MultiEducator · The 20th Century Almanac
HistoryCentral Est. 1996
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1929
The 20th Century Almanac · The Twenties

1929

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

The Wall Street Crash of October ended the Roaring Twenties and plunged the world toward the Great Depression. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre marked Chicago's gang wars, while All Quiet on the Western Front and Disraeli took the Academy's honors.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
All Quiet on the Western Front
Nobel · Literature
Mann
World Series
Philadelphia A's vs. St. Louis Cardinals
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor
George Arliss

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1929

Champions

Stanley CupBoston Bruins vs. NY Rangers Series: 2-0 US Open (Golf): Robert T. Jones, Jr. Score: 294 Course: Winged Foot CC Location: Mamaroneck, NY
World SeriesPhiladelphia A's vs. St. Louis Cardinals Series: 4-1

Academy Awards

Honoring 1929
Best Picture
All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Director
Lewis Milestone
All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Actor
George Arliss
Disraeli
Best Actress
Norma Shearer
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Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
The prize was divided equally between: HARDEN, Sir ARTHUR, Great Britain, London University, b. 1865, d. 1940; and VON EULER-CHELPIN, HANS KARL AUGUST SIMON, Sweden, Stockholm University, b. 1873 (in Augsburg, Germany), d. 1964: "for their
Literature
MANN, THOMAS, Germany, b. 1875, d. 1955: "principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature"
Peace
KELLOGG, FRANK BILLINGS, USA, b. 1856, d. 1937: Former Secretary of State, Negotiated the Briand-Kellogg Pact
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was divided equally between: EIJKMAN, CHRISTIAAN, the Netherlands, Utrecht University, b. 1858, d. 1930: "for his discovery of the antineuritic vitamin"; and HOPKINS, Sir FREDERICK GOWLAND, Great Britain, Cambridge University, b.
Physics
DE BROGLIE, Prince LOUIS-VICTOR, France, Sorbonne University, Institut Henri PoincarŽ, Paris, b. 1892, d. 1987: "for his discovery of the wave nature of electrons"

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama
Elmer L. Rice ... "Street Scene"
Fiction
Julia Peterkin ... "Scarlet Sister Mary"
History
L Fred Albert Shannon ... "The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861-1865"
Public Service
"New York Evening World"