1929: Difference between revisions

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January 6 - King Alexander I of Yugoslavia declares the formation of the "6 January Dictatorship".
January 6 - Heinrich Himmler is appointed Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel.
January 7 - The Ustaše is founded.
February - Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union by Joseph Stalin and forcibly exiled.
February 14 - The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre takes place in Chicago, Illinois, allegedly on Al Capone's orders.
February 15 - Klement Gottwald is named General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
March 4 - The Institutional Revolutionary Party is founded.
August 24 - The 1929 Hebron Massacre takes place.
October 25 - Former U.S. Interior Secretary Albert Fall is convicted of bribery for his role in the Teapot Dome scandal, becoming the first Presidential cabinet member to go to prison for actions in office. He is sentenced to one year in prison.
Unknown - Murder, Inc. is founded by Louis Buchalter and Albert Anastasia.
Unknown - Malcolm X's family home is burned down by members of the Black Legion.

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 * March 4 - The [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] is founded.
 * August 24 - The [[1929 Hebron Massacre]] takes place.
-* October 25 - Former U.S. Interior Secretary [[Albert Bacon Fall]] is convicted of bribery for his role in the [[Teapot Dome scandal]], becoming the first Presidential cabinet member to go to prison for actions in office. He is sentenced to one year in prison.
+* October 25 - Former U.S. Interior Secretary [[Albert Fall]] is convicted of bribery for his role in the [[Teapot Dome scandal]], becoming the first Presidential cabinet member to go to prison for actions in office. He is sentenced to one year in prison.
 * Unknown - [[Murder, Inc.]] is founded by [[Louis Buchalter]] and [[Albert Anastasia]].
 * Unknown - [[Malcolm X]]'s family home is burned down by members of the [[Black Legion]].