German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (died 1945)

Anne Frank

Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim. She gained worldwide notability posthumously for keeping a diary documenting her life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands. In the diary, she regularly described her family's everyday life in their hiding place in an Amsterdam attic from 1942 until their arrest in 1944.

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1929

June 12

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1920s

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910 Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
1206 The Ghurid general Qutb ud-Din Aibak founds the Delhi Sultanate.
1240 At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian monk and four rabbis.
1381 Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels assemble at Blackheath, just outside London.

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The world in 1929

When Anne arrived

april 14 The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix takes place in the Principality of Monaco. William Grover-Williams wins driving a Bugatti Type 35.
april 6 Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
august 11 Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
august 16 The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.

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George H. W. Bush 1924–2018 American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (died 2018) Dallas Clark 1979– American football player Gao Zong 1107– Chinese emperor (died 1187) Ian Craig 1935–2014 Australian cricketer (died 2014) Karl Freiherr von Müffling 1775–1851 Prussian field marshal (born 1775) Oliver Lodge 1851–1940 English physicist and academic (born 1851) Otto Skorzeny 1908– German SS officer (died 1975) Ray Barbuti 1905–1988 American runner and football player (born 1905) Sam Thaiday 1985– Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

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Al Davis 1929–1945 American football player, coach, and manager (died 2011) Alasdair MacIntyre 1929– Scottish-American philosopher and academic (died 2025) Barbara Walters 1929–2022 American journalist, producer, and author (born 1929) Benny Golson 1929–2024 American saxophonist and composer (died 2024) Bernard Haitink 1929–2021 Dutch violinist and conductor (died 2021) Bill Foster 1929–2016 American basketball player and coach (died 2016) Bob Denard 1929–2007 French soldier (died 2007) David Tonkin 1929–2000 Australian politician, 38th Premier of South Australia (died 2000) Dick Williams 1929–2011 American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929)

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