Events Date 1929 March | History by KabAstro

Hainsworth's Shutout Record

Mar 2 George Hainsworth becomes first NHL goaltender to record 20 shutouts in one season when the Montreal Canadiens beat the visiting Boston Bruins, 3-0; ends season with 22

Mar 2 US Congress creates Court of Customs & Patent Appeals

Herbert Hoover

Mar 4 Herbert Hoover inaugurated as the 31st US President

Mar 4 National Revolutionary Party founded in Mexico by Plutarco Elías Calles (will go on to hold power until 2000)

Curtis 1st Native American VP

Mar 4 Republican Charles Curtis becomes the 1st Native American to be Vice President of the United States

31st Vice President of the United States Charles Curtis

Mar 6 Turkey & Bulgaria sign friendship treaty

1st Nonstop America to Asia Flight

Mar 7 First nonstop flight made from America to Asia across the Bering Strait (Nome to North Cape) by Noel Wien and Calvin Cripe for Wien Air Alaska

Mar 8 US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia
Mar 9 Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius" premieres in Paris

Bradman's Second Test 100

Mar 13 20-year-old Australian cricket super-batsman Don Bradman scores 123 in 5th Test vs England at MCG; his second Test century

Mar 16 WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions
Mar 17 General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel
Mar 17 Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid

The New Babylon

Mar 18 Russian premiere of silent film "The New Babylon" premieres in Leningrad, written and directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg with a score by Dmitri Shostakovich

Mar 22 88th Grand National: Robert W. H. Everett wins aboard 100/1 outsider Gregalach
Mar 22 KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions
Mar 22 US Coast Guard vessel sinks Canadian schooner suspected of carrying liquor

Maribel Vinson US Champion

Mar 27 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson

Mar 28 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
Mar 29 Stanley Cup Final, Madison Square Garden: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 2-1 for a 2-0 series sweep; Boston's first Championship
Mar 29 US President Herbert Hoover has 1st telephone installed on the desk at the Oval Office's in the White House