What Happened In January 1929 In History

Historical Events for January, 1929

• 1st » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are Merger (politics) named amalgamated into Vancouver.
• 10th » 'The Adventures of Tintin', one of the most popular European comic books, is first published in Belgium.
• 17th » Popeye e.g Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar called Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• 17th » Inayatullah Khan, king of the Emirate of Afghanistan abdicates the throne after only three days.
• 20th » 'In Old Arizona', the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
• 31st » The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1929

• 1st » Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer, co-founded Orange Sky Golden Harvest
• 1st » Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2012)
• 1st » Joseph Lombardo, American mob boss
• 1st » Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor
• 2nd » Lehri (actor) named Lehri, Pakistani actor and comedian (d. 2012)
• 3rd » Sergio Leone, Italian director (d. 1989)
• 3rd » Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer and conductor
• 5th » Wilbert Harrison, American singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
• 5th » Russ Manning, American illustrator (d. 1981)
• 5th » Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
• 5th » Tabby Thomas, American singer, pianist, and guitarist (d. 2014)
• 6th » Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (d. 2006)
• 6th » Babrak Karmal, Afghan politician (d. 1996)
• 7th » Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (d. 2012)
• 7th » Terry Moore (actress) known as Terry Moore, American actress
• 8th » Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-English actor
• 8th » Wolfgang Peters, German footballer (d. 2003)
• 9th » Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director
• 9th » Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (d. 1995)
• 9th » Dorothea Puente, American murderer (d. 2011)
• 9th » Tom Riley (Iowa politician) called Tom Riley, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
• 10th » Derek Hammond-Stroud, English opera singer (d. 2012)
• 10th » Tony Soper, English ornithologist and author
• 11th » Dmitri Bruns, Estonian architect and theorist
• 12th » Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher
• 12th » Guram Sagaradze (actor) named Guram Sagaradze, Georgian actor (d. 2013)
• 13th » Joe Pass, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1994)
• 15th » Earl Hooker, American guitarist (d. 1970)
• 15th » Queen Ida, American accordion player
• 15th » Martin Luther King, Jr., American minster and activist, Nobel Peace Prize e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 16th » Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic (d. 2014)
• 17th » Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
• 17th » Tan Boon Teik, Malaysian-Singaporean politician, Attorney-General of Singapore (d. 2012)
• 20th » Jimmy Cobb, American drummer
• 20th » Arte Johnson, American actor, singer, and screenwriter
• 20th » Frank Kush, American football player and coach
• 20th » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (d. 1964)
• 23rd » Myron Cope, American sportscaster (d. 2008)
• 23rd » Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko) called Patriarch Filaret, Ukrainian patriarch
• 23rd » Phillip Knightley, Australian journalist, author, and critic
• 23rd » John Polanyi, Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate
• 25th » Robert Faurisson, English-French academic
• 25th » Benny Golson, American saxophonist and composer
• 26th » Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist
• 26th » Gordon Solie, American wrestling announcer (d. 2000)
• 27th » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author (d. 1984)
• 28th » Acker Bilk, English clarinet player
• 28th » Nikolai Parshin, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 28th » Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor
• 29th » George Ross Anderson, Jr., American judge
• 29th » Józef Gara, Polish poet (d. 2013)
• 29th » Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 29th » Ed Shaughnessy, American drummer (d. 2013)
• 29th » Joseph Kruskal, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2010)
• 29th » Puggy Pearson, American poker player (d. 2006)
• 30th » Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician (d. 1996)
• 31st » Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
• 31st » Jean Simmons, English-American actress (d. 2010)

Famous Deaths for January 1929

• 12th » Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler (b. 1889)
• 13th » Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
• 13th » H. B. Higgins, Australian politician and judge (b. 1851)
• 19th » Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873)
• 22nd » Emma Cooke, American archer (b. 1848)
• 22nd » R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)
• 30th » La Goulue, French dancer (b. 1866)

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