Today in History for June 1929

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 22 of 22

3rd - 1st trade show at Atlantic City Convention Center (electric light)
3rd - Border dispute between Peru & Chile resolved
3rd - Chile, Peru & Bolivia sign accord about Tacna-Arica-area
4th - George Eastman demonstrates 1st technicolor movie (Rochester NY)
5th - Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour government in Britain
7th - Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor)
7th - Vatican City becomes a sovereign state
8th - 61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8
8th - Venezuelan rebel Rafael Urbina overthrows Fort Amsterdam, Curacao kidnap governor Fruytier
9th - Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curacaose hostages free
14th - Prussia & Vatican sign Concord
15th - 1st time NY curb stock exchange transacts more business than NY Exch
16th - Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)
22nd - Mel Ott (Giants) homers off Leo Sweetland (Phillies) in doubleheader
25th - Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
26th - ENKA/Vereinigte Glanzstoff Factory merge AKU (Genl Kunstzijde Union)
27th - 1st color TV demo (NYC)
27th - Pres Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I
29th - 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca
29th - 31.1°C (88°F) hoogste temperatuur op deze dag in De Bilt
29th - Mexico & Vatican sign Concord
30th - 33rd US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 294 at Winged Foot CC NY

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 64 of 64

1st - Yehudi Wyner, composer
2nd - Alcides Lanza, composer
2nd - Frederic Devreese, composer
2nd - Willaim Brown, television executive
2nd - Norton Juster, American author and archi
2nd - Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player
3rd - Chuck Barris, Phila, TV game show producer/host (Gong Show) [or 6/2]
3rd - Howard Yanks, founder (Philadelphia folk festival)
3rd - Werner Arber, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
4th - Karolos Papoulias, Greek politician
6th - Boguslaw Schaffer, composer
6th - Viktor Konezki, writer
6th - Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (d. 2005)
7th - John Turner, Richmond England, (L) 17th Canadian PM (1984)
7th - The Grand Wizard of Wrestling, Wrestling manager (d. 1983)
8th - Earl Ferrers, British minister of state (Dept of Environment)
8th - Ventappa Muddiah, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61)
9th - Johnny Ace [John Marshall Alexander, Jr.], Memphis, Tennessee, rhythm and blues singer (My Song)
9th - June O'Dell, deputy CEO (Equal Opportunities Commission)
9th - Keith A St H Gardner, Jamaica, 4x400m runner (Olympic-bronze-1960)
9th - Robert E Badham, (Rep-R-CA, 1977- )
10th - Harald Juhnke, Berlin Germany, actor (Guitars of Love)
10th - James McDivitt, Chicago, Brig Gen USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9)
10th - Vasile Herman, composer
10th - Ian McCahon Sinclair, Australian politician
Jewish Victim & Diarist of the Holocaust Anne Frank (12th) 12th - Anne Frank, Holland, Nazi victim/diarist (Diary of Anne Frank)
12th - Brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner
13th - Alan Civil, English French horn player (d. 1989)
13th - Ralph McQuarrie, Gary, Indiana, conceptual designer (Star Wars, E.T.), (d. 2012)
14th - Alan Davidson, cricketer (mighty Australian lefty quick all-rounder)
14th - Cy Coleman, [Seymour Kaufman], songwriter (Witchcraft, Sweet Charity)
14th - Cy Coleman, American composer (d. 2004)
15th - Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, piano accompnaist
15th - Gideon N N Nxumalo, composer
15th - Nigel Pickering, guitarist (Spanky & Our Gang)
16th - James Kirtland Randall, composer
16th - Ramon Bieri, American actor (d. 2001)
16th - Pauline Yates, English actress
17th - Michael L Strang, (Rep-R-CO, 1985- )
17th - Tigran Petrosyan, USSR, world chess champion (1963-69)
18th - Eva Bartok, Budapest Hungary, actress (Assassin, Crimson Pirate)
18th - James Bishop, editor (London News Publications)
18th - Jorgen Habermans, German sociologist (Frankfurter Schule)
19th - Thelma Barlow, English actress (Mavis on Coronation Street)
20th - Ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist (Hayd/Mozart/Schubert)
21st - Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer (Paki bat in Test v NZ 1956, scored 8*)
21st - John Morgan, British ambassador (to Mexico)
21st - Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian classical guitarist (d. 1999)
22nd - Ralph Waite, White Plains NY, actor (Cool Hand Luke, 5 Easy Piece)
23rd - Dave King, Twickenham England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall)
23rd - Henri Pousseur, Malmö dy Belgium, composer (Homo Habitis)
Country Singer June Carter Cash (23rd) 23rd - June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)
25th - Eric Carle, American author
26th - Alexander Fenton, CEO (Euro Ethnological Research Center in Edinburgh)
26th - Francesco Cossiga, president of Italy (1985- )
26th - Ian Prestt, English ornithologist
26th - Milton Glaser, American Designer
27th - William Afflis, American wrestler (d. 1991)
28th - Don Dubbins, Brooklyn, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix)
29th - Michio Mamaia, composer
29th - Peter George, Akron Ohio, weightlifter (Oly-gold/2 silver-48, 52)
29th - Pat Crawford Brown, American actress
30th - Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher
30th - James Goldman, American screenwriter (d. 1998)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

3rd - Actor and naval officer of World War II Douglas Fairbanks Jr (19) weds actress Joan Crawford (24) at St. Malachy in New York City

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

2nd - Charles Coventry, cricketer (13 runs in 2 Tests Eng v S Af 1889), dies
4th - Harry Frazee, Boston Red Sox owner from 1916-1923 (b. 1881)
7th - J E P McMaster, cricketer (Eng v S Af Test 1889 (out for 0), dies
8th - Bliss Carman, poet, dies
9th - Lewis Bennison, dies
11th - Gyula Andressy Jr, Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 68
16th - Bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
25th - Georges Courteline [Moineaux], French playwright, dies
28th - Edward Carpenter, English poet (b. 1844)