International Red Day passed with only isolated reports of violence. Riots were limited to
Chișinău, Romania, and
Helsinki, Finland. 300,000 participated in an anti-war demonstration on Berlin marking the fifteenth anniversary of the outbreak of the
World War.[1][2]
The 16th
World Zionist Congress passed a resolution authorizing a delegation to approach the British government on the matter of Jewish rights at the
Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Muslims had been erecting buildings near the sacred site, which Jewish organizations in the region held to be in disregard of guarantees made to the Jewish people by the British government.[7]
The Graf Zeppelin airship arrived in
Lakehurst, New Jersey, three days after it left its hangar at
Friedrichshafen in
Germany, completing its third transatlantic flight.[9] It departed from Lakehurst on August 8 to begin an attempt to fly around the world [10][11] and arrived back at Friedrichshafen on August 10. [12]
The first
Challenge International de Tourisme, a competition between makers of 55 different models of light aircraft ("tourist airplanes") began in Paris. German pilot
Fritz Morzik was the overall winner, flying his
BFW M.23.
King
Albert of Belgium decreed that
Albert National Park in the
Belgian Congo would be expanded and the land set aside for preservation and scientific study. Severe penalties were imposed on anyone harming or otherwise interfering with the flora or fauna of the region.[13][14]
Great Britain signed a treaty with Egypt ending British occupation and replacing it with a military alliance allowing Britain to station troops along the
Suez Canal.[8]
In the
Lupeni Strike, troops were called in after the miners seized a local power plant and fighting broke out. The number of miners reported killed ranged from 15 to 58.[16][17]
The
Antioquia Railway in
Colombia was finally finished after 55 years of construction in difficult terrain when the first train passed through the 3,742-meter tunnel from El Limón to Santiago.[18][19]
Two people were killed in fighting between German Communists and Berlin police in eastern Berlin after more than 1,000 communists, waving red flags and singing "
The Internationale", refused a police order to disperse.[20]
Persia formally recognized
Iraq and signed a treaty of friendship.[8]
On the tenth anniversary of the
Weimar Republic, new three- and five-mark silver coins were issued bearing the profile of President
Paul von Hindenburg.[22]
In Cleveland,
Babe Ruth hit the 500th major league home run of his career and became the first member of the
500 home run club.[23]
Hungarian police made 13 more arrests in the
Angel Makers of Nagyrév case as sensational reports of widespread husband poisoning centered around the village of
Nagyrév, Hungary drew worldwide attention.[24]
The Italian government began to redistribute 3,500 acres of unused land belonging to the
Doria family that had been seized by the state as part of national policy that land must be cultivated in order to increase the country's agricultural output. Over the next two days, a lottery system was used to grant 230 parcels of land to peasant farmers.[25]
RCA, the Radio Corporation of America, lost a lawsuit charging the company with patent infringement and was ordered to pay over $20 million in back royalties to three plaintiffs.[27]
The
Pedestrians Association, advocating for road safety and the rights of pedestrians, was formed in London.
Wednesday, August 14, 1929
After four days of maintenance and refitting, the Graf Zeppelin left its hangar at
Friedrichshafen and flew eastward for Tokyo to begin its round-the-world tour.[29] It would arrive on August 19 after a five-day flight, circling over the city before landing at the airport in
Kasumigaura.[30]
The British cotton workers' strike ended when both sides agreed to resume work on Monday at pre-strike wages until a court of arbitration could deliver a judgement on the application of the employers to reduce wages.[33]
During a speech in
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
Winston Churchill said that no worthwhile naval agreement could be reached between Britain and the United States until the Americans recognized certain fundamental differences in the circumstances of the two nations. "To apply a rigid plan of numerical equality to conditions that are markedly unequal will be extremely difficult in reaching the true goal that Britain and the United States shall be equal powers on the sea", Churchill stated.[34]
The first commercial airport to service Philadelphia PA opened in Pennsauken NJ. Central Airport was officially dedicated on September 2, 1929 and served Philadelphia until the early 1940's
Friday, August 16, 1929
Muslims looted and vandalized a Jewish temple near the
Wailing Wall as violence in
Jerusalem continued.[35]
Died:James Parks, 86, freed American slave and the only known person to have been born on, and buried in, the grounds of what would become the
Arlington National Cemetery. The cemetery was established in 1864, when Parks was 21 years old.
Thursday, August 22, 1929
The Graf Zeppelin had to delay the next leg of its round-the-world journey to Los Angeles when two struts broke on the rear gondola as it was leaving the hangar at
Kasumigaura airport in Japan.[42] It war repaired the next day.
Born:Yasser Arafat, Egyptian-born founder of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO); in
Cairo (d. 2004)
Sunday, August 25, 1929
The
New York Giants used the first
public address system in baseball history during a game against the
Pittsburgh Pirates. In addition to player at-bats and substitutions being announced to the crowd without the use of a
megaphone, umpire
Cy Rigler had a microphone inside his mask to amplify his calls at the plate. Though the experiment was a success, the use of electronic public address systems at games did not become widespread until the 1940s.[46]
Monday, August 26, 1929
The Graf Zeppelin sailed over Los Angeles at 1:16 a.m. as it completed the first non-stop flight ever made across the Pacific Ocean.[47] It took off from
Mines Field at LA 23 hours later, at 12:14 a.m. on the final leg of its round-the-world journey.[48]
Died: Sir
Ernest Satow, 86, British diplomat and scholar
Tuesday, August 27, 1929
The trial of 250 members of the
Sicilian Mafia for minor offenses ended in Italy. 43 were given prison terms of up to three years, 168 were acquitted and a new trial was ordered for the remaining 39.[50]
Born:Ralph T. Coe, American art collector and scholar (d. 2010)
In
Charlotte, North Carolina, jury selection began in the trial of 16 members of the National Textile Workers Union who were accused of murdering a police chief during June 7 rioting related to the
Loray Mill Strike.[51]
Thursday, August 29, 1929
Sixty-nine people on the passenger steamship SS San Juan drowned when the vessel sank off the coast of San Francisco after a collision with an oil tanker. The ship went beneath the waves in only five minutes.[52][53]
The
Safed riots killed 18 Jewish residents of
Safed and wounded about 40 as 200 houses were burned and looted.[54]
At 8:13 a.m. the Graf Zeppelin completed its round-the-world trip back where it started in
Lakehurst, New Jersey, a little over 21 days since it began. The airship only made three stops the entire journey and was in the air for less than 12 days.[10][55]
Northern Rhodesia held
general elections for seven seats on the Legislative Council. Voters essentially rejected a proposed amalgamation with
Southern Rhodesia as pro-merger candidates only won a single seat while anti-merger candidates won three.[58]
The 32-floor
Foshay Tower, at 447 feet (136 m) the tallest building in the state of Minnesota, opened. With each story smaller than the one below, the Foshay was designed in the style of the
Washington Monument.
^Share, Michael B. (2007). Where Empires Collided: Russian and Soviet Relations with Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao. Chinese University Press. p. 79.
ISBN978-962-996-306-4.
^"Belgian King Dedicates Congo Area to Scientific Research". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 5, 1929. p. 2.
^Chester, Charles C. (2006). Conservation Across Borders: Biodiversity in an Interdependent World. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. p. 22.
ISBN978-1-59726-849-3.
^Wales, Henry (August 7, 1929). "England Rejects Debt Cut". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
^"15 Miners Dead as Troops Fire in All Day Riot". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 7, 1929. p. 16.
^"Other Reports Have 58 Killed", The New York Times, August 7, 1929, p. 9.
^Parsons, James J. (1968). Antiqueno Colonization in Western Colombia (2nd Ed.). Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 169.
^"Snook is Given Death Penalty in 28 Minutes". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 15, 1929. p. 1.
^"Russia and China in Open Warfare at Border Town". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 15, 1929. p. 9.
^Steele, John (August 16, 1929). "English Cotton Mills Will Hum Again on Monday". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 4.
^"Churchill Sees Peril in Big U.S., British Navies". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 16, 1929. p. 8.
^"Moslems Loot Jewish Temple at Wailing Wall". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 17, 1929. p. 4.
^"Sixteen Killed in Polish Coal Mine Explosion". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 18, 1929. p. 10.
^"Women Flyers Race 60 Miles, Land for Night". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 19, 1929. p. 5.
^"18 Soldiers Killed by Blast in Bucharest Fort". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 20, 1929. p. 2.
^Sage, Robert (August 20, 1929). "Raging Fire Guts Center Part of Liner S.S. Paris". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 3.
^Bradley, Edwin M. (1996). The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 Through 1932. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 244.
ISBN978-0-7864-2029-2.
^Morris, Peter (2010). A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee. pp. 405–406.
ISBN978-1-56663-954-5.
International Red Day passed with only isolated reports of violence. Riots were limited to
Chișinău, Romania, and
Helsinki, Finland. 300,000 participated in an anti-war demonstration on Berlin marking the fifteenth anniversary of the outbreak of the
World War.[1][2]
The 16th
World Zionist Congress passed a resolution authorizing a delegation to approach the British government on the matter of Jewish rights at the
Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Muslims had been erecting buildings near the sacred site, which Jewish organizations in the region held to be in disregard of guarantees made to the Jewish people by the British government.[7]
The Graf Zeppelin airship arrived in
Lakehurst, New Jersey, three days after it left its hangar at
Friedrichshafen in
Germany, completing its third transatlantic flight.[9] It departed from Lakehurst on August 8 to begin an attempt to fly around the world [10][11] and arrived back at Friedrichshafen on August 10. [12]
The first
Challenge International de Tourisme, a competition between makers of 55 different models of light aircraft ("tourist airplanes") began in Paris. German pilot
Fritz Morzik was the overall winner, flying his
BFW M.23.
King
Albert of Belgium decreed that
Albert National Park in the
Belgian Congo would be expanded and the land set aside for preservation and scientific study. Severe penalties were imposed on anyone harming or otherwise interfering with the flora or fauna of the region.[13][14]
Great Britain signed a treaty with Egypt ending British occupation and replacing it with a military alliance allowing Britain to station troops along the
Suez Canal.[8]
In the
Lupeni Strike, troops were called in after the miners seized a local power plant and fighting broke out. The number of miners reported killed ranged from 15 to 58.[16][17]
The
Antioquia Railway in
Colombia was finally finished after 55 years of construction in difficult terrain when the first train passed through the 3,742-meter tunnel from El Limón to Santiago.[18][19]
Two people were killed in fighting between German Communists and Berlin police in eastern Berlin after more than 1,000 communists, waving red flags and singing "
The Internationale", refused a police order to disperse.[20]
Persia formally recognized
Iraq and signed a treaty of friendship.[8]
On the tenth anniversary of the
Weimar Republic, new three- and five-mark silver coins were issued bearing the profile of President
Paul von Hindenburg.[22]
In Cleveland,
Babe Ruth hit the 500th major league home run of his career and became the first member of the
500 home run club.[23]
Hungarian police made 13 more arrests in the
Angel Makers of Nagyrév case as sensational reports of widespread husband poisoning centered around the village of
Nagyrév, Hungary drew worldwide attention.[24]
The Italian government began to redistribute 3,500 acres of unused land belonging to the
Doria family that had been seized by the state as part of national policy that land must be cultivated in order to increase the country's agricultural output. Over the next two days, a lottery system was used to grant 230 parcels of land to peasant farmers.[25]
RCA, the Radio Corporation of America, lost a lawsuit charging the company with patent infringement and was ordered to pay over $20 million in back royalties to three plaintiffs.[27]
The
Pedestrians Association, advocating for road safety and the rights of pedestrians, was formed in London.
Wednesday, August 14, 1929
After four days of maintenance and refitting, the Graf Zeppelin left its hangar at
Friedrichshafen and flew eastward for Tokyo to begin its round-the-world tour.[29] It would arrive on August 19 after a five-day flight, circling over the city before landing at the airport in
Kasumigaura.[30]
The British cotton workers' strike ended when both sides agreed to resume work on Monday at pre-strike wages until a court of arbitration could deliver a judgement on the application of the employers to reduce wages.[33]
During a speech in
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
Winston Churchill said that no worthwhile naval agreement could be reached between Britain and the United States until the Americans recognized certain fundamental differences in the circumstances of the two nations. "To apply a rigid plan of numerical equality to conditions that are markedly unequal will be extremely difficult in reaching the true goal that Britain and the United States shall be equal powers on the sea", Churchill stated.[34]
The first commercial airport to service Philadelphia PA opened in Pennsauken NJ. Central Airport was officially dedicated on September 2, 1929 and served Philadelphia until the early 1940's
Friday, August 16, 1929
Muslims looted and vandalized a Jewish temple near the
Wailing Wall as violence in
Jerusalem continued.[35]
Died:James Parks, 86, freed American slave and the only known person to have been born on, and buried in, the grounds of what would become the
Arlington National Cemetery. The cemetery was established in 1864, when Parks was 21 years old.
Thursday, August 22, 1929
The Graf Zeppelin had to delay the next leg of its round-the-world journey to Los Angeles when two struts broke on the rear gondola as it was leaving the hangar at
Kasumigaura airport in Japan.[42] It war repaired the next day.
Born:Yasser Arafat, Egyptian-born founder of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO); in
Cairo (d. 2004)
Sunday, August 25, 1929
The
New York Giants used the first
public address system in baseball history during a game against the
Pittsburgh Pirates. In addition to player at-bats and substitutions being announced to the crowd without the use of a
megaphone, umpire
Cy Rigler had a microphone inside his mask to amplify his calls at the plate. Though the experiment was a success, the use of electronic public address systems at games did not become widespread until the 1940s.[46]
Monday, August 26, 1929
The Graf Zeppelin sailed over Los Angeles at 1:16 a.m. as it completed the first non-stop flight ever made across the Pacific Ocean.[47] It took off from
Mines Field at LA 23 hours later, at 12:14 a.m. on the final leg of its round-the-world journey.[48]
Died: Sir
Ernest Satow, 86, British diplomat and scholar
Tuesday, August 27, 1929
The trial of 250 members of the
Sicilian Mafia for minor offenses ended in Italy. 43 were given prison terms of up to three years, 168 were acquitted and a new trial was ordered for the remaining 39.[50]
Born:Ralph T. Coe, American art collector and scholar (d. 2010)
In
Charlotte, North Carolina, jury selection began in the trial of 16 members of the National Textile Workers Union who were accused of murdering a police chief during June 7 rioting related to the
Loray Mill Strike.[51]
Thursday, August 29, 1929
Sixty-nine people on the passenger steamship SS San Juan drowned when the vessel sank off the coast of San Francisco after a collision with an oil tanker. The ship went beneath the waves in only five minutes.[52][53]
The
Safed riots killed 18 Jewish residents of
Safed and wounded about 40 as 200 houses were burned and looted.[54]
At 8:13 a.m. the Graf Zeppelin completed its round-the-world trip back where it started in
Lakehurst, New Jersey, a little over 21 days since it began. The airship only made three stops the entire journey and was in the air for less than 12 days.[10][55]
Northern Rhodesia held
general elections for seven seats on the Legislative Council. Voters essentially rejected a proposed amalgamation with
Southern Rhodesia as pro-merger candidates only won a single seat while anti-merger candidates won three.[58]
The 32-floor
Foshay Tower, at 447 feet (136 m) the tallest building in the state of Minnesota, opened. With each story smaller than the one below, the Foshay was designed in the style of the
Washington Monument.
^Share, Michael B. (2007). Where Empires Collided: Russian and Soviet Relations with Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao. Chinese University Press. p. 79.
ISBN978-962-996-306-4.
^"Belgian King Dedicates Congo Area to Scientific Research". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 5, 1929. p. 2.
^Chester, Charles C. (2006). Conservation Across Borders: Biodiversity in an Interdependent World. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. p. 22.
ISBN978-1-59726-849-3.
^Wales, Henry (August 7, 1929). "England Rejects Debt Cut". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
^"15 Miners Dead as Troops Fire in All Day Riot". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 7, 1929. p. 16.
^"Other Reports Have 58 Killed", The New York Times, August 7, 1929, p. 9.
^Parsons, James J. (1968). Antiqueno Colonization in Western Colombia (2nd Ed.). Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 169.
^"Snook is Given Death Penalty in 28 Minutes". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 15, 1929. p. 1.
^"Russia and China in Open Warfare at Border Town". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 15, 1929. p. 9.
^Steele, John (August 16, 1929). "English Cotton Mills Will Hum Again on Monday". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 4.
^"Churchill Sees Peril in Big U.S., British Navies". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 16, 1929. p. 8.
^"Moslems Loot Jewish Temple at Wailing Wall". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 17, 1929. p. 4.
^"Sixteen Killed in Polish Coal Mine Explosion". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 18, 1929. p. 10.
^"Women Flyers Race 60 Miles, Land for Night". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 19, 1929. p. 5.
^"18 Soldiers Killed by Blast in Bucharest Fort". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 20, 1929. p. 2.
^Sage, Robert (August 20, 1929). "Raging Fire Guts Center Part of Liner S.S. Paris". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 3.
^Bradley, Edwin M. (1996). The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 Through 1932. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 244.
ISBN978-0-7864-2029-2.
^Morris, Peter (2010). A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee. pp. 405–406.
ISBN978-1-56663-954-5.