page_title: 1929
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: 1929 / Births / March
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Zentralbild Ecklecken 9.3.1963 Zum Tag des Buches - Schriftstellerin Christa Wolf Christa Wolf begann nach ihrem Germanistikstudium, als Literaturkritikerin, als Lektorin und Mitarbeiterin im deutschen Schriftstellerverbund. Als erste belletristische Arbeit erschien 1961 die "Moskauer Novelle", die sogleich ungewöhnliche Beachtung fand. Ihre neue Erzählung "Der geteilte Himmel", die im Mai erscheinen wird, steht zur Diskussion für den FDGB-Literaturpreis 1962-1963. Gegenwärtig arbeitet Christa Wolf an einem Filmdrehbuch für ihre Erzählung "Der geteilte Himmel". UBz: Schriftstellerin Christa Wolf
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: March 1 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (d. 1978)
  March 4
  Cyril Robinson, English footballer (d. 2019)
  Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor
  March 6
  Gale McArthur, American basketball player (d. 2020)
  Fazil Iskander, Abkhaz writer (d. 2016)
  Ho Dam, North Korean politician (d. 1991)
  Günter Kunert, German writer (d. 2019)
  March 7 – Marion Marlowe, American singer and actress (d. 2012)
  March 8
  Hebe Camargo, Brazilian television presenter, actress and singer (d. 2012)
  Elaine Edwards, American politician (d. 2018)
  March 9
  Desmond Hoyte, 3rd Prime Minister of Guyana, 4th President of Guyana (d. 2002)
  Zillur Rahman, President of Bangladesh (d. 2013)
  March 10 – Lolita Rodrigues, Brazilian actress and presenter
  March 13
  Peter Breck, American actor, drama teacher (d. 2012)
  Mateja Matevski, Macedonian poet, literary and theater critic, essayist, and translator (d. 2018)
  Paek Nam-sun, North Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2007)
  Joseph Mascolo, American musician, actor (d. 2016)
  March 14
  Michael D. Coe, American archaeologist, anthropologist, epigrapher and author (d. 2019)
  Bob Goalby, American golfer
  March 15 – Cecil Taylor, African-American jazz pianist, composer, and poet (d. 2018)
  March 16
  Gennady Bukharin, Soviet Olympic canoeist
  Betty Johnson, American singer
  Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress
  March 17 – Howie Winter, American mob boss
  March 18 – Christa Wolf, German literary critic, novelist, and essayist (d. 2011)
  March 20 – Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican film, theater, television, and voice actor (d. 2015)
  March 22
  Yayoi Kusama, Japanese contemporary artist
  P. Ramlee, Malaysian film actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer (d. 1973)
  March 23 – Sir Roger Bannister, British athlete (d. 2018)
  March 25
  Harris W. Fawell, American politician
  Abdul Hamid Omar, 1st Chief Justice of Malaysia (d. 2009)
  March 26 – Edward Sorel, American illustrator and caricaturist
  March 29
  Richard Lewontin, American biologist, geneticist and academic
  Lennart Meri, President of Estonia (d. 2006)
  Olga Tass, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (d. 2020)
  March 31 – Bert Fields, American lawyer
caption: Christa Wolf
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