What Happened In September 1929 In History

Historical Events for September, 1929

• 7th » HL Kuru called Steamer 'Kuru' capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
• 25th » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full Instrument flight rules e.g instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1929

• 1st » Kostas Paskalis, Greek opera singer (d. 2007)
• 1st » Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Hal Ashby, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1988)
• 2nd » Beulah Bewley, English physician
• 2nd » Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor and director (d. 2012)
• 3rd » Whitey Bulger, American mobster
• 3rd » Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)
• 3rd » Armand Vaillancourt, Canadian sculptor and painter
• 4th » Thomas Eagleton, American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (d. 2007)
• 5th » Bob Newhart, American comedian, actor, singer, and screenwriter
• 5th » Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2004)
• 6th » Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (d. 2005)
• 6th » Ljubov Rebane, Estonian physicist and mathematician (d. 1991)
• 8th » Christoph von Dohnányi, German conductor
• 9th » Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
• 10th » Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (d. 1997)
• 10th » Tommy Leonetti, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1979)
• 10th » Arnold Palmer, American golfer
• 11th » Luis García (third baseman) known as Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
• 11th » Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (d. 1981)
• 11th » Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 12th » Harvey Schmidt, American composer and illustrator
• 13th » Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian-Italian opera singer (d. 2004)
• 14th » Larry Collins (writer) e.g Larry Collins, American-French journalist, historian, and author (d. 2005)
• 14th » Maurice Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2013)
• 15th » Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army
• 15th » Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate
• 15th » Stan Kelly-Bootle, English singer-songwriter, computer scientist, and author (d. 2014)
• 15th » Dick Latessa, American actor
• 15th » John Julius Norwich, English historian and author
• 17th » Sil Austin, American saxophonist (d. 2001)
• 17th » David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, Irish air marshal
• 17th » Pat Crowley, American actress
• 17th » Stirling Moss, English race car driver
• 18th » Teddi King, American singer (d. 1977)
• 18th » Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (d. 2007)
• 20th » Anne Meara, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 20th » Joe Temperley, Scottish saxophonist and clarinet player
• 21st » Héctor Alterio, Argentinian actor and singer
• 21st » Shafi Hadi, American saxophonist
• 21st » Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1979)
• 21st » Edgar Valter, Estonian author and illustrator (d. 2006)
• 21st » Bernard Williams, English-Italian philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
• 22nd » Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (d. 1986)
• 23rd » Wally Whyton, English singer-songwriter (The Vipers Skiffle Group) (d. 1997)
• 24th » John Carter (jazz musician) named John Carter, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and flute player (d. 1991)
• 24th » Edward M. Lawson, Canadian union leader and politician
• 25th » Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 25th » Delia Scala, Italian ballerina and actress (d. 2004)
• 25th » Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author
• 27th » Calvin Jones (musician) e.g Calvin Jones, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2004)
• 27th » Bruno Junk, Estonian race walker (d. 1995)
• 27th » Barbara Murray, English actress (d. 2014)
• 28th » Lata Mangeshkar, Indian singer-songwriter
• 30th » Carol Fenner, American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
• 30th » Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist and academic

Famous Deaths for September 1929

• 3rd » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 7th » Frederic Weatherly, English lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1848)
• 13th » Jatindra Nath Das, Indian activist (b. 1904)
• 23rd » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 24th » Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (b. 1892)
• 25th » Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)

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