1929 Facts for Kids

The year 1929 was a regular year that started on a Tuesday. By January 1st of this year, every country in the world had started using the Gregorian calendar. This calendar is the one we use today, and it replaced the older Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s – 1920s – 1930s 1940s 1950s
Years:	1926 1927 1928 – 1929 – 1930 1931 1932

Big Events of 1929
Famous People Born in 1929
Notable People Who Died in 1929
Nobel Prize Winners of 1929
Popular Songs of 1929
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Big Events of 1929

February 20 – American Samoa officially became a territory of the United States. This means it is a part of the U.S. but not a state.
July 16 – The very first Oscar ceremony happened! These awards celebrate the best movies and performances.
August 8 to August 29 – The famous German airship called the Graf Zeppelin flew all the way around the world. It traveled about 49,000 kilometers!
October 24 – This day became known as Black Thursday. It was a very bad day for the stock market in the United States, as many people started selling their stocks very quickly.
October 29 – Just a few days later, Black Tuesday happened. This was an even worse day for the stock market. It led to the start of the Great Depression, a time when many people lost their jobs and money.

Famous People Born in 1929

January 15 – Martin Luther King Jr., a very important leader who worked for civil rights in the United States.
January 31 - Jean Simmons, a talented actress.
February 21 - Roberto Gómez Bolaños, also known as Chespirito, a popular actor, writer, and comedian from Mexico.
April 1 – Milan Kundera, a well-known writer.
April 6 – André Previn, a famous composer and conductor.
May 4 – Audrey Hepburn, a beloved actress.
May 25 - Beverly Sills, a famous American singer who sang opera.
June 12 – Anne Frank, a young Dutch girl of Jewish background who wrote a famous diary during World War II.
June 18 - Carlo Airoldi, an Italian runner who was known for marathons.
June 20 - Edgar Bronfman, Sr., a Canadian-American businessman.
July 25 - Manuel Olivencia, a Spanish lawyer and economist.
July 28 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who was the First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963.
August 2 – K. M. Peyton, an English writer.
August 24 – Yasser Arafat, a leader of the Palestinian people.
November 12 - Grace Kelly, an actress who later became the Princess of Monaco.
November 14 – McLean Stevenson, an actor.
December 13 - Christopher Plummer, a Canadian-American actor.

Notable People Who Died in 1929

February 8 – Maria Christina, who was the Queen Regent of Spain.
March 20 – Marshall Ferdinand Foch, a French military leader.
April 4 – Karl Benz, a German pioneer who helped invent the automobile.
October 1 – Antoine Bourdelle, a famous sculptor.

Nobel Prize Winners of 1929

The Nobel Prize is a very important award given to people who have made great discoveries or contributions.

Physics – Louis de Broglie, a French physicist.
Chemistry – Arthur Harden and Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin.
Medicine – Christiaan Eijkman (a Dutch physicist) and Frederick Hopkins.
Literature – Thomas Mann, a German writer.
Peace – Frank B. Kellogg.

Popular Songs of 1929

Many great songs were popular in 1929, including:

"Am I Blue?" by Ethel Waters
"Button Up Your Overcoat" by Helen Kane
"Heigh-Ho, Everybody, Heigh-Ho" by Rudy Vallée
"I Want To Be Bad" by Annette Hanshaw
"I'll Get By, As Long As I Have You" by Aileen Stanley
"I'm The Medicine Man For The Blues" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
"If I Had A Talking Picture of You" by Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders
"Louise" by Maurice Chevalier
"Louise/So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together" by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, featuring Bing Crosby
"Makin' Whoopie" by Eddie Cantor
"Maybe, Who Knows?" by Kate Smith
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" by Bessie Smith
"Piccolo Pete" by Ted Weems & His Orchestra
"Singin' in the Rain" by Cliff Edwards
"Stardust" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra
"What Did I Do To Be So Black and Blue?" by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
"You'll Do It Someday, So Why Not Now?" by Rudy Vallée