November 1929

Thursday 07:

In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

Monday 18:

1929 Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake centered on Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula area.

Friday 29:

US Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.