1929 in the United States

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Events from the year 1929 in the United States.

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Incumbents

Federal government

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)

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Events

January–March

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

April–June

July–September

October–December

After large market declines on October 28 and 29, The New York Times described the financial community's response to "the most disastrous trading day in the stock market's history". Margin requirements were reduced to 25%, banking leaders expressed assurance of their support, and the sentiment on Wall Street was said to be "more cheerful" after earlier declines.[4]
Crowd gathers during the Wall Street crash of 1929

Undated

Ongoing

Sport

Births

January

Martin Luther King Jr.

February

Vic Morrow
James Hong

March

Joseph Mascolo
Cecil Taylor

April

Jane Powell

May

Audrey Hepburn
Margaret Kerry
Betty Carter
John Conyers

June

James H. Billington
Chuck Barris
James McDivitt

July

Katherine Helmond
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

August

Buck Owens
Roxie Roker

September

Bob Newhart
Arnold Palmer
Anne Meara

October

Ursula K. Le Guin

November

Grace Kelly
Ed Asner
Dick Clark

December

Kathleen Crowley

Undated

Deaths

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