Weary River
Release year: 1929
Directed by: Frank Lloyd
Starring: Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, William Holden, Louis Natheaux
January 1929 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in January 1929.
The US president was Calvin Coolidge (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Stanley Baldwin (Conservative), Pope Pius XI was leading the Catholic Church.
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Historical Events
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Events
- 01 Jan 1929 Roy Riegels runs 60 yards the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery.
- 02 Jan 1929 US and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls.
- 03 Jan 1929 Bradman scores 112 vs. England at MCG - his 1st Test century
- 05 Jan 1929 Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia.
- 06 Jan 1929 Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia.
- 07 Jan 1929 Buck Rogers, first sci-fi comic strip, premieres.
- 08 Jan 1929 CBS radio network buys WABC in New York City
- 09 Jan 1929 KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA begins radio transmissions
- 12 Jan 1929 Seatrain (railroad cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans, Louisiana to Havana, Cuba.
- 13 Jan 1929 Humanist Society established, in Hollywood, California.
- 14 Jan 1929 Afghan King Amanullah is forced to resign.
- 15 Jan 1929 '' Annales d'histoire économique et sociale'' begins publication in France.
- 17 Jan 1929 Popeye makes first appearance, in comic strip Thimble Theatre.
- 18 Jan 1929 NY Daily Mirror columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio
- 19 Jan 1929 Acadia National Park in Maine is established.
- 20 Jan 1929 In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
- 29 Jan 1929 Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms
- 31 Jan 1929 Erich Maria Remarques publishes Im West nieces Neues in Berlin
Famous Birthday
Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator.
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Famous Deaths
English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77.
Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at age 38.
grand-duke of Russia, dies at age 72.
Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about age 28.
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Movies
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I Kiss Your Hand Madame
Release year: 1929
Directed by: Robert Land
Starring: Harry Liedtke, Marlene Dietrich, Pierre de Guingand, Károly Huszár
The Broadway Melody
Release year: 1929
Directed by: Harry Beaumont
Starring: Bessie Love, Anita Page, Charles King, The Angeles Twins
Country: United States of America
Early Mourning
Release year: 1929
Directed by: Ben Hartley
Pandora's Box
Release year: 1929
Directed by: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Starring: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz
Country: United States of America