Photius II Becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, October 7, 1929

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) More events from 1929Edwards v. Canada: Women Declared Persons Under…

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) More events from…

Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago. Date: February 14, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1929Babe Ruth Hits 500th Career Home…

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…

"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) More events from 1929Inaugural Monaco…