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1929 in the United States

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1929
in
the United States

Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 1929 in the United States.

Incumbents

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Calvin Coolidge (R-Massachusetts) (until March 4)
Herbert Hoover (R-California) (starting March 4)
Charles G. Dawes (R-Illinois) (until March 4)
Charles Curtis (R-Kansas) (starting March 4)
Charles Curtis (R-Kansas) (until March 4)
James Eli Watson (R-Indiana) (starting March 4)

Events

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January–March

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February 26: Grand Teton National Park
March 4: Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st U.S. president
Charles Curtis becomes the 31st U.S. vice president

April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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October 24: Wall Street Crash of 1929

Undated

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Ongoing

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Sport

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Births

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January

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Martin Luther King Jr.

February

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Vic Morrow
James Hong

March

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Joseph Mascolo
Cecil Taylor

April

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Jane Powell

May

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Audrey Hepburn
Margaret Kerry
Betty Carter
John Conyers

June

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James H. Billington
Chuck Barris
James McDivitt

July

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Katherine Helmond
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

August

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Buck Owens
Roxie Roker

September

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Bob Newhart
Arnold Palmer
Anne Meara

October

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Ursula K. Le Guin

November

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Grace Kelly
Ed Asner
Dick Clark

December

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Kathleen Crowley

Undated

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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