However, his rule was short lived and, on 17 October 1929, Habibullah Kalakani was overthrown and replaced by King Nadir Khan.

Francis Gary Powers ( August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977 ) was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.

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

Eventually, Bukharin lost his position in the Comintern in April 1929 and editorship of Pravda, and he was expelled from the Politburo on 17 November of that year.

Other films shot in widescreen were the musical Happy Days ( 1929 ) which premiered at the Roxy Theater, New York City, on February 13, 1930, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell and a 12 year old Betty Grable as a chorus girl ; Song o ’ My Heart, a musical feature starring Irish tenor John McCormack and directed by Frank Borzage ( Seventh Heaven, A Farewell to Arms ), which was shipped from the labs on March 17, 1930, but never released and may no longer survive, according to film historian Miles Kreuger ( the 35mm version, however, debuted in New York on March 11, 1930 ); and the western The Big Trail ( 1930 ) starring John Wayne and Tyrone Power, Sr. which premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on October 2, 1930, all of which were also made in the 70mm Fox Grandeur process.

The high of 381. 17 on September 3, 1929, would not be surpassed until 1954, in inflation-adjusted numbers.

See also report " Invisible Ray Transmits Pictures " in Science and Invention, November 1929, Vol 17, p. 629.

Using panel data estimates of export and import equations for 17 countries, Jakob B. Madsen ( 2002 ) estimated the effects of increasing tariff and non-tariff trade barriers on worldwide trade during the period 1929 – 1932.

Miró married Pilar Juncosa in Palma ( Majorca ) on October 12, 1929 ; their daughter Dolores was born July 17, 1931.

John Napier Wyndham Turner, PC, CC, QC ( born June 7, 1929 ) is an English Canadian lawyer and retired politician, who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada from June 30 to September 17, 1984.

Rogers ' first marriage was at age 17 to her dancing partner Jack Pepper ( real name Edward Jackson Culpepper ) on March 29, 1929.

In 1929, Fudan adjusted its departments, expanded to include the Journalism Department, Municipals Department, Law Department and Education Department, totalling 17 departments devoted to Arts, Science, Law and Business.

Following this, Plane Crazy was released as a sound cartoon on March 17, 1929.

Its first production was at the Lyric Theatre in London on 17 December 1929.

* Francis Gary Powers ( August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977 ) was an American pilot whose CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while over the Soviet Union, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.

By the time of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the population had increased to 17, 000 from the 6, 000 it had been just before the war.

Tigran Petrosian ( Tigran Petrosyan ; Tigran Vartanovich Petrosyan ) ( June 17, 1929 – August 13, 1984 ) was a Soviet Armenian grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969.

Tigran Petrosian was born to Armenian parents on June 17, 1929 in Tiflis, Soviet Union ( now Georgia ).

The market had been on a six-year run that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average increase in value fivefold, peaking at 381. 17 on September 3, 1929.

On October 24, 1929, with the Dow just past its September 3 peak of 381. 17, the market finally turned down, and panic selling started.

Joseph Jacques Omer Plante ( January 17, 1929 – February 27, 1986 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender.

In 1933, the North Carolina State Supreme Court heard Brewer v. Valk, an appeal from Forsyth County Superior Court, in which the Supreme Court upheld that the 1929 law violated both the U. S. Constitution's 14th Amendment and Article 1, Section 17 of the 1868 North Carolina State Constitution.

Luis Vigoreaux Rivera ( April 12, 1929 – January 17, 1983 ) was a Puerto Rican radio and television show host, announcer, comedian and producer.

* Usurper King ( 17 January 1929 – 13 October 1929 )

* July 17 – The Champ de Mars Massacre occurs during the French Revolution.

** In reaction to the Qana Massacre, an Islamist group in Egypt open fire on a hotel, killing 18 Greek tourists and injuring 17 others.

* August 17 – Strathfield Massacre: In Sydney, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots 7 people and injures 6 others before turning the gun on himself.

* March 17 – Carrollton Massacre: 20 African Americans are killed in Mississippi.

January 17, 1891: Young Man Afraid of his Horses at Camp of Oglala tribe of Lakota at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, 3 weeks after Wounded Knee Massacre, when 150 scattered as 153 Lakota Sioux and 25 U. S. soldiers died.

The last major American Indian raid in present day Jefferson County was the Chenoweth Massacre on July 17, 1789.

In the summer of 1791, July and August specifically, Barnave reached his height of political prominence after the 17 July 1791 Champ de Mars Massacre weakened the position of the Jacobins.

On July 17, a large crowd that had gathered at the Champs de Mars in support of the petition was fired upon by military forces under the command of the Marquis de Lafayette, an incident which became known as the Champs de Mars Massacre.

In New Zealand history, the Wairau Affray ( called the Wairau Massacre in older texts ) on 17 June 1843 was the first serious clash of arms between Māori and the British settlers after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the only one to take place in the South Island.

The 2005 Red Lake High School Massacre was briefly blamed on the film Elephant as it was viewed by gunman Jeff Weise 17 days prior to the shooting.

The search for this remaining would ultimately lead to the Wairau Affray – then known as the " Wairau Massacre " – of 17 June 1843, when 22 Europeans and four Maori died in a skirmish over land in the Wairau Valley, 25 km from Nelson.

This conviction was greatly affirmed with the Champs de Mars Massacre ( 17 July 1791 ).

After the Khojaly Massacre ( February 26 – 27, 1992 ), the fall of Shusha ( May 8, 1992 ) and Lachin ( May 15 – 17, 1992 ), the temporary Azerbaijani communist establishment led by Yaqub Mammadov could no longer hold power.

Despite attempts by pro-Leislerians to control the body, it passed a bill on April 17 condemning Leisler's government and activities, even blaming him for the 1690 Schenectady Massacre.

** " Massacre on the Moon " ( by Chris Lowder, with Carlos Pino (# 15, 17, 19 ), Jose Luis Ferrer (# 16, 18 ), in Starlord # 15-19, 1978 )

The Weenen Massacre was the massacre of Voortrekkers by the Zulu on 17 February 1838.

fr: Massacre du 17 octobre 1961

The Luxor Massacre refers to the killing of 62 people, mostly tourists, that took place on 17 November 1997, at Deir el-Bahri, an archaeological site and major tourist attraction located across the River Nile from Luxor in Egypt.

It is reported that upon his release, Sison and his followers actively sought to discredit the Aquino government in the European media by speaking out on Aquino's human rights violations including the Mendiola Massacre, in which members of the military were accused of firing on unarmed peasants in Manila, killing 17 people.

* Garadaghly Massacre ( 17 / 2 / 1992 )

On August 17, The Birthday Massacre was declared winner of the contest and was given 100 tickets to hand out to the most devote fans who voted for the band.

After the Champ de Mars Massacre on 17 July 1791, a warrant was issued for his arrest and Santerre went into hiding.