Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city. Date: August 24, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August…
Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine occur, continuing until the next day, resulting in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city. Date: August 23, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed. Date: August 16, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On…
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)