WORLD HISTORY · 1929 日本語
Events of 1929Showa 4 (Japan) · Year of the Snake
What happened in 1929?
In 1929, falling stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange triggered the Great Depression. In Japan, Hamaguchi Osachi became prime minister, and the German airship Graf Zeppelin arrived in the country partway through its round-the-world flight.
- Stalin expels TrotskyEurope
- Lateran Treaty creates Vatican CityEurope
- Former Diet member Yamamoto Senji stabbed to deathAsia
- April 16 Incident brings mass Communist arrestsAsia
- First Academy Awards ceremony heldNorth America
- Hamaguchi Osachi cabinet takes officeAsia
- Graf Zeppelin arrives in JapanAsia
- Great Depression beginsNorth America
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1929 at a glance
| Japanese era | Showa 4 |
|---|---|
| Chinese zodiac | Year of the Snake |
| Age of people born in 1929 | Turn 97 in 2026 |
| Previous / next year | 1928 (Showa 3) ／ 1930 (Showa 5) |
| Events | 42 |
| AP World History | Unit 7 (Global Conflict) |
| AP U.S. History | Period 7 |
Famous people born in 1929
Our birthday pages list 623 people born in 1929. Here are some of them.
- Audrey HepburnBorn May 4 · turns 97 this year · Belgian-born actress and humanitarian famous for Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Ti…
- Gordon MooreBorn January 3 · turns 97 this year · American engineer who co-founded Intel and Fairchild Semiconductor and formulat…
- Martin Luther King Jr.Born January 15 · turns 97 this year · American Baptist minister and civil rights leader known for nonviolent protest…
- Frank GehryBorn February 28 · turns 97 this year · Canadian-born American architect known for bold, curving buildings like the Wal…
- Eric CarleBorn June 25 · turns 97 this year · American author and illustrator of children's picture books, best known for The…
- Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisBorn July 28 · turns 97 this year · U.S. first lady as the wife of President John F. Kennedy, admired for restoring…
- Arnold PalmerBorn September 10 · turns 97 this year · American golfer who won seven major championships and helped make golf popular…
- Grace KellyBorn November 12 · turns 97 this year · Oscar-winning American film star of Rear Window and To Catch a Thief who became…
- Ed AsnerBorn November 15 · turns 97 this year · American actor known for his husky voice, his role as newsman Lou Grant, and vo…
- Berry GordyBorn November 28 · turns 97 this year · American record executive and songwriter who founded Motown, the Detroit label…
- Haruo NakajimaBorn January 1 · turns 97 this year
- Larry L. KingBorn January 1 · turns 97 this year
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- Charles BeaumontBorn January 2 · turns 97 this year
- Tellervo KoivistoBorn January 2 · turns 97 this year
- Ernst MahleBorn January 3 · turns 97 this year
- Sergio LeoneBorn January 3 · turns 97 this year
- Günter SchabowskiBorn January 4 · turns 97 this year
- Aulis RytkönenBorn January 5 · turns 97 this year
- Robert JuniperBorn January 7 · turns 97 this year
- Terry MooreBorn January 7 · turns 97 this year
- Saeed JaffreyBorn January 8 · turns 97 this year
- Brian FrielBorn January 9 · turns 97 this year
- Heiner MüllerBorn January 9 · turns 97 this year
- Dmitri BrunsBorn January 11 · turns 97 this year
- Alasdair MacIntyreBorn January 12 · turns 97 this year
- Jaakko HintikkaBorn January 12 · turns 97 this year
- Joe PassBorn January 13 · turns 97 this year
- Peter BarkworthBorn January 14 · turns 97 this year
- Earl HookerBorn January 15 · turns 97 this year
- Stanley Jeyaraja TambiahBorn January 16 · turns 97 this year
- Jacques PlanteBorn January 17 · turns 97 this year
- Philip LathamBorn January 17 · turns 97 this year
- Tan Boon TeikBorn January 17 · turns 97 this year
- Arte JohnsonBorn January 20 · turns 97 this year
- Fireball RobertsBorn January 20 · turns 97 this year
- Masaharu KawakatsuBorn January 20 · turns 97 this year
- Radley MetzgerBorn January 21 · turns 97 this year
- Petr EbenBorn January 22 · turns 97 this year
- Filaret DenysenkoBorn January 23 · turns 97 this year
- John PolanyiBorn January 23 · turns 97 this year
Events of 1929 (timeline · 42)
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The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution, starting the January 6th Dictatorship.
Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
Members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
President Calvin Coolidge signs legislation establishing the 96,000 acres (390 km2) Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix takes place in the Principality of Monaco. William Grover-Williams wins driving a Bugatti Type 35.
The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
The town of Murchison, New Zealand is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).
The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine occur, continuing until the next day, resulting in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city.
Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
"Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange, the first day of the panic in the markets that contributes to the Great Depression.
Black Tuesday: The New York Stock Exchange crashes, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and eventually contributing to the Great Depression.
Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement officially begins when a group of mainly the former White Guard members, led by Vihtori Kosola, interrupted communism occasion at the Workers' House in Lapua, Finland.
U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It is presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).
A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.
Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".
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FAQ
What year was 1929 in the Japanese calendar?
1929 was Showa 4 in the Japanese era system.
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1929?
1929 is the Year of the Snake.
How old is someone born in 1929?
They turn 97 on their birthday in 2026.
What happened in 1929?
In 1929, falling stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange triggered the Great Depression. In Japan, Hamaguchi Osachi became prime minister, and the German airship Graf Zeppelin arrived in the country partway through its round-the-world flight.
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