Timeline June 1929

Events in June 1929 9

• 1929 Fleming publishes his discovery of penicillin Mould extract shown to kill bacteria Alexander Fleming described the antibacterial action of a Penicillium mould in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology. The paper drew little attention at first. It was developed into a mass-produced antibiotic by Florey and Chain in the 1940s.
• 1929 French Open 1929 Men: René Lacoste · Women: Helen Wills
• 1929 Un Chien Andalou premieres Buñuel and Dalí's surrealist short film Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí's silent short film Un Chien Andalou premiered in Paris. Its dreamlike imagery, including the notorious eye-slicing scene, made it a landmark of surrealist cinema.
• 1929 Young Plan for German reparations Experts' committee reduces Germany's reparations A committee chaired by the American businessman Owen D. Young issued its report on German First World War reparations, cutting the total and spreading payments until 1988. The German right campaigned against the plan, which gave the Nazi Party wider national publicity.
• 1929 – 1984 Tigran Petrosian Defensive World Chess Champion Tigran Petrosian was World Champion from 1963 to 1969 and became famous for exceptional defensive skill and prophylactic strategy.
• 1929 Cristero War ends Church-state agreement ends the Mexican uprising An agreement brokered by US Ambassador Dwight Morrow between the Mexican government and the Catholic hierarchy ended the Cristero War. Public worship resumed after three years of armed revolt against anticlerical laws. The war had cost about 90,000 lives.
• 1929 – 2003 June Carter Cash (1929-2003) Died 15 May 2003, aged 73 June Carter Cash was a singer, songwriter and comedian from the Carter Family country music dynasty. She co-wrote 'Ring of Fire' and performed for decades alongside her husband Johnny Cash, who died four months after her. She won multiple Grammy Awards.
• 1929 – 2020 Milton Glaser (1929-2020) Died 26 June 2020, aged 91 Milton Glaser was an American graphic designer who created the iconic I Love New York logo and co-founded New York magazine, becoming one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. He died on 26 June 2020, his 91st birthday.
• 1929 – 2006 Oriana Fallaci (1929-2006) Died 15 September 2006, aged 77 Oriana Fallaci, the Italian journalist and war correspondent famed for her combative interviews with world leaders, died of cancer in Florence. Her later writing on Islam and the West drew both acclaim and controversy. She remained one of the most influential Italian journalists of her generation.