January 1929

The following events occurred in January 1929:

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Tuesday, January 1, 1929

Wednesday, January 2, 1929

  • Yugoslavian Prime Minister Anton Korošec informed King Alexander of his resignation, explaining that he could not accept the demands of the Peasant-Democratic coalition which was campaigning for Croatian autonomy.[3][4]
  • Died: Denny Lyons, 62, American baseball player

Thursday, January 3, 1929

Friday, January 4, 1929

Saturday, January 5, 1929

Sunday, January 6, 1929

Monday, January 7, 1929

King Amanullah
January 7, 1929: U.S. Army Air Force plane Question Mark stays aloft record 6 days, 7 hours with aerial refueling

Tuesday, January 8, 1929

  • King Alexander of Yugoslavia issued a series of royal decrees, putting all the nation's legal courts under direct control of the government and cutting off revenues to Yugoslavian political ministers.[15]
  • Born: Saeed Jaffrey, British actor, in Malerkotla, British India (d. 2015)
  • Died:

Wednesday, January 9, 1929

Thursday, January 10, 1929

Friday, January 11, 1929

Saturday, January 12, 1929

Sunday, January 13, 1929

Wyatt Earp
  • Yugoslavia banned foreign newspapers that criticized the new dictatorship.[20]
  • Died: Wyatt Earp, 80, American gambler, deputy sheriff and deputy town marshal

Monday, January 14, 1929

King of Afghanistan for 3 days

Tuesday, January 15, 1929

Wednesday, January 16, 1929

Thursday, January 17, 1929

January 17, 1929: Rebel Islamic leader Habibullah Kalakani overthrows King of Afghanistan

Friday, January 18, 1929

Saturday, January 19, 1929

  • The Hawes-Cooper Act was passed in the United States, making prison-made goods subject to the laws of the state importing them. The bill was an attempt to curtail the use of prison labor that could make goods more cheaply than free market labor.[26]

Sunday, January 20, 1929

Monday, January 21, 1929

Tuesday, January 22, 1929

Wednesday, January 23, 1929

Thursday, January 24, 1929

Friday, January 25, 1929

  • Fascist Italy announced an extensive new shipbuilding program to bring the country's naval strength back to parity with other powers, particularly France.[32]
  • Born: Benny Golson, jazz saxophonist, in Philadelphia
  • Died: Oscar Underwood, 66, American politician

Saturday, January 26, 1929

Sunday, January 27, 1929

Monday, January 28, 1929

  • Outgoing U.S. President Calvin Coolidge gave his farewell budget address before members of the business organizations of the government. Coolidge warned that the nation's prosperity would only continue if rigid economical practice was maintained.[36]
  • Born: Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born American sculptor; in Stockholm (d. 2022)

Tuesday, January 29, 1929

Wednesday, January 30, 1929

Thursday, January 31, 1929

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  2. "Berlin Demands its "Rightful" Full Freedom". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 2, 1929. p. 3.
  3. Dragnich, Alex N. (1983). The First Yugoslavia: Search for a Viable Political System. Leland Stanford Junior University. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-8179-7843-3.
  4. Bartlett, William (2003). Croatia: Between Europe and the Balkans. London: Routledge. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-134-47891-0.
  5. "Latin Powers Sign Protocol, Averting War". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 4, 1929. p. 1.
  6. Gomery, Douglas (2005). The Coming of Sound. Oxon and New York: Routledge. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-135-92395-2.
  7. "Andrew Mellon Pays $1,000,000 for "Madonna"". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 5, 1929. p. 1.
  8. "Noted English Art Authority Dies". Emporia Gazette. Emporia, Kansas: 8. May 25, 1939.
  9. Tomasevich, Jozo (2001). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941–1945. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-8047-7924-1.
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  11. Steiner, John Michael (1975). Power Politics and Social Change in National Socialist Germany. The hague: Moutin & Co. p. 55. ISBN 978-90-279-7651-2.
  12. Mercer, Derrik (1989). Chronicle of the 20th Century. London: Chronicle Communications Ltd. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-582-03919-3.
  13. "King-Dictator of Jugo-Slavia Clamps Censorship on Press". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 8, 1929. p. 2.
  14. "Flies 6 1/4 Days, Plane Lands". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 8, 1929. pp. 1–2.
  15. Rue, Larry (January 9, 1929). "Serbia Dictator Decrees Entire New Set of Laws". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 23.
  16. "Public Meetings in Serbia Banned by New Dictator". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 10, 1929. p. 18.
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  19. "Mrs. Babe Ruth Fire Victim". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 14, 1929. p. 1.
  20. Rue, Larry (January 14, 1929). "Dictator Puts Curb on Press in Jugo-Slavia". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 13.
  21. Tucker, Spencer C. (2010). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC. pp. 1838–1839. ISBN 978-1-85109-672-5.
  22. "Year End Review – 1929". CanadaGenWeb.org. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  23. "M6.7 – Anzoátegui, Venezuela". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  24. "Significant Earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  25. Steele, John (January 19, 1929). "Planes Rescue Unstead King from his Capital". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 5.
  26. Bosworth, Mary (2005). Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. pp. 394–395. ISBN 978-1-4522-6542-1.
  27. "Jugo-Slavia Suppresses All Parties of Croatians". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 21, 1929. p. 6.
  28. "Vote to Suspend Goc. Johnston in Oklahoma". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 22, 1929. p. 15.
  29. "Italy Seizes and Destroys 2,000 False U.S. Passports". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 22, 1929. p. 35.
  30. "Hail Grandson of Ex-Kaiser as Heir to Crown". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 23, 1929. p. 2.
  31. "Bomb Dropped by Mistake Kills 14 Cavalrymen". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 24, 1929. p. 1.
  32. Darrah, David (January 26, 1929). "Italy Enters Big Navy Race with Powers". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 18.
  33. "Year End Review 1929 – Disasters". CanadaGenWeb.org. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  34. "The Broadway Parade". Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc.: 2 January 28, 1929.
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  36. "Economize – Coolidge to U.S.". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 29, 1929. p. 1.
  37. "All Quiet on the Western Front". Centenary News. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  38. "Die Büchse der Pandora". Silent Era. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
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