June 1929

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June 7, 1929: Vatican City becomes a sovereign nation
June 5, 1929: Ramsay MacDonald becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a second time
June 1, 1929: Sun Yat-sen interred in special mausoleum [1]

The following events occurred in June 1929:

Saturday, June 1, 1929

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Sunday, June 2, 1929

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  • Eighteen nations signed a pact in London providing for uniform safety regulations of passenger ships at sea, including the requirement that ships carry enough lifeboats for all passengers.[3][4]
  • The Young Brothers shot and killed Town Marshal Mark Seworth Noe of the Republic, Missouri Police Department. They would kill six more law enforcement officers in the Young Brothers massacre on January 2, 1932.[5]
  • Died: Charles Moyer, 62, American labor leader

Monday, June 3, 1929

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Tuesday, June 4, 1929

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Wednesday, June 5, 1929

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  • In a written letter, Pope Pius XI criticized recent statements by Benito Mussolini as "heretical, modernistic, ponderously erudite, full of errors and inexact." The pope was particularly angered by a statement in which Mussolini said that Christianity gained its worldwide influence by attaching itself to the pagan Roman Empire.[7]
  • Ramsay MacDonald of the Labour Party became British Prime Minister for the second time.[8]

Thursday, June 6, 1929

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Friday, June 7, 1929

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Saturday, June 8, 1929

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Sunday, June 9, 1929

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Monday, June 10, 1929

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Tuesday, June 11, 1929

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Wednesday, June 12, 1929

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Thursday, June 13, 1929

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Friday, June 14, 1929

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Prime Minister Hertzog

Saturday, June 15, 1929

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Sunday, June 16, 1929

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Monday, June 17, 1929

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Tuesday, June 18, 1929

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Wednesday, June 19, 1929

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Thursday, June 20, 1929

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Friday, June 21, 1929

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Saturday, June 22, 1929

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Sunday, June 23, 1929

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Monday, June 24, 1929

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  • Tens of thousands of Londoners lined the streets for the funeral procession of Salvation Army General Bramwell Booth.[39]
  • In Italy, official census figures reported a population of 41,173,000 in 1928, an increase of 406,000 over the previous year. That increase in population was promoted by Benito Mussolini's government as a sign that his campaign to increase the Italian birth rate was succeeding.[40]

Tuesday, June 25, 1929

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  • President Hoover signed the Boulder Canyon Project Act, authorizing the expenditure of $165 million for the construction of the Boulder Dam.[41]

Wednesday, June 26, 1929

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Thursday, June 27, 1929

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Friday, June 28, 1929

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  • On the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany observed a day of mourning as government buildings flew their flags at half-mast, while Der Stahlhelm and other nationalist groups staged massive demonstrations.[43] A proclamation signed by President Paul von Hindenburg and the entire cabinet was published denouncing the treaty. Referring to Article 231, it stated that "Germany signed the treaty without acknowledging thereby that the German people were responsible for the war. This reproach haunts our people and disturbs mutual confidence among nations. We know we are expressing the unanimous views of the Germans in casting from us the charge that Germany was solely to blame for the war, and are expressing their firm confidence in the idea that the future belongs to real peace resting not on the dictates of force, but on agreements and honest understandings among free and equal nations."[44]
  • The Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Physical Society) awarded the first Max Planck Medals, honoring extraordinary achievements in theoretical physics. The first recipients were Albert Einstein and Max Planck himself.[3]
  • Died: Edward Carpenter, 84, English poet and philosopher

Saturday, June 29, 1929

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  • At 12:00 a.m., Town Sergeant Harry Valentine Smeeman of the Ashland, Virginia Police Department was shot and killed on duty. Of the two suspects identified by the investigation, one was acquitted and the other was never found.[45]
  • Ramón Franco and three companions, missing for a week, were found alive floating off the Azores by a British plane.[35]
  • The drama film River of Romance was released.

Sunday, June 30, 1929

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References

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  1. ^ attribution: Jiong Sheng
  2. ^ "Dr. Seun Yat-sen is Buried; 25,000 March to Grave". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 2, 1929. p. 16.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Mercer, Derrik (1989). Chronicle of the 20th Century. London: Chronicle Communications Ltd. pp. 378–379. ISBN 978-0-582-03919-3.
  4. ^ Steele, John (June 3, 1929). "New World Pact Asks Lifeboats for All on Ship". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 18.
  5. ^ "Town Marshal Mark Seworth Noe, Republic Police Department, Missouri". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Labor Party to Take Over Rule of Britain Today". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 5, 1929. p. 2.
  7. ^ Darrah, David (June 6, 1929). "Pope Attacks Mussolini for 'Heretical Talk'". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 9.
  8. ^ "King Appoints Labor Chief to Govern Britain". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 6, 1929. p. 11.
  9. ^ "Overview of the First". The West Lake International Expo Hangzhou China. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  10. ^ Khanna, V.N. (2004). International Relations, Fourth Revised Edition. Vikas Publishing House. p. 84. ISBN 978-81-259-1616-1.
  11. ^ Christensen, Rob (2008). The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 72.
  12. ^ "Chief of Police Orville Frank Aderholt, Gastonia Police Department, North Carolina". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  13. ^ Steele, John (June 9, 1929). "British Labor Cabinet Pledges Peace with U.S.". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 5.
  14. ^ "Blue Larkspur Wins $60,000 Belmont Stakes". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 9, 1929. p. 29.
  15. ^ "Carmel Myers, Movie Star, Wed to Ralph Blum". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 10, 1929. p. 3.
  16. ^ a b "Noted Stage Stars in Murder-Suicide". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 10, 1929. p. 1. cont., p. 5
  17. ^ "Pope Decress Basal Law of Vatican State". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 11, 1929. p. 20.
  18. ^ "Belgian Prince Fined For Failure to Vote". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 10, 1929. p. 1.
  19. ^ Wales, Henry (June 12, 1929). "France, Germany Agree on Parley for Free Rhine". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 17.
  20. ^ "Ten Berlin Communists Sent to Jail for Rioting". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 12, 1929. p. 5.
  21. ^ a b Holston, Kim R. (2013). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-7864-6062-5.
  22. ^ "Dr. James Howard Snook". Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Ohio State University. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  23. ^ "Salo's Final Spurt Wins Pyle's Derby". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 18, 1929. p. 29.
  24. ^ "Air Liner Plunges in Sea; 7 Killed". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 18, 1929. p. 1.
  25. ^ Steele, John (June 19, 1929). "Dawes Pleads for Navy Cut". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  26. ^ Komora, Edward (2006). Encyclopedia of the Blues. New York: Routledge. p. 996. ISBN 978-0-415-92699-7.
  27. ^ "Events of Wednesday, June 19, 1929". Retrosheet. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  28. ^ "George Burns". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  29. ^ "Assistant Fire Marshal William F. Emerson, New York City Fire Department - Bureau of Fire Investigation, New York". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  30. ^ Tatam, Harold (June 21, 1929). "Latin Deputies Hurl Inkwells and Cry for Duel". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 15.
  31. ^ "Detailed Bio of Carl Panzram". SerialKillerCalendar.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  32. ^ "Corrections Employee Robert George Warnke, United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Government". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  33. ^ Cornyn, John (June 22, 1929). "Pope Signs Mexican Peace". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  34. ^ "The Broadway Parade". Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc.: 2 June 24, 1929.
  35. ^ a b "Spain's Lost Flyers Found". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 29, 1929. p. 1.
  36. ^ "Sinclair's New Sentence Will Start at Once". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 23, 1929. p. 1.
  37. ^ "Says Verdun Brought U.S. In". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 24, 1929. p. 8.
  38. ^ "Victory Monument, Verdun". WW1 Photographs. July 12, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  39. ^ "London Throngs Line Streets as Booth is Buried". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 24, 1929. pp. 1–2.
  40. ^ Darrah, David (June 25, 1929). "406,000 Added to Population of Italy in 1928". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 16.
  41. ^ Stevens, Joseph E. (1988). Hoover Dam: An American Adventure. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-8061-7397-9.
  42. ^ Pegler, Westbrook (June 28, 1929). "Schmeling Whips Uzcudun in 15 Rounds". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21.
  43. ^ Nevin, Thomas R. (1996). Ernst Jünger and Germany: Into the Abyss, 1914–1945. Duke University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8223-1879-8.
  44. ^ Fraser, Geoffrey (June 28, 1929). "Guilt for War is Repudiated by German Vabiney". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 20.
  45. ^ "Town Sergeant Harry Valentine Smeeman, Ashland Police Department, Virginia". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 8 November 2021.