January 1929

January 1, 1929 (Tuesday)

  • In the 15th Rose Bowl, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeated the California Golden Bears 8–7. The game featured one of the biggest blunders in college football history when Roy Riegels of the Golden Bears picked up a fumble and ran the wrong way, leading to a Yellow Jackets two-point safety that ultimately provided the margin of victory.[1]
  • German President Paul von Hindenburg and Chancellor Hermann Müller told a New Year's Day reception of diplomatic representatives that the German people wanted the occupation of the Rhineland to end. Hindenburg said that the German people were "very bitter because a great part of their country still lacks the liberty which we claim by divine and human right", while Müller said that strained international relations remaining over the war could only end once the "foreign yoke" of occupation had been removed.[2]
  • Born: Joseph Lombardo, mafioso, in Italy; Haruo Nakajima, actor, in Yamagata, Japan

January 2, 1929 (Wednesday)

  • Yugoslavian Prime Minister Anton Korošec informed King Alexander of his resignation, explaining that he could not accept the demands of the Peasant-Democratic coalition which was campaigning for Croatian autonomy.[3][4]
  • Died: Denny Lyons, 62, American baseball player

January 3, 1929 (Thursday)

January 4, 1929 (Friday)

January 5, 1929 (Saturday)

January 6, 1929 (Sunday)

January 7, 1929 (Monday)

January 8, 1929 (Tuesday)

January 9, 1929 (Wednesday)

January 10, 1929 (Thursday)

January 11, 1929 (Friday)

January 12, 1929 (Saturday)

January 13, 1929 (Sunday)

  • Yugoslavia banned foreign newspapers that criticized the new dictatorship.[20]
  • Died: Wyatt Earp, 80, American gambler, deputy sheriff and deputy town marshal

January 14, 1929 (Monday)

January 15, 1929 (Tuesday)

January 16, 1929 (Wednesday)

January 17, 1929 (Thursday)

January 18, 1929 (Friday)

  • British airplanes rescued Inayatullah Khan, ousted as King of Afghanistan after only three days, from Kabul and brought him to Kandahar where he rejoined his brother in exile.[25]

January 19, 1929 (Saturday)

  • The Hawes-Cooper Act was passed in the United States, making prison-made goods subject to the laws of the state importing them. The bill was an attempt to curtail the use of prison labor that could make goods more cheaply than free market labor.[26]

January 20, 1929 (Sunday)

January 21, 1929 (Monday)

January 22, 1929 (Tuesday)

January 23, 1929 (Wednesday)

January 24, 1929 (Thursday)

January 25, 1929 (Friday)

January 26, 1929 (Saturday)

January 27, 1929 (Sunday)

January 28, 1929 (Monday)

  • Outgoing U.S. President Calvin Coolidge gave his farewell budget address before members of the business organizations of the government. Coolidge warned that the nation's prosperity would only continue if rigid economical practice was maintained.[36]
  • Born: Claes Oldenburg, American sculptor, in Stockholm, Sweden

January 29, 1929 (Tuesday)

January 30, 1929 (Wednesday)

January 31, 1929 (Thursday)

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