Margaret Bondfield Appointed First UK Cabinet Woman Minister of Labour June 8, 1929
Date: June 8, 1929
Date: June 8, 1929
Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula. Date: November 18, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class". Date: December 27, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1929Kopet Dag Earthquake Kills 3,800, Injures 1,121, May 1, 1929Geneva Convention…
The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations. Date: July 27, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 27 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19291st Conference of Communist Parties of Latin America in Buenos…
The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement officially begins when a group of mainly the former White Guard members, led by Vihtori Kosola, interrupted communism occasion at the Workers' House in Lapua, Finland. Date: November 24, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On…
In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops. Date: February 21, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 21 📅 Events on this day in 1929…
Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people. Date: January 6, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 6 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1929Geneva Convention Signed by 53 Nations on…