June 1929
The following events occurred in June 1929: Saturday, June 1, 1929 In an elaborate state ceremony, the remains of Sun Yat-sen were relocated from Beijing and buried in the newly constructed Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing. Born: Rodolfo Escalera, artist, in Gómez Palacio, Durango (d. 2000) Sunday, June 2, 1929 Eighteen nations signed a pact in London providing for uniform safety regulations of passenger ships at sea, including the requirement that ships carry enough lifeboats for all passengers. The Young Brothers shot and killed Town Marshal Mark Seworth Noe of the Republic, Missouri Police Department. They would kill six more law enforcement officers in the Young Brothers massacre on January 2, 1932. Died: Charles Moyer, 62, American labor leader Monday, June 3, 1929 The Treaty of Lima was signed, settling a territorial dispute between Peru and Chile. The U.S. Supreme Court decided Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner. Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Joan Crawford were married in New York. They would divorce in 1933. Born: Werner Arber, Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist and geneticist, honored for his role in developing recombinant DNA technology; in Gränichen Chuck Barris, U.S. television game show host and producer, known for creating The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game; in Philadelphia (d. 2017) Tuesday, June 4, 1929 Stanley Baldwin resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Born: Karolos Papoulias, President of Greece from 2005 to 2015; in Ioannina (d. 2021) Wednesday, June 5, 1929 In a written letter, Pope Pius XI criticized recent statements by Benito Mussolini as "heretical, modernistic, ponderously erudite, full of errors and inexact." The pope was particularly angered by a statement in which Mussolini said that Christianity gained its worldwide influence by attaching itself to the pagan Roman Empire. Ramsay MacDonald of the Labour Party became British Prime Minister for the second time. Thursday, June 6, 1929 The Westlake exposition opened in Hangzhou, Republic of China. The surrealist short film Un Chien Andalou by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí premiered in Paris. Born: Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, producer, director and politician, in Jhelum, Punjab, British Raj (d. 2005) Friday, June 7, 1929 Vatican City became an independent state as the Lateran Treaty went into effect. The Young Plan report was submitted to all governments concerned. During the Loray Mill Strike in Gastonia, North Carolina, 150 workers marched to the mill to call out the night shift, but were dispersed by police. Later that night, police confronted the nearby tent city and ordered its guards to hand over their weapons, causing another fight to break out. Chief of Police Orville Frank Aderholt was killed and several wounded. Born: John Turner, Prime Minister of Canada for 11 weeks in 1984; in Richmond, London, England (d. 2020) Saturday, June 8, 1929 Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald made his first radio address to the British public, saying that international disarmament was a matter of "overshadowing importance" and stressing the need for dialogue with foreign powers. Blue Larkspur won the Belmont Stakes horse race. Leon Trotsky asked