December 1929 in History

Events in History

Dec 10 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine jointly awarded to Christiaan Eijkman and Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins for the discovery of vitamins

Dec 21 Coco the Clown first appears for Bertram Mills Circus in Manchester, England

Dec 29 Dutch colonial authorities arrest Sukarno and other key PNI leaders in Java

Dec 31 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini illius magistri

Dec 2 Jaap Boersma, Dutch politician (Minister for Social Affairs (ARP)), born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (d. 2012)
Dec 6 Frank Springer, American comics artist (The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist), born in Jamaica, Queens, New York (d. 2009)
Dec 8 Goffredo Parise, Italian writer (Il padrone), born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 1986)

Dec 9 Bob Hawke, Australian politician and 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (Labor: 1983-91), born in Bordertown, South Australia (d. 2019)

Dec 12 John Osborne, English playwright (Entertainer, Look Back in Anger, Luther), born in London (d. 1994)
Dec 16 Ian Board, British barkeeper (the Colony Room), born in Devon (d.1994)

Dec 17 William Safire, American political columnist (NY Times) and speech writer (Nixon), born in NYC, New York (d. 2009)

Dec 19 Herman T M Lauxtermann, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
Dec 20 Milan Panić, Serbian-American politician and humanitarian, born in Belgrade, Serbia
Dec 23 Dick Weber, American ten-pin bowling pro (16, 300 games), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2005)
Dec 23 Charles R. Bentley, American pioneer of polar science, born in Rochester, New York (d. 2017)
Dec 28 Maarten Schmidt, Neth/US astronomer (quasars)
Dec 28 Owen Bieber, United Auto Workers president
Dec 30 Rosalind Hurley, British physician, barrister, ethicist and writer (d. 2004)
Dec 31 Sidney Greenbaum, British scholar, born in London, United Kingdom (d. 1996)