January 17, 1929 – Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.

February 10, 1929 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Snake in Chinese astrology.

August 11, 1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.

August 16, 1929 – The 1929 Palestine riots break out in the British Mandate of Palestine between Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.

August 24, 1929 – Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.

October 11, 1929 – JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.

October 23, 1929 – Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic.

October 24, 1929 – “Black Thursday” stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.

October 30, 1929 – The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany.

November 7, 1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

January 9, 1929 – Heiner Muller, German dramatist (d. 1995)

January 20, 1929 – Arte Johnson, American actor

January 31, 1929 – Jean Simmons, English American actress (d. 2010)

February 6, 1929 – Pierre Brice, French actor

March 9, 1929 – Desmond Hoyte, Prime Minister and President of Guyana (d. 2002)

March 19, 1929 – Miquel Martí i Pol, Catalan poet (d. 2003)

May 12, 1929 – Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player

May 16, 1929 – Claude Morin, French Canadian politician

June 12, 1929 – Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani scholar, writer, and Urdu linguist

October 31, 1929 – Bud Spencer, Italian actor