February 1929

Friday 01:

Frenchman Charles Rigoulet is the first weightlifter to lift over 400 pounds (181 kg) in the "clean and jerk" method.

Tuesday 05:

"They'll Do It Every Time", a comic strip still in syndication as of 2005, debuts in a San Francisco newspaper.

Monday 11:

Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.

Thursday 14:

St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven gangsters rivalling Al Capone are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.

Monday 18:

First Academy Awards are announced.

Tuesday 26:

The Grand Teton National Park is created.