WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MARCH 1929
Find out what all happened January to March 1929

King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship). (6. January 1929)

The Adventures of Tintin, one of the most popular European comic books, is first published in Belgium. (10. January 1929)

Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. (17. January 1929)

Inayatullah Khan, king of the Emirate of Afghanistan abdicates the throne after only three days. (17. January 1929)

Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people. (6. January 1929)

The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky. (31. January 1929)

Fascist Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty. (11. February 1929)

The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver. (1. January 1929)

Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois. (14. February 1929)

In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released. (20. January 1929)

President Calvin Coolidge signs an Executive Order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. (26. February 1929)