Timeline July 1929

Events in July 1929 9

• 1865 – 1929 Robert Henri (1865-1929) Died 12 July 1929, aged 64 American painter and teacher who led the Ashcan School of urban realism. His book The Art Spirit influenced generations of artists.
• 1874 – 1929 Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929) Died 15 July 1929, aged 55 Austrian poet and dramatist who wrote the libretti for several Richard Strauss operas, including Der Rosenkavalier. He co-founded the Salzburg Festival.
• 1929 Wimbledon 1929 Men: Henri Cochet · Women: Helen Wills
• 1929 – 1999 Hassan II of Morocco (1929-1999) Died 23 July 1999, aged 70 Hassan II ruled Morocco for 38 years, surviving two assassination attempts and presiding over the annexation of Western Sahara. His reign was marked by both authoritarian repression and gradual political liberalization in its final years. He was succeeded by his son, Mohammed VI.
• 1929 Sino-Soviet conflict over the Chinese Eastern Railway Soviet forces defeat Chinese troops in Manchuria Chinese authorities in Manchuria seized the Soviet-managed Chinese Eastern Railway, which led to fighting along the border. The Soviet Special Far Eastern Army under Vasily Blyukher won decisively, and the Khabarovsk Protocol restored joint Soviet control of the line.
• 1929 – 2000 Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929-2000) Died 12 February 2000, aged 70 Screamin' Jay Hawkins was an American rhythm-and-blues singer best known for the 1956 song "I Put a Spell on You", performed with operatic howls and macabre props including a coffin and a skull. Widely covered, the song became a standard. He is often called a forerunner of shock rock.
• 1929 Kellogg-Briand Pact enters into force Treaty renouncing war takes effect The General Treaty for the Renunciation of War, signed in Paris in 1928, came into force. Its signatories renounced war as an instrument of national policy, but the pact had no means of enforcement.
• 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War signed New rules for the treatment of captured soldiers Delegates in Geneva signed the Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War together with a revised convention on wounded and sick soldiers. It set out rules on the humane treatment, food and correspondence of prisoners, drawing on the failures of the First World War.
• 1929 – 1994 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) Died 19 May 1994, aged 64 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, former US First Lady and widow of President John F. Kennedy, died of cancer in New York City. She remained one of the most recognized public figures of the 20th century.