Timeline August 1929

Events in August 1929 9

• 1851 – 1929 Emile Berliner (1851-1929) Died 3 August 1929, aged 78 German-born American inventor of the gramophone and the flat disc record. He also developed an improved telephone microphone.
• 1857 – 1929 Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) Died 3 August 1929, aged 72 American economist and sociologist. In The Theory of the Leisure Class he coined the term "conspicuous consumption".
• 1872 – 1929 Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929) Died 19 August 1929, aged 57 Russian impresario who founded the Ballets Russes. He commissioned landmark works from Stravinsky, Picasso and Nijinsky, and died in Venice.
• 1929 US Championships 1929 Men: Bill Tilden · Women: Helen Wills Tilden's 7th and final US title.
• 1929 Graf Zeppelin flies around the world First round-the-world flight by an airship The German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, commanded by Hugo Eckener, flew around the globe from Lakehurst, New Jersey, stopping at Friedrichshafen, Tokyo and Los Angeles. The voyage was sponsored in part by the Hearst newspapers and took 21 days.
• 1929 – 2013 Ronnie Biggs (1929-2013) Died 18 December 2013, aged 84 Ronnie Biggs was a British criminal who took part in the 1963 Great Train Robbery and evaded capture for decades after escaping prison, living for years as a fugitive in Brazil. He died in a care home in England.
• 1929 Marries Diego Rivera The marriage of two giants Frida Kahlo married muralist Diego Rivera on August 21, 1929. Their turbulent relationship — marked by mutual infidelities and a divorce and remarriage — was the emotional engine of her art. Rivera called her a better painter than himself.
• 1929 1929 Palestine riots Violence over the Western Wall spreads across Mandate Palestine A dispute over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem led to a week of rioting across Mandatory Palestine. About 133 Jews and 116 Arabs were killed, including 67 Jews in the Hebron massacre. The violence ended the ancient Jewish community of Hebron.
• 1929 – 2004 Yasser Arafat (1929-2004) Died 11 November 2004, aged 75 Arafat led the Palestine Liberation Organization for decades and co-founded Fatah, becoming the central figure of the Palestinian national movement. He shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for the Oslo Accords and died in a French military hospital under disputed circumstances.