Henkels & McCoy Timeline: 1929
  
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| 1929 |
January 15
Martin Luther King, Jr. is born in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther
King Day becomes a Federal holiday in 1986, honoring the slain civil
rights leader's dedication to non-violent demonstrations and civil
disobedience in his lifelong efforts to end racial discrimination
and bigotry. Dr. King was murdered on April 4, 1968 at the Lorraine
Motel in Memphis, Tennessee where he was assisting striking
sanitation workers. |
February 14
Mobster Al Capone masterminds the infamous Saint Valentine's Day
Massacre in Chicago's North Side against rival hoodlum George "Bugs"
Moran's gang. Seven were killed. In 1930, at the peak of his power,
Capone headed Chicago's new list of the twenty-eight worst criminals
and became the city's "Public Enemy Number One."
May 16
First Academy Awards presented in Hollywood.
September 24
Army Lieutenant James Doolittle makes first airplane flight guided
completely by radio signals marking beginning of instrument-guided
aviation.
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October 24
Panicked selling causes the stock market to crash. "Black Thursday"
causes an ensuing world wide economic depression.
Click here to read New York Times accounts of the Great Crash as it
happens.
Also in 1929:
The Green Bay Packers win their first NFL
championship, over the New York Giants.
The Philadelphia Athletics wins the American League pennant over the
New York Yankees and go on to beat the Chicago Cubs in the World
Series. Considered by many (outside of New York) the greatest team
in baseball history. The Athletics’ 1929 team included Hall of
Famers Connie Mack (manager), Mickey Cochrane (catcher), Lefty Grove
(pitcher), Jimmy Foxx (first base) and Al Simmons (outfield). |
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