* 1929 – Huey P. Long Governor of Louisiana is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.

* 1929 – Willis Hall, English playwright and writer ( d. 2005 )

* 1929 – Joi Lansing, American model and actress ( d. 1972 )

* 1929 – André Previn, German composer and conductor

* 1866 – Princess Viktoria of Prussia ( d. 1929 )

* 1929 – Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet ( d. 2010 )

* 1929 – Ira Levin, American author ( d. 2007 )

* 1929 – Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist ( The Foundations )

* 1929 – Roch La Salle, Canadian politician ( d. 2007 )

* 1929 – Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist ( d. 1979 )

* 1929 – Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor

* 2005 – Harald Juhnke, German actor ( b. 1929 )

In Serbia Nikola Pašić ( 1845 – 1926 ) and his Radical Party dominated Serbian politics after 1903 ; they also monopolized power in Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1929 ; during the dictatorship of the 1930s, it furnished the prime minister.

* 1929 – Hafizullah Amin, Afghan politician ( d. 1979 )

* 1929 – Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer ( d. 2006 )

* 1929 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, tapped to be the messianic " World Teacher ", shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him.

* 1840 – John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician ( d. 1929 )

* 1929 – Emile Berliner, German-American inverter and businessman, invented the phonograph ( b. 1851 )

* 1929 – Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist ( b. 1857 )

A third generation was led by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie ( 1929 – ) and includes Jacques Revel, and Philippe Ariès ( 1914 – 1984 ), who joined the group in 1978.

The French Historical Revolution: The Annales School 1929 – 89, ( 1990 ), the major study in English excerpt and text search

* 1929 – Don Larsen, American baseball player

* 1929 – The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.

* 1876 – Varghese Payapilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest ( d. 1929 )

The United States Congress, in the Ratification Act of 1929, provided that until the Congress shall provide for the Government of the islands of American Samoa all civil, judicial, and military powers shall be vested in such person or persons and exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct.

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ( July 4, 1872January 5, 1933 ) was the 30th President of the United States ( 1923 – 1929 ).

* 1929 – Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

* 1838 – Émile Loubet, 7th President of France ( d. 1929 )

Herbert Clark Hoover ( August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964 ) was the 31st President of the United States ( 1929 – 1933 ).

Herbert Hoover as the new President of the United States ; original drawing for an Oscar Cesare political cartoon, March 17, 1929

* 1866 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician, 6th President of Portugal ( d. 1929 )

Originally called " Victory ", but generally known simply as the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, it was officially renamed in 1946 to honour the FIFA President Jules Rimet who in 1929 passed a vote to initiate the competition.

* 1929 – Sam Nujoma, Namibian politician, 1st President of Namibia

* 1929 – Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, former President of Pakistan

On 6 February 1930, it was renamed Stresemannstraße after Gustav Stresemann ( 1878 – 1929 ), the first Chancellor to serve under President Ebert.

* December 3 – Babrak Karmal, President of Afghanistan ( b. 1929 )

* January 14 – Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general, who served as the 10th President of Portugal ( d. 1929 )

* December 27 – Hafizullah Amin, General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, President of Afghanistan ( b. 1929 )

** Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Guyana and 4th President of Guyana ( b. 1929 )

* December 30 – Émile Loubet, 7th President of France ( d. 1929 )

After congressional approval, President Calvin Coolidge signed the executive order establishing the Grand Teton National Park on February 26, 1929.

The SEC was established by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934 as an independent, quasi-judicial regulatory agency during the Great Depression that followed the Crash of 1929.

After the start of the Great Depression in 1929, President Herbert Hoover had commissioned the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1932.

President Herbert Hoover conducted the first national Memorial Day ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery, on May 30, 1929.

After Dawes had finished his term as Vice President, he served as the U. S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom ( i. e., to the Court of St. James's ) from 1929 to 1932.

Notes as Vice President, 1928 – 1929.

* Notes As Vice President 1928 – 1929 by Charles G. Dawes

Charles Curtis ( January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936 ) was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States ( 1929 – 1933 ).