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What Happened In November 1929 In History

Historical Events for November, 1929

  • 7th » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
  • 18th » 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: off the south coast of Newfoundland (island) called Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a t
  • 29th » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1929

  • 1st » Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (d. 2003)
  • 2nd » Amar Bose, American engineer and businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (d. 2013)
  • 2nd » Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Pakistani judge and politician, 9th President of Pakistan
  • 2nd » Richard E. Taylor, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate
  • 3rd » Alfonso Orueta, Chilean footballer, manager, and politician (d. 2012)
  • 3rd » Ed Richards (fencer) named Ed Richards, American fencer (d. 2012)
  • 4th » Archbishop Anastasios of Albania
  • 4th » Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (d. 2012)
  • 4th » Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (d. 2013)
  • 4th » Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (d. 1987)
  • 4th » Dickie Valentine, English singer and guitarist (d. 1971)
  • 7th » Jesús de Polanco, Spanish publisher and businessman (d. 2007)
  • 7th » Eric Kandel, Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate
  • 8th » Bobby Bowden, American football player and coach
  • 8th » António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher and academic
  • 9th » Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (d. 2005)
  • 9th » Imre Kertész, Hungarian author, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate
  • 10th » Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter
  • 10th » W. E. B. Griffin, American soldier and author
  • 11th » LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (d. 1997)
  • 11th » Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German author and poet
  • 11th » Martin Jacomb, English lawyer, businessman, and academic
  • 12th » Anthony di Bonaventura, American pianist and academic (d. 2012)
  • 12th » Michael Ende, German anthroposophist and author (d. 1995)
  • 12th » Grace Kelly, American-Monacan actress and singer (d. 1982)
  • 13th » Robert Bonnaud, French historian and academic (d. 2013)
  • 13th » Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (d. 2014)
  • 13th » Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Makuuchi Yokozuna or Yokozuna (d. 1988)
  • 14th » Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (d. 1997)
  • 14th » Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 15th » Ed Asner, American actor, singer, and producer
  • 15th » Joe Hinton, American singer (d. 1968)
  • 16th » Peter Boizot, English businessman and philanthropist, founded PizzaExpress
  • 17th » Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (d. 1999)
  • 18th » Joey Forman, American actor (d. 1982)
  • 19th » Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and scholar (d. 2004)
  • 20th » Penelope Hobhouse, Irish garden designer, author, and educator
  • 20th » Don January, American golfer
  • 21st » Marilyn French, American author and academic (d. 2009)
  • 21st » Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (d. 2012)
  • 22nd » Staughton Lynd, American lawyer, historian, author, and activist
  • 23rd » Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and author
  • 23rd » Gloria Lynne, American singer (d. 2013)
  • 24th » Franciszek Kokot, Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist
  • 25th » Judy Crichton, American director and producer (d. 2007)
  • 26th » Betta St. John, American actress, singer and dancer
  • 28th » Berry Gordy known as Berry Gordy, Jr., American songwriter and producer, founded Motown named Motown Records
  • 29th » Derek Jameson, English journalist (d. 2012)
  • 29th » Woo Yong-gak, North Korean soldier
  • 30th » Dick Clark, American television host and producer, founded Dick Clark Productions (d. 2012)
  • 30th » Joan Ganz Cooney, American screenwriter and producer, co-created 'Sesame Street'

Famous Deaths for November 1929

  • 3rd » Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1883)
  • 6th » Prince Maximilian of Baden (b. 1867)
  • 13th » Princess Viktoria of Prussia (b. 1866)
  • 17th » Herman Hollerith, American businessman (b. 1860)
  • 24th » Georges Clemenceau, French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd List of Prime Ministers of France e.g Prime Minister of France (b. 1841)

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