June 1929

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The following events occurred in June 1929:

June 1, 1929 (Saturday)

• In an elaborate state ceremony, the remains of Sun Yat-sen were relocated from Beijing and buried in the newly constructed Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing.^[1]
• Born: Rodolfo Escalera, artist, in Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico (d. 2000)

June 2, 1929 (Sunday)

• 18 countries signed a pact in London providing for unified safety regulations of passenger ships at sea, including the requirement that boats carry enough lifeboats for all passengers.^[2][3]
• Died: Charles Moyer, 62 or 63, American labor leader

June 3, 1929 (Monday)

• The Treaty of Lima was signed, settling a territorial dispute between Peru and Chile.
• The U.S. Supreme Court decided Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner.
• Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Joan Crawford were married in New York.^[2]
• Born: Werner Arber, microbiologist and geneticist, in Gränichen, Switzerland; Chuck Barris, television game show host and producer, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

June 4, 1929 (Tuesday)

• Stanley Baldwin resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.^[4]
• Born: Karolos Papoulias, President of Greece, in Ioannina

June 5, 1929 (Wednesday)

• Ramsay MacDonald of the Labour Party became British Prime Minister for the second time.^[5]
• 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.^[6]

June 6, 1929 (Thursday)

• The Westlake exposition opened in Hangzhou, Republic of China.^[7]
• The surrealist short film Un Chien Andalou by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí premiered in Paris.
• Born: Sunil Dutt, actor, producer, director and politician, in Jhelum, Punjab, British Raj (d. 2005)

June 7, 1929 (Friday)

• Vatican City became an independent state as the Lateran Treaty went into effect.^[2]
• The Young Plan report was submitted to all governments concerned.^[8]
• During the Loray Mill Strike in Gastonia, North Carolina, 150 workers marched to the mill to call out the night shift, but were dispersed by police. Later that night, police confronted the nearby tent city and ordered its guards to hand over their weapons, causing another fight to break out. The chief of police was killed and several wounded.^[9]
• Born: John Turner, 17th Prime Minister of Canada, in Richmond, London, England

June 8, 1929 (Saturday)

• Ramsay MacDonald made his first radio address to the British public, saying that international disarmament was a matter of "overshadowing importance" and stressing the need for dialogue with foreign powers.^[2][10]
• Blue Larkspur won the Belmont Stakes horse race.^[11]
• Leon Trotsky asked Britain for political asylum.^[2]
• Died: Bliss Carman, 68, Canadian poet

June 9, 1929 (Sunday)

• Actress Carmel Myers married her second husband, attorney Ralph Blum, in Temple B'nai B'rith in Los Angeles.^[12]
• Born: Jean Rougeau, professional wrestler, in Quebec, Canada (d. 1983)

June 10, 1929 (Monday)

• Pope Pius XI promulgated 21 articles laying out the basic laws of Vatican City. The laws gave extensive powers to the pope that were transferred to the College of Cardinals during times when the papacy was vacant.^[13]
• Prince Charles of Belgium was fined 100 francs for failing to vote in provincial elections the previous day, in violation of the country's compulsory voting law.^[14]
• Born: E. O. Wilson, biologist, researcher and theorist, in Birmingham, Alabama

June 11, 1929 (Tuesday)

• German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresseman accepted a French proposal to participate in an international conference to discuss an end to the occupation of the Rhineland.^[15]
• Ten German communists were sentenced to prison terms of three to twelve months for their participation in the Berlin May Day riots; three defendants were acquitted.^[16]
• Born: Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, British occult writer; Frank Thomas, baseball player, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Died: William Dickson Boyce, 70, American entrepreneur and founder of the Boy Scouts of America

June 12, 1929 (Wednesday)

• The war film The Four Feathers, starring William Powell and Fay Wray, premiered at the Criterion Theatre in New York City.^[17]
• Born: Anne Frank, diarist and writer, in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1945)

June 13, 1929 (Thursday)

• Soviet troops crossed the Chinese border in retaliation for raids on Soviet consulates.^[2]
• Ohio State University professor of veterinary medicine James H. Snook killed a student he'd been having affair with for the past three years. The sensational murder trial that followed would become the subject of national media attention.^[18]
• Born: Ralph McQuarrie, conceptual designer and illustrator, in Gary, Indiana (d. 2012)

June 14, 1929 (Friday)

• The National Party led by J. B. M. Hertzog won the South African general election.
• Born: Johnny Wilson, ice hockey player and coach, in Kincardine, Ontario, Canada (d. 2011)

June 15, 1929 (Saturday)

• President Hoover signed the Agricultural Marketing Act into law.

June 16, 1929 (Sunday)

• Johnny Salo, a Finnish-born police officer from Passaic, New Jersey, won the second Trans-American Footrace from New York City to Los Angeles by just 2 minutes and 47 seconds, claiming a $25,000 prize. The race began on March 31 and covered 3,635 miles.^[19]
• Died: Bramwell Booth, 73, 2nd General of the Salvation Army

June 17, 1929 (Monday)

• The Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 crash occurred when the Imperial Airways liner City of Ottawa plunged into the English Channel during a flight from London to Paris. Six survived but seven lives were lost.^[20]

June 18, 1929 (Tuesday)

• Charles G. Dawes, in his new post as the American ambassador to Britain, called for a naval disarmament conference during a speech in London.^[21]
• Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie recorded the blues song When the Levee Breaks for Columbia Records, later to be famously covered by Led Zeppelin.^[22]
• The United States Congress enacted the Reapportionment Act of 1929. It froze the size of the United States House of Representatives. This is a significant event, given the wording of the first proposed amendment to the United States Constitution, the Congressional Apportionment Amendment. Before Congress altered the House version of the amendment by changing the word "less" to "more", the amendment stipulated that there not be less than one representative for every 50,000 persons. Currently there is, on average, less than one representative for every 700,000 persons.

June 19, 1929 (Wednesday)

• The American League-leading^[23] Philadelphia Athletics purchased the contract of veteran first baseman George Burns from the New York Yankees.^[24]
• Born: Thelma Barlow, actress and writer, in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire

June 20, 1929 (Thursday)

• A brawl broke out in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies during a debate over the recent dismissal of government employees. Deputies hurled inkwells and other objects, and two agreed to a pistol duel the next day.^[25]
• The musical film The Hollywood Revue of 1929 premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.^[17]
• Born: Anne Weale, reporter and writer, in England (d. 2007)

June 21, 1929 (Friday)

• The Mexican government made peace with the Vatican, signing an accord in which Mexico agreed to revise its anti-clerical policies to allow churches to reopen while maintaining separation of church and state.^[26]
• The musical film Broadway Babies, starring Alice White, premiered at the Central Theatre in New York City.^[27]

June 22, 1929 (Saturday)

• Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Harry F. Sinclair could serve his six-month jail sentence for jury tampering concurrently with his three-month sentence for contempt of the senate's investigation of the Teapot Dome scandal.^[28]
• The plane of Spanish aviator Ramón Franco and three companions went missing near the Azores during a transatlantic flight attempt.^[29]

June 23, 1929 (Sunday)

• The French city of Verdun held a celebration of its reconstruction, thirteen years after being heavily damaged in the crucial battle of the World War. A large victory monument sculpted by Jean Boucher was formally inaugurated in a ceremony attended by President Gaston Doumergue, Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré and general Philippe Pétain.^[30][31]
• Born: June Carter Cash, entertainer, in Maces Spring, Virginia (d. 2003)

June 24, 1929 (Monday)

• Tens of thousands of Londoners lined the streets for the funeral procession of Salvation Army General Bramwell Booth.^[32]
• In Italy, Official census figures reported a population of 41,173,000 in 1928, an increase of 406,000 over the previous year which indicated that Benito Mussolini's policies aiming to increase the Italian birth rate were succeeding.^[33]

June 25, 1929 (Tuesday)

• President Hoover signed the Boulder Canyon Project Act, authorizing the expenditure of $165 million for the construction of the Boulder Dam.^[34]

June 26, 1929 (Wednesday)

• Japan ratified the Kellogg-Briand Pact.^[2]
• Born: Milton Glaser, graphic designer, in New York City
• Died: Amandus Adamson, 73, Estonian sculptor

June 27, 1929 (Thursday)

• Max Schmeling beat Paulino Uzcudun by 15-round decision in a boxing card before a crowd of 40,000 in Yankee Stadium.^[35]
• Color television images of flags and roses were demonstrated by Bell Laboratories in New York.^[2]

June 28, 1929 (Friday)

• 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 Stahlhelm and other nationalist groups staged massive demonstrations.^[36] 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."^[37]
• 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.^[2]
• Died: Edward Carpenter, 84, English poet and philosopher

June 29, 1929 (Saturday)

• Ramón Franco and three companions, missing for a week, were found alive floating off the Azores by a British plane.^[29]
• The drama film River of Romance was released.

June 30, 1929 (Sunday)

• William Grover-Williams won the French Grand Prix.
• Bobby Jones won his third U.S. Open golf title.

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2. Mercer, Derrik (1989). Chronicle of the 20th Century. London: Chronicle Communications Ltd. pp. 378–379. ISBN 9-780582-039193.
3. Steele, John (June 3, 1929). "New World Pact Asks Lifeboats for All on Ship". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 18.
4. "Labor Party to Take Over Rule of Britain Today". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 5, 1929. p. 2.
5. "King Appoints Labor Chief to Govern Britain". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 6, 1929. p. 11.
6. Darrah, David (June 6, 1929). "Pope Attacks Mussolini for 'Heretical Talk'". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 9.
7. "Overview of the First". The West Lake International Expo Hangzhou China. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
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10. Steele, John (June 9, 1929). "British Labor Cabinet Pledges Peace with U.S.". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 5.
11. "Blue Larkspur Wins $60,000 Belmont Stakes". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 9, 1929. p. 29.
12. "Carmel Myers, Movie Star, Wed to Ralph Blum". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 10, 1929. p. 3.
13. "Pope Decress Basal Law of Vatican State". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 11, 1929. p. 20.
14. "Belgian Prince Fined For Failure to Vote". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 10, 1929. p. 1.
15. Wales, Henry (June 12, 1929). "France, Germany Agree on Parley for Free Rhine". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 17.
16. "Ten Berlin Communists Sent to Jail for Rioting". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 12, 1929. p. 5.
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19. "Salo's Final Spurt Wins Pyle's Derby". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 18, 1929. p. 29.
20. "Air Liner Plunges in Sea; 7 Killed". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 18, 1929. p. 1.
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26. Cornyn, John (June 22, 1929). "Pope Signs Mexican Peace". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
27. "The Broadway Parade". Film Daily (New York: Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc.): 2. June 24, 1929.
28. "Sinclair's New Sentence Will Start at Once". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 23, 1929. p. 1.
29. "Spain's Lost Flyers Found". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 29, 1929. p. 1.
30. "Says Verdun Brought U.S. In". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 24, 1929. p. 8.
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32. "London Throngs Line Streets as Booth is Buried". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 24, 1929. pp. 1–2.
33. Darrah, David (June 25, 1929). "406,000 Added to Population of Italy in 1928". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 16.
34. Stevens, Joseph E. (1988). Hoover Dam: An American Adventure. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780806173979.
35. Pegler, Westbrook (June 28, 1929). "Schmeling Whips Uzcudun in 15 Rounds". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21.
36. Nevin, Thomas R. (1996). Ernst Jünger and Germany: Into the Abyss, 1914–1945. Duke University Press. p. 104. ISBN 9780822318798.
37. Fraser, Geoffrey (June 28, 1929). "Guilt for War is Repudiated by German Vabiney". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 20.