1929
1st Woman Cabinet Member
1st Woman member of cabinet in Britain
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1st Woman member of cabinet in Britain
Amanullah abdicates as rebel forces threaten Kabul.
Inayatullah abdicates after only three days as rebel forces enter Kabul.
Turkey signs a Treaty with Bulgaria
Turkey renews its alliance with Russia but continues to suppress communism
The Reparations Committee, is appointed by the Allied Reparation Committee, meets in the first half of 1929, and submits its first report
Answers Commons questions on payments and administration concerning appointed Poor Law guardians.
Directs Asphalt, a late silent film of the Weimar period.
Black Friday on the stock exchance of New York starts the world economic crisis
The first "Black Monday", more investors decide to get out of the market, and the slide continues with a record loss in the Dow for the day of 13%
The decline then accelerates into the so-called "Black Thursday", October 24, 1929. A record number of 12.9 million shares were traded on that day
Share prices collapse amid record selling during the Wall Street crash.
The market loses $14 billion in one day, bringing the loss for the week to $30 billion, ten times more than the annual budget of the federal Government, far more than the U.S. had spent in all of World War I. "Black Tuesday", about 16 million shares are traded, he volume on stocks traded is a record that was not to be broken for nearly 40 years
Japan severs relations with China
Britain & Russia resume diplomatic relations
Britain & Russia resume diplomatic relations
Appointed Member of cabinet
Drives Ho out of Changsha
Habibullah Kalakani captures Kabul and takes power from the Barakzai monarchy.
Nadir Khan's forces capture Kabul and overthrow Habibullah Kalakani.
Appointed Chancellor of Austria
Appointed Commander of the 5th Army
In March 1929, some radical members of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth League form the first communist cell in French Indochina
The Young Plan meets with great objections from the United Kingdom but, after a first Hague Conference, the plan is finalized
The Fascists claim electoral victory
Establishes a royal dictatorship. Adopts the name of Yugoslavia. Abolishes the constitution of 1921
Begins service as ambassador to Great Britain.
Directs Diary of a Lost Girl starring Louise Brooks.
Dismissed from the Politburo
The Croat Party is dissolved
Wins Ebbw Vale for Labour at the general election.
The US stock market crash is followed by a depression
Black Friday on the stock exchance of New York starts the world economic crisis
The market loses $14 billion in one day, bringing the loss for the week to $30 billion, ten times more than the annual budget of the federal Government, far more than the U.S. had spent in all of World War I. The market bottoms out at 41.22 on July 8 1932, concluding a shattering 89% decline from the peak
Campaigns on an economic policy of "Safety First"
Labour wins 37.1% of votes cast & 287 MPs
The Fascists claim electoral victory
The First Udrzal Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
The Madsen-Mygdal Government ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Denmark.
Leaves the vice presidency at the end of Coolidge's administration.
The Third Svehla Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
Stalins proposal to exile Trotsky from Russia is accepted by the Politburo
Has Trotsky exiled to Turkey. Exiles Trotsky & Zinoviev, marks the end of legal opposition in the party. Exiles Trotsky & Zinoviev marking the end of legal opposition in the party
Trotsky is expelled from Russia
Trotsky is refused political asylum in France
Trotsky is refused political asylum in Germany
Trotsky is refused political asylum in Britain
Coaches Barcelona to the inaugural Spanish league championship.
Begins the First Udrzal Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
Appointed Foreign Minister
MacDonald forms the new Labour Government
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Presents or defends government proposals affecting housing contributions as Minister of Health.
The Lahore session under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru holds special significance as in this session "Poorna Swaraj" (complete independence) was declared as the goal of Indian National Congress
The Lahore session under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru holds special significance as in this session "Poorna Swaraj" (complete independence) was declared as the goal of Indian National Congress
Appointed Instructor to the Infantry School in Dresden
Germany accepts the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
A tribal assembly proclaims Mohammad Nadir Shah king of Afghanistan.
Turkey signs the Litvinov Protocol
The Litvinov Protocol, a non-aggression pact between Russia, Romania, Poland Lithuania and Estonia
Litvinov Protocol between Russia, Estonia, Latvia & Poland renouncing war
Signed by the Soviet Union, Poland, Romania, Latvia and Estonia, in which those countries promise not to use force to settle their disputes (this was seen as an Eastern Kellogg-Briand Pact)
Litvinov Protocol between Russia, Estonia, Latvia & Poland renouncing war
The Litinow Pprotocol, a non-aggression pact between Russia, Romania, Poland Lithuania and Estonia
Litvinov Protocol between Russia, Estonia, Latvia & Poland renouncing war
The Litvinov Protocol links Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Poland in a commitment renouncing war.
Receives the inaugural Max Planck Medal for outstanding achievement in theoretical physics.
Is appointed Minister of Health in Ramsay MacDonald’s second Labour government.
Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, principally for the novel Buddenbrooks.
The word "opposition" is no longer used
Germany accepts the Kellog-Briand Pact
Directs Pandora's Box starring Louise Brooks.
Appointed Party Leader of the Minseito Party
The Passfield White Paper limits official Jewish immigration into Palestine. Issues the Passfield White Paper revising the Governments policy in Palestine, previously set by the Churchill White Paper of 1922
The Passfield White Paper states that the British intend to fulfill their mandate obligations to both Arabs and Jews, and they would resolve any conflicts that might surface as a result of their respective needs.
The Passfield White Paper states that the development of a Jewish National Home in Palestine is a consideration, which would enjoy continued support, but it was not central to mandate governance.
Kerensky records his position on political lectures in exile.
The cartoon of Popeye is created
Portuguese Treaty with South Africa regulates transport & labour recruitment
Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.
Appointed acting President of Venezuela
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
Appointed Prime Minister of Japan
Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd term
Appointed Prime Minister of Poland
British troops restore order in Palestine
Appointed Reichshuhrer of the SS, it numbers 200 men. Appointed by Hitler to build up a personal bodyguard
Heinrich Himmler becomes Reichsfuhrer-SS and referred to himself by his title instead of his regular SS rank, this sets the precedent for the Commanding General of the SS to be called Reichsfuhrer-SS
Resignation of Jose Primo de Rivera
This record states: Issues the Passfield White Paper revising the Governments policy in Palestine, previously set by the Churchill White Paper of 1922.
This record states: The Passfield White Paper states that the British intend to fulfill their mandate obligations to both Arabs and Jews, and they would resolve any conflicts that might surface as a result of their respective needs.
This record states: The Passfield White Paper states that the development of a Jewish National Home in Palestine is a consideration, which would enjoy continued support, but it was not central to mandate governance.
Begins the Second Stauning Premiership in Copenhagen and serves as Prime Minister of Denmark.
Begins the Second Udrzal Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
Makes the first flight over the South Pole with pilot Bernt Balchen and crew
Succeeds as King of Yugoslavia
Inayatullah Khan succeeds Amanullah during the collapse of the royal government.
Creates Tintin & his dog Snowy
The Bulgarian-Turkish Treaty of Friendship
Mussolini signs a Treaty with the Pope
The Italian Government recognizes the Catholic Church. Signs a Treaty with Mussolini establishing the Vatican City
Signs the treaty resolving the Tacna and Arica territorial dispute with Peru.
After a six-year run when the world saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average increase in value fivefold, prices peaked at 381.17 on September 3, 1929, the market then fell sharply for a month, losing 17% of its value on the initial leg down
The October 1929 crash came during a period of declining real estate values in the United States (which peaked in 1925) near the beginning of a chain of events that led to the Great Depression, a period of economic decline in the industrialized nations. The decline then accelerates into the so-called "Black Thursday", October 24, 1929. A record number of 12.9 million shares were traded on that day
The first "Black Monday", more investors decide to get out of the market, and the slide continues with a record loss in the Dow for the day of 13%
This record states: "Black Tuesday", about 16 million shares are traded, he volume on stocks traded is a record that was not to be broken for nearly 40 years.
This record states: Had spent in all of World War I.
This record states: The market bottoms out at 41.22 on July 8 1932, concluding a shattering 89% decline from the peak.
This record states: The market loses $14 billion in one day, bringing the loss for the week to $30 billion, ten times more than the annual budget of the federal Government, far more than the U.S.
Directs Frau im Mond, an influential German science fiction film.
The Reparations Committee, is appointed by the Allied Reparation Committee, meets in the first half of 1929, and submits its first report
The Young Plan meets with great objections from the United Kingdom but, after a first Hague Conference, the plan is finalized
Birth of Ahmed Yassin in the British Mandate of Palestine
Birth of Grace Patricia Kelly
Birth of Martin Luther King, Jr., born to teacher Alberta King and Baptist minister Michael Luther King
Birth of Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf
Birth of Ronald William George Barker
Birth of Yasser Arafat
Death of Ferdinand Foch
Death of Gustav Stressman
Death of Sergei Diagilev
Dies in Berlin on 3 October 1929.
Defeats the rebellious Ikhwan and secures central royal authority.
Supports government forces during the campaign against the Ikhwan rebellion.
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