What Happened in 1929

Agatha Christie publishes The Seven Dials Mystery

The Seven Dials Mystery is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on January 24,... Read more

Ford Custom is First Produced

The Ford Custom is a car model name that has been used by the Ford Motor Company both in the United States and Canada from the 1930s to 1972. For... Read more

"Disraeli" Is Released

Disraeli (1929) is a film that was adapted by Julien Josephson and De Leon Anthony from a play by Louis N. Parker. The film was directed by Alfred... Read more

Barcelona Chair and Ottoman Designed

The Barcelona chair was exclusively designed for the German Pavilion, that country's entry for the International Exposition of 1929, which was... Read more

Adolf Hitler, Nazis come to power through the Great Depression

When the stock market collapsed on Wall Street on Tuesday, October 29, 1929, it sent financial markets worldwide into a tailspin with disastrous... Read more

Conservative Afghan Elements Deopse Amanullah Khan, Habibullah Ghazi Installed as King

By 1928, Amanullah Khan had returned from Europe and brought with him vast social and cultural changes. This act, as well as pictures of the Queen... Read more

Volvo PV650 is First Produced

The Volvo PV650 Series is an automobile manufactured by Volvo between 1929 and 1937. The model name stand for PersonVagn ("passenger car"), 6... Read more

The German Pavilion for the International Exposition in Barcelona is Completed

The Barcelona Pavilion, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was the German Pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, Spain.... Read more

Mercedes-Benz W10 is First Produced

The Mercedes-Benz Mannheim 350 replaced the W03 350 models in 1929. The structure originated by Ferdinand Porsche was modified by Hans Nibel... Read more

Louis Armstrong tours with the musical Hot Chocolate

After separating from Lil, Armstrong started to play at the Sunset Café for Al Capone's associate Joe Glaser in the Carroll Dickerson Orchestra,... Read more

Fritz Lickint Finds Evidence that Links Lung Cancer and Cigarettes

It is interesting to note, however, that in 1929 (presumably too late to be included in the handbook) the German physician, Fritz Lickint published... Read more

Frank B. Kellogg Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Frank Billings Kellogg (December 22, 1856 – December 21, 1937) was an American lawyer, politician and statesman who served in the U.S. Senate and... Read more

Reverand Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Is Born

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., twentieth-century America's most compelling and effective civil rights leader, was born on January 15, 1929, in... Read more

"All Quiet On The Western Front" Is Released

All Quiet on the Western Front is a 1930 war film based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel of the same name. It was directed by Lewis Milestone, and... Read more

'Sartoris' Is Published

The novel deals with the decay of an aristocratic southern family just after the end of World War I. The wealthy Sartoris family of Jefferson,... Read more

Eduard Zimmermann Is Born

Following the Second World War the man who would later be known as a "criminal hunter" and "crook's bane" eked out a living as a thief and black... Read more

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Capone's most notorious killing was the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. On February 14, 1929, four Capone men entered a garage at 2122 N. Clark... Read more

Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st president of the United States

Popular opinion for the engineer, humanitarian, and Secretary of Commerce brought the President-elect to office with expectations of continued... Read more

Boston Bruins win Stanley Cup

The 1929 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the defending champion New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins. This was the... Read more

Liz Claiborne is Born

Anne Elisabeth Jane "Liz" Claiborne (March 31, 1929 – June 26, 2007) was a Belgian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur. Claiborne is... Read more

Babe Ruth Marries Claire Merritt Hodgson

Born near Athens, Georgia, United States, she met Ruth in 1923, a year after her husband Frank Hodgson died, leaving her with a daughter, Julia.... Read more

Cleveland Clinic Fire

The Cleveland Clinic fire was a major structure fire at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on May 15, 1929. It started in the basement of the... Read more

1st Academy Awards

The 1st Academy Awards were presented on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Tickets cost $5 and fewer than... Read more

Al Capone jailed for first time in Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary for carrying concealed deadly weapons

On May 17, 1929, Al Capone and his bodyguard were arrested in Philadelphia for carrying concealed deadly weapons. Within 16 hours they had been... Read more

Anne Frank is Born in Frankfurt

Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank was born on 12 June 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany, the second daughter of Otto Frank (1889–1980) and Edith Frank-Holländer... Read more