WHAT HAPPENED IN 1929.
Look what happened the 1929.

Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. (8. June 1929)

An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico. (21. June 1929)

The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words. (23. July 1929)

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). (24. July 1929)

The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations. (27. July 1929)

Jiddu Krishnamurti, tagged as the messianic "World Teacher", shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him. (3. August 1929)

The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight. (8. August 1929)

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. (11. August 1929)

The 1929 Palestine riots break out in the British Mandate of Palestine between Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed. (16. August 1929)

Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city. (23. August 1929)

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 and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city. (24. August 1929)

Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost. (7. September 1929)

Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible. (25. September 1929)

The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs". (3. October 1929)

Photios II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. (7. October 1929)

JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states. (11. October 1929)

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. (18. October 1929)

Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic. (23. October 1929)

"Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange. (24. October 1929)

Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval. (28. October 1929)