page_title: 1929
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 1929 / Births / December
caption_attribution_description: Español: Card. Sebastián
context_page_description: 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1929th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 929th year of the 2nd millennium, the 29th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1920s decade.
  This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the Edwards v. Canada case. The 1st Academy Awards for film were held in Los Angeles, while the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. The Peruvian Air Force was created.
  In Asia, the Republic of China and the Soviet Union engaged in a minor conflict after the Chinese seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway, which ended with a resumption of joint administration. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph Stalin expelled Leon Trotsky and adopted a policy of collectivization. The Grand Trunk Express began service in India.
context_section_description: December 1
  David Doyle, American actor (d. 1997)
  Alfred Moisiu, 7th President of Albania
  December 2 – Leon Litwack, American historian
  December 6
  Philippe Bouvard, French television and radio presenter
  Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (d. 2016)
  Alain Tanner, Swiss film director
  December 7 – Don McDermott, American speed skater
  December 9
  Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2019)
  John Cassavetes, American actor and director (d. 1989)
  December 12 – Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese pianist and composer
  December 13 – Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor
  December 14 – Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Spanish cardinal (d. 2019)
  December 15 – Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, former Queen of Jordan (d. 2019)
  December 16
  Nicholas Courtney, British actor (d. 2011)
  Arthur Fitzsimons, Irish football player, manager (d. 2018)
  December 17 – William Safire, American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter (d. 2009)
  December 18 – Yeoh Tiong Lay, Malaysian businessman (d. 2017)
  December 19 – David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish potter and aristocrat
  December 20
  David H. Gambrell, American attorney
  Selim Hoss, 3-time Prime Minister of Lebanon
  Lee Hyun-jae, South Korean politician
  Milan Panić, Serbian politician
  December 22 – Wazir Mohammad Indian-Pakistani cricketer
  December 23
  Chet Baker, American jazz musician (d. 1988)
  Monique Watteau, Belgian writer and artist
  December 24 – Philip Ziegler, English biographer and historian
  December 26
  Kathleen Crowley, American actress (d. 2017)
  Régine, Belgian-French singer
  Rene Espina, Filipino lawyer, legislator, and politician (d. 2019)
  Taarak Mehta, Indian playwright, humorist (d. 2017)
  December 27 – Tommy Rall, American actor and dancer
  December 28 – Efraín Goldenberg, Peruvian politician, finance minister and foreign relations minister
  December 29
  Shen Jilan, Chinese politician (d. 2020)
  Matt "Guitar" Murphy, American blues musician (d. 2018)
  Susie Garrett, American actress (d. 2002)
  December 30 – Lucien Xavier Michel-Andrianarahinjaka, Malagasy writer, politician (d. 1997)
  December 31 – Mies Bouwman, Dutch television presenter (d. 2018)
caption: Fernando Sebastián Aguilar
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