What Happened In August 1929 In History

Historical Events for August, 1929

• 3rd » Jiddu Krishnamurti, tagged as the Messianism messianic "Maitreya (Theosophy) World Teacher", shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star in the East Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him.
• 8th » The German airship 'LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin e.g Graf Zeppelin' begins a round-the-world flight.
• 11th » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home run club e.g 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland e.g Cleveland, Ohio.
• 16th » 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.
• 23rd » 1929 Hebron massacre or Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Palestinian people e.g Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65-68 Jews and the r
• 24th » Second day of two-day 1929 Hebron massacre e.g Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Palestinian people called Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaini

Famous Birthdays on August in 1929

• 1st » Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan) known as Minister of Foreign Affairs for Afghanistan (d. 1979)
• 1st » Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer (d. 2006)
• 2nd » Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer
• 2nd » John Gale (theatre producer) known as John Gale, English director and producer
• 2nd » K. M. Peyton, English author
• 2nd » Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs (India) called Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2013)
• 2nd » David Waddington, Baron Waddington, English politician, Governor of Bermuda
• 4th » Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1987)
• 5th » Ottó Boros, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1988)
• 5th » Don Matheson, American actor (d. 2014)
• 6th » Mike Elliott (saxophonist) called Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist (The Foundations)
• 6th » Roch La Salle, Canadian politician, 42nd Minister of Public Works (Canada) e.g Canadian Minister of Public Works (d. 2007)
• 7th » Don Larsen, American baseball player
• 8th » Ronnie Biggs, English criminal (d. 2013)
• 8th » Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (d. 2004)
• 9th » Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist and activist (d. 1979)
• 12th » Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Buckaroos) (d. 2006)
• 13th » Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter
• 14th » Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral (d. 2013)
• 14th » Gene Scott, American pastor and broadcaster (d. 2005)
• 14th » Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)
• 15th » Georgios Roubanis, Greek pole vaulter
• 16th » Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (d. 1980)
• 16th » Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
• 16th » Fritz Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1997)
• 16th » Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, theologian, and activist
• 17th » Augie Blunt, American actor (d. 1999)
• 17th » Jimmy Donley, American singer-songwriter (d. 1963)
• 17th » Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (d. 1977)
• 18th » Hugues Aufray, French singer
• 19th » Ion N. Petrovici, Romanian-German neurologist and academic
• 20th » Kevin Heffernan (Gaelic footballer) named Kevin Heffernan, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 21st » X. J. Kennedy, American poet and author
• 21st » Marie Severin, American illustrator
• 22nd » Valery Alekseyev (anthropologist) or Valery Alekseyev, Russian anthropologist and author (d. 1991)
• 22nd » Ulrich Wegener, German general and police officer
• 23rd » Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (d. 2009)
• 23rd » Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (d. 1997)
• 23rd » Vera Miles, American model and actress, Miss Kansas e.g Miss Kansas 1948
• 24th » Yasser Arafat, Egyptian-Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (d. 2004)
• 24th » Betty Dodson, American educator and author
• 26th » Reuben Kamanga, Zambian politician, 1st Vice President of Zambia (d. 1996)
• 27th » Ira Levin, American author, playwright, and composer (d. 2007)
• 27th » George Scott (wrestler) or George Scott, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2014)
• 28th » Ken Gampu, South African actor (d. 2003)
• 28th » István Kertész (conductor) or István Kertész, Hungarian conductor (d. 1973)
• 29th » Thom Gunn, English-American poet (d. 2004)

Famous Deaths for August 1929

• 1st » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 2nd » Mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882)
• 3rd » Emile Berliner, German-American inverter and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
• 3rd » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)
• 5th » Millicent Fawcett, English activist (b. 1847)
• 10th » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1878)
• 10th » Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician (b. 1854)
• 19th » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 27th » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)

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