The Birth of Martin Luther King Jr.
Born Michael King Jr. on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King Jr. would grow up to lead the American civil rights movement with nonviolence.
Tales from the year 1929
‘Ja Think I'm a Cowboy?’: Popeye Sails Into the Funny Pages
On January 17, 1929, a squinting one-eyed sailor named Popeye walked into E. C. Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre and stole the show — and the century.
The World's Smallest Country Is Born: The Lateran Treaty
On February 11, 1929, a cardinal and a dictator signed a deal in Rome's Lateran Palace that created Vatican City as a sovereign state.
The Oscars Began as a Fifteen-Minute Dinner
On May 16, 1929, 270 guests paid $5 each to attend the first Academy Awards, where all 12 awards were handed out in 15 minutes at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
The Day the World's Smallest Country Was Born
On June 7, 1929, the Lateran Treaty's ratification took full effect, ending a 59-year standoff and creating Vatican City as an independent state.
The Museum Born Nine Days After the Crash
On November 7, 1929, just nine days after the Wall Street Crash, the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York on the 12th floor of an office building.