Sep 12 Rainis [Jānis Pliekšāns], Latvian poet and playwright, dies at 64 Sep 18 Hermann Gradener, German composer, dies at 85 Sep 23 Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist (1925 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for work colloids), dies at 64 [1] Sep 25 Miller Huggins, American Baseball Hall of Fame manager (World Series 1923, 27, 28; 6 x AL pennants NY Yankees), dies of pyaemia at 51 Sep 29 Giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron, general and Premier (1927-29), dies at 66 Sep 30 Charles Bonin, French explorer and diplomat (China), dies at 64 Aug 1929 Famous Deaths by Year Oct 1929 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning