Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio. Date: August 11, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight. Date: August 8, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers). Date: July 24, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day…
An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico. Date: June 21, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
The town of Murchison, New Zealand is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster. Date: June 17, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. Date: June 8, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence. Date: June 7, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires. Date: June 1, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place. Date: May 16, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)