About the day » Monday April 1, 1929Calender converter

April 2, 1929 Next pagePrevious page April 1929


Born on Monday April 1, 1929
Died on Monday April 1, 1929



Born on April 1
  • 1927 » Amos Milburn, American R&B singer-songwriter and pianist († 1980)
  • 1927 » Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager († 2006)
  • 1927 » Walter Bahr, American soccer player, coach, and manager († 2018)
  • 1929 » Jane Powell, American actress, singer, and dancer
  • 1929 » Jonathan Haze, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager
  • 1929 » Milan Kundera, Czech-born novelist, poet, and playwright
  • 1929 » Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director († 2010)
  • 1930 » Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer († 2015)
  • 1931 » George Baker, Bulgarian-English actor and screenwriter († 2011)
  • 1931 » Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright († 2020)

Died on April 1

Names that were popular for boys in 1929
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Willem
  6. Gerrit
  7. Pieter
  8. Adrianus
  9. Petrus
  10. Jacobus
  11. Wilhelmus
  12. Jacob
  13. Gerardus
  14. Antonius
  15. Hendrikus
  16. Dirk
Names that were popular for girls in 1929
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Anna
  4. Cornelia
  5. Wilhelmina
  6. Elisabeth
  7. Hendrika
  8. Catharina
  9. Adriana
  10. Petronella
  11. Jacoba
  12. Grietje
  13. Geertruida
  14. Aaltje
  15. Margaretha
  16. Helena

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1929
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
  • January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
  • February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
  • February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
  • September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
  • October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
Weather April 1, 1929

The temperature on April 1, 1929 was between 1.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.

Source: KNMI