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