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…
In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public. Date: November 7, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred. Date: November 3, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
Black Tuesday: The New York Stock Exchange crashes, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and eventually contributing to the Great Depression. Date: October 29, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 29 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
"Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange, the first day of the panic in the markets that contributes to the Great Depression. Date: October 24, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 24 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law. Date: October 18, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 18 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Date: October 7, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 7 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I. Date: October 3, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 3 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible. Date: September 24, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 24 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost. Date: September 7, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 7 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)