May 1929

May 1, 1929 (Wednesday)

May 2, 1929 (Thursday)

May 3, 1929 (Friday)

  • Berlin Police stormed barricades erected by communists as rioting continued in the city for a third day.[3]
  • The musical comedy film The Cocoanuts, starring the Marx Brothers in their first feature-length movie, was released.

May 4, 1929 (Saturday)

May 5, 1929 (Sunday)

May 6, 1929 (Monday)

May 7, 1929 (Tuesday)

  • Al Capone hosted a party to ostensibly honor gang members Albert Anselmi, John Scalise and Joseph Giunta. During the festivities Capone accused them of being traitors, then personally beat them with a club and shot them dead. Their bodies were dumped on a roadside near Hammond, Indiana where they were found the next day.[10][11]
  • Born: Dick Williams, baseball player, manager and coach, in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2011)
  • Died: Albert Anselmi, 45, Chicago mobster; John Scalise, 28 or 29, Chicago mobster

May 8, 1929 (Wednesday)

May 9, 1929 (Thursday)

May 10, 1929 (Friday)

May 11, 1929 (Saturday)

May 12, 1929 (Sunday)

May 13, 1929 (Monday)

May 14, 1929 (Tuesday)

May 15, 1929 (Wednesday)

May 16, 1929 (Thursday)

May 17, 1929 (Friday)

  • Al Capone and a bodyguard were arrested in Philadelphia for carrying concealed weapons. They both pleaded guilty and each were sentenced to a year in prison.[26][27]
  • Died: Lilli Lehmann, 80, German operatic soprano

May 18, 1929 (Saturday)

May 19, 1929 (Sunday)

May 20, 1929 (Monday)

May 21, 1929 (Tuesday)

May 22, 1929 (Wednesday)

May 23, 1929 (Thursday)

  • Penumbral lunar eclipse.

May 24, 1929 (Friday)

May 25, 1929 (Saturday)

May 26, 1929 (Sunday)

May 27, 1929 (Monday)

May 28, 1929 (Tuesday)

May 29, 1929 (Wednesday)

May 30, 1929 (Thursday)

May 31, 1929 (Friday)

  • The Ford Motor Company signed a nine-year contract with the Soviet Union. The Soviets agreed to purchase $30 million worth of Ford products within four years while Ford agreed to provide technical advice and help build an automobile factory in Nizhny Novgorod.[41]

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