooklyn, New York -- Actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper)
- 01-08Doreen Wilber: United States -- Archer (1972 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-10Byron "Wild Child" Gipson: Blues singer
- 01-10Roy E Disney: CEO (Disney)
- 01-12Glenn Yarborough: Singer (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee)
- 01-13Frances Sternhagen: Washington, DC -- Actress (Outland, Starting Over)
- 01-13Roman Ciesiewicz: Artist / graphic designer
- 01-14Edgar Sergeyi Hovhanesyan: Composer
- 01-14Ernest Just: Black biologist, served as VP of American Zoologists
- 01-16Norman Podhoretz: Brooklyn, New York -- Author / editor (NY Post)
- 01-17Bill Benyon: English large landowner / Conservative Lower house leader
- 01-17Robert Ceely: Composer
- 01-21Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev: Russia -- Cosmonaut
- 01-23Derek Walcott: St. Lucia -- Poet / writer (Omeros, Nobel 1992)
- 01-23Ken Errair: Rocker (Four Freshmen)
- 01-23William Reid Pogue: Okemah, Oklahoma -- Colonel USAF / Astronaut (Skylab 4)
- 01-24Bernard Matthews: English turkey farmer / multi-millionaire
- 01-26A N Solomons: Chairman (Singer & Friedlander)
- 01-26Anne Macfarlane: Master (Court of Protection)
- 01-26Harry "Buddy" Melges, Jr.: Wisconsin, United States -- Yachter (1964, 72 Olympics - Gold / Bronze Medals)
People died in year of 1930
- 01-09Edward W Buck: Dutch / US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66
- 01-13C-E Auguste Rateau: French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66
- 01-27Jean Hure: Composer, dies at 52
- 02-06Eva Strittmatter: Writer, dies at 17
- 02-22Godfried CE van Daalen: Dutch General / Governor of Atjeh, dies at 66
- 02-23Horst Wessel: German Nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22
- 02-23Mabel Normand: Actress / director (Extra Girl), dies at 35
- 02-24Jacobus van Looy: Dutch writer / Painter (Night Cactus), dies at 74
- 02-26Raffaele Merry del Val: Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64
- 03-08William Howard Taft: 27th US President (1909-13) / Chief Justice, dies at 72
- 03-13Mary E W Freeman: US writer (Pembroke), dies at 77
- 03-15Antonio Beltramelli: Writer, dies at 51
- 03-19Arthur J Balfour: British Theologist / Premier (1902-05), dies at 81
- 03-29Anton Bettelheim: Writer
- 04-01Cosima Liszt: Wife of Austrian Composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92
- 04-01Zawditu: 1st reigning female Monarch of Ethiopia
- 04-04Vladimir Majakovski: Russian poet
- 04-14W Majakowski: Writer, dies at 36
- 04-21Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman: Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79
- 04-21Robert S Bridges: Poet laureate (Testament of beauty), dies at 85
- 05-08Lvar Henning Mankell: Composer, dies at 61
- 05-12Pieter Jelles Troelstra: Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70
- 05-13Fridtjof Nansen: Diplomat (Nobel 1922)
- 05-13Helena Lange: German feminist
- 05-17Herbert David Croly: US founder (New Republic), dies at 61
- 05-18Joao Marcellino Arroyo: Composer, dies at 68
- 06-05Jules Pascin [Julius Pincas]: Bulgarian / US Painter / cartoonist
- 06-11Henry Clay Folger, Jr.: CEO (Folger Shakespeare Library), dies at 72
- 06-16Elmer Ambrose Sperry: US inventor (gyroscope compass)
- 06-22Karl von Amira: German historian, dies at 82
Events in year of 1931
- 01-051st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League
- 01-08Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses
- 01-16Bradman scores 223 Australia vs. WI, 297 mins, 26 fours
- 01-22French government of Steeg falls
- 01-22VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam
- 01-26Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty
- 01-28Bradman scores 220 NSW vs. Victoria, 308 mins, 13 fours
- 02-021st siyyum of Talmud celebrated by Daf Yomi students
- 02-021st use of a rocket to deliver mail (Austria)
- 02-03Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia"
- 02-04National League adopts a deader baseball
- 02-05Maxine Dunlap becomes 1st US women to earn a glider pilot license
- 02-07US opera, "Peter Ibbetson, " by Deems Taylor premieres at Met Opera, New York City
- 02-08Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000
- 02-10New Delhi becomes capital of India
- 02-10Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Harts premieres in New York City
- 02-14Bradman scores 152 Aust vs. WI, 154 minutes, 13 fours 2 fives
- 02-14Spanish Government of General Damasco Berenguer falls
- 02-151st Dracula movie released
- 02-16Extreme right wing Svinhufvud becomes President of Finland
- 02-171st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball)
- 02-20Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge
- 02-21Alka Seltzer introduced
- 02-21Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play 1st exhibition night game
- 02-28Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass
- 02-28Oswald Mosley founds his New Party
- 03-03"Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem
- 03-04Bradman bowled by Herman Griffith for a duck as West Indies win the Test
- 03-04West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG
- 03-05Gandhi and British Viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact
People born in year of 1931
- 01-01Carel Brons: Composer
- 01-01Siddig El Nigoumi: Ceramicist
- 01-02Toshiki Kaifu: Premier of Japan (1989-91)
- 01-05Alfred Brendel: Wiesenberg Moravia, Czech Republic -- Austrian pianist
- 01-05Alvin Ailey: Choreographer (American Dance Theater)
- 01-05Walter Davis: United States -- Running high jumper (1952 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-06Gerard van Muiden: Dutch MP (CDA)
- 01-07Mack Mattingly: (Sen-R-Georgia, 1981-86)
- 01-08Bill Graham: Germany -- Rock promoter (Fillmore)
- 01-09Algi[rda]s [Jonas] Budrys: Prussia -- Sci-fi author (Man of Earth)
- 01-10Alexander L "Alex" Boraine: South Africa vicar / MP
- 01-10Ron Galella: Celebrity photographer (sued by Jackie O)
- 01-11Ed Hall: Roxbury, Massachusetts -- Actor (Dr Bicker-Medical Center)
- 01-14Juraj Pospisil: Composer
- 01-15Derek Meddings: Special effects technician
- 01-15Murad Kazhlayev: Composer
- 01-15Thomas Hoving: NYC, New York -- News correspondent (20 / 20)
- 01-16Vladimir Skutina: Writer playwright / journalist
- 01-17Frederick Alfred Fox: Composer
- 01-17L Douglas Wilder: (Gov-D-Virginia)
- 01-19Ron Packard: (Rep-R-California, 1983- )
- 01-20Thomas Roy Garrett: Museum curator
- 01-22Galina Zybina: USSR -- Discus thrower (15 world records between 1952-58)
- 01-24Ib Norholm: Composer
- 01-25Paavo J Haavikko: Finnish writer / poet / husband of Marja-Liisa Vartio
- 01-25Stikkan [Stig Anderson]: Music entrepreneur
- 01-26Mary Murphy: Washington, DC -- Actress (A Man Alone, Maggie-Investigators)
- 01-27John Hopkins: Writer
- 01-27Rudi Maugeri: Rocker (Crew Cuts)
- 01-27Vinson: Lord
People died in year of 1931
- 01-03Joseph J C Joffre: French marshal, dies at 78
- 01-04Art Acord: Western actor (Set Free, Spurs & Saddles), dies at 40
- 01-09Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer]: French writer (La fille perdue)
- 01-11Oscar Fetras: Composer, dies at 76
- 01-14William Ernst Johnson: British mathematician
- 01-21Felix Blumenfeld: Composer, dies at 67
- 01-23Anna Pavlova: Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan)
- 02-02Theodor Batthynyi: Hungarian contra-revolutionary, dies at 71
- 02-03Hans Schardt: Swiss geologist, dies at 72
- 02-07Ion Vidu: Composer, dies at 67
- 02-11Charles Algernon Parsons: British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76
- 02-11Charles Parsons: Inventor of the steam turbine
- 02-23Nellie Melba [Helen Mitchell]: Australian soprano
- 02-26Otto Wallach: German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83
- 03-07Akseli V Gallen-Kallela: Finnish Painter / illustrator, dies at 65
- 03-07Theo van Doesburg [Christian Kupper]: Painter / architect, dies at 47
- 03-08Clara Kathleen Rogers: Composer, dies at 87
- 03-09Ida B Wells-Barnett: Famous black, dies in Chicago at 78
- 03-27Arnold Bennett: Novelist
- 03-31Knute Rockne: Football player / coach, dies in a plane crash at 43
- 04-04Andre Michelin: CEO (Michelin Tires)
- 04-04George Whitefield Chadwick: Composer, dies at 76
- 04-06Giuseppi Radiciotti: Composer, dies at 73
- 04-08Eric Axel Karlfeldt: Poet
- 04-09Paul Antonin Vidal: Composer, dies at 67
- 05-03Frank Hoyt Losey: Composer, dies at 59
- 05-03Otto Winter-Hjelm: Composer, dies at 93
- 05-09A[lbert] A[braham] Michelson: US physicist (1907 Nobel), dies at 78
- 05-12Eugene Ysaye: Composer, dies at 72
- 05-12Eugene-Auguste Ysaye: Composer, dies at 72