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(1952)

1929

The year in brief

The year 1929 brought more agreements, and in October a crash. In February the USSR, Poland, Romania, Latvia and Estonia signed the Litvinov Protocol in Moscow, bringing the Kellogg–Briand Pact into force among themselves early; in July the pact came into force, binding 46 states. Mussolini and Cardinal Gasparri signed the Lateran Treaty, which ended Italy’s dispute with the papacy and created the Vatican City State. In August the Young Plan was adopted at The Hague: reparations were spread out until 1988, and the Allies promised to leave the Rhineland by 30 June 1930. On 29 October, “Black Tuesday”, panic gripped the New York Stock Exchange. The crash was the spark and the symbol of a depression that spread to Europe, because its economy depended on American money.

February

March

28
- The end of the Jinan incidentOn 28 March 1929 Japan and the Nanjing government settled the Jinan affair. Japan left Shandong in May, and the question of the victims was shelved for good.

April

03
- Persia joins the Litvinov ProtocolOn 3 April 1929 Persia joined the Litvinov Protocol, renouncing war with the USSR – which in 1941, together with Britain, marched into its territory.

June

07
- The ratification of the Lateran TreatyOn 7 June 1929 Mussolini and Cardinal Gasparri exchanged ratifications of the Lateran Treaty in the Vatican. At noon the Vatican City State was born.

July

24
- The Kellogg–Briand Pact comes into forceOn 24 July 1929 Hoover announced at the White House that the Kellogg–Briand Pact was in force. It bound 46 states, while a railway dispute brewed in Manchuria.

August

31
- The Young PlanOn 31 August 1929 the Young Plan was adopted at The Hague. Reparations ran until 1988, and the Allies promised to leave the Rhineland by 30 June 1930.

October

29
- Key eventThe Wall Street CrashOn 29 October 1929, Black Tuesday, the New York stock market had the worst day of the crash. The Great Depression began, and it helped Hitler come to power.