What Happened In April 1929 In History

Historical Events for April, 1929

• 3rd » RMS or Queen Mary is ordered from John Brown & Company Shipbuilding and Engineering by Cunard Line.
• 6th » Huey P. Long Governor of Louisiana is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• 8th » Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1929

• 1st » Barbara Bryne, British actress
• 1st » Jonathan Haze, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager
• 1st » Milan Kundera, Czech-French author
• 1st » Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (d. 2010)
• 1st » Jane Powell, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1st » Bo Schembechler, American football player and coach (d. 2006)
• 2nd » Ed Dorn, American poet and educator (d. 1999)
• 3rd » Fazlur Khan, Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center (d. 1982)
• 3rd » Lee Leonard, American television host
• 3rd » Poul Schlüter, Danish politician, 37th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 5th » Hugo Claus, Belgian author (d. 2008)
• 5th » Ivar Giaever, Norwegian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate
• 5th » Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (d. 2001)
• 5th » Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (d. 1967)
• 6th » Willis Hall, English playwright and author (d. 2005)
• 6th » Joi Lansing, American model, actress, and singer (d. 1972)
• 6th » André Previn, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 7th » Bob Denard, French soldier (d. 2007)
• 7th » Joe Gallo, American gangster (d. 1972)
• 8th » Walter Berry (bass-baritone) called Walter Berry, Austrian opera singer (d. 2000)
• 8th » Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1978)
• 8th » Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (d. 1996)
• 9th » Sharan Rani Backliwal, Indian sarod player and scholar (d. 2008)
• 9th » Paule Marshall, American author
• 10th » Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (d. 1959)
• 10th » Max von Sydow, Swedish-French actor
• 12th » Elspet Gray, Scottish actress (d. 2013)
• 12th » Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet (d. 2010)
• 14th » Gerry Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 14th » Inez Andrews, American singer-songwriter (The Caravans) (d. 2012)
• 15th » Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2008)
• 15th » Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman
• 16th » Roy Hamilton, American singer (d. 1969)
• 16th » Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist and ecologist (d. 2012)
• 16th » Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)
• 17th » Michael Forest, American actor
• 17th » James Last, German bassist, composer, and bandleader
• 17th » Peggy McKercher, Canadian academic
• 18th » Peter Hordern, English politician
• 20th » Harry Agganis, American baseball and football player (d. 1955)
• 22nd » Michael Atiyah, English-Lebanese mathematician and academic
• 22nd » Robert Wade-Gery, English diplomat
• 23rd » George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic
• 24th » Rajkumar (actor) e.g Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (d. 2006)
• 25th » Yvette Williams, New Zealand long jumper
• 26th » Richard Mitchell, American author and educator (d. 2002)
• 27th » Nina Ponomaryova, Russian discus thrower
• 29th » Ray Barretto, American conga player (d. 2006)
• 29th » Walter Kempowski, German author (d. 2007)
• 29th » Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)
• 29th » Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (d. 2014)
• 29th » Jeremy Thorpe, English politician

Famous Deaths for April 1929

• 4th » Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (b. 1844)
• 20th » Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929) known as Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
• 22nd » Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
• 28th » Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (b. 1879)

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