- Margaret Bondfield is the first woman to join the British cabinet
- Zeppelin completes round the world dirigible flight
- Communists and Nazis clash amid gunfire in Berlin
- Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd makes the first flight over the South Pole.
- World's Fair opens in Barcelona Spain
- Chinese-Soviet Border Fighting Erupts
- Scripps Howard Newspapers were arond
- U.S. Stock Market Comes Crashing Dwon Oct 29, 1929
- Babe Ruth Hits 500th Major League home Run
- Al "Scarface" Capone sentenced to a year in prison for
carrying a concealed weapon.
- Color television shown by Bell Labs
- Herbert Hoover sworn in as President
- First Academy awards banquet is a success
- Construction starts on the Empire State Building
ADVERTISING-
- Duco Refinishers for automobiles.
- Allen's Parlor Furnace (Happy Hours in the Firelight)
- Red Lion Cabinets, for Atwater Kent Radios. Outstanding achievements in
radio furniture
- Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg Co
- Steinite Super Scree-Grid Radio $118
- Armstrong's Quaker Rugs. Dust-proof, water-proof, stain-proof, so let
youngsters have a good time. The rug with no "don'ts" for
Children.
- Arvin Car Heaters (You'll enjoy this hot water heat in your car this
winter.)
- Kenmore Springless Electric clocks (Now correct time from your light
socket, for as little as $7.95.)
- General Electric Wiring System. Luxury and convenience are yours....with
proper wiring
- Valet Auto-Strop Razor (Does shaving rob you of your breakfast or does
it leave you time to eat in comfort?)
- Listerine Shaving cream (157 shaves for 50c)
- Hartmann Trunks $50 (Off to school with a hartmann Student Special,
built to insure proper garment carrying and locked storage for personal
belongings Racine, Wisconsin)
- Buster Brown Shoes for boys and girls from infancy to college age. Only
shoes that fit are fit for your child. A Brown bilt shoe. Brownbilt shoes
also for men & women St Louis.
1929 Academy Awards
- Best Actor- Warner Baxter in Old Arizona,
- Best Picture- Broadway Melody
- Best Actress- Mary Pickford "the Divine Lady"
Music
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- An American in PAris
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Singin in the Rain
- Happy Days Are Here Again
- Star Dust
Sports-
- Stanley Cup- Hockey Boston Bruins
- Boston Marathon Miles Hamilton 2 hours, 33 min, 8 sec
- U.S. Open Gold Bobby Jpones
- Indianapolis 500 97.585 MPH Ray Keech
- Kentucky Derby- Clyde Van Dusen Ridden by L. McAtee
- World Series- Philadelphia Athletics
- Pro Football- Green Bay Packers
Cadillacs Advertisement-
- Two passenger roadsters, coupes & convertible coupe. 5
passenger coupes, sedans, town sedans. Seven passenger sedan
and Imperial.
- LaSalles- Two passenger coupe, convertible coupe and roadster,
five passenger coupes, sedans, town sedan and Phaeton, seven
passenger touring and Imperial.
- Fleetwoods exclusive custom-built models, Fleetwood designed and
Fleetwood built, including the new deluxe All-Weather Phaeton,
Transformable Town Cabriolet, Sedanette, Sedanette Cabriolet,
Transformable Limousine Brougham and five passenger sedan
Cabriolet.
1929 prices
- Average income $2062.00
- New Car $450.00
- New House $7,246.00
- Loaf of Bread 9c
- Gallon of Gas 12c
- Gallon of Milk 58c
- Gold per ounce $20.67
- Silver per ounce $1.09
- Dow Jones Average 311
President- Herbert Hoover
Vice President- Charles Curtis
Inventions
- Coaxial Cable System
- Penicillin
LIFE EXPECTANCY 54.1 years
BIRTHS-
- January 15, 1929 Martin Luther King, Civil Rights Activist
- February 20, 1929 Amanda Blake (Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke)
- April 6, 1929 Andre Previn, Entertainer
- April 16, 1929 Edie Adams, Entertainer
- May 4, 1929 Audrey Hepburn, Actress
- June 23, 1929 June Carter, Singer
- July 18, 1929 Dick Button Figure Skating
- July 28, 1929 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady
- August 12, 1929 Buck Owens, Singer
- September 5, 1929 Bob Newhart, Actor
- September 10, 1929 Arnold Palmer, Professional Golfer
- November 15, 1929 Ed Asner, Actor
- November 30, 1929 Dick Clark, Entertainer
- December 17, 1929 William Safire, news ,
Calendar 1929
- January 1st was a Tuesday, last day of month was a Thursday
- February 1st was a Friday, last day of month was a Thursday
- March 1st was a Friday, last day of month was a Sunday
- April 1st was a Monday, last day of month was a Tuesday
- May 1st was a Wednesday, last day of month was a Friday
- June 1st was a Saturday, last day of month was a Sunday
- July 1st was a Monday, last day of month was a Wednesday
- August 1st was a Thursday, last day of month was a Saturday
- September 1st was a Sunday last day of month was a Monday
- October 1st was a Tuesday, last day of month was a Thursday
- November 1st was a Friday, last day of month was a Thursday
- December 1st was a Sunday, last day of month was a Tuesday