1929 in Romania

Events

12 January – The Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company broadcasts its first program for children, Children's Hour (Ora copiilor).^[3]
7 February – The Monetary Act lays down the gold standard for the Romanian leu.^[4]
30 March – Romania signs the Litvinov Protocol.^[5]
11 May – The first Balkan Cup is initiated with Romania a founding competitor.^[6]
July – Increasing price shocks and a dramatic economic downturn lead to Romania formally entering the Great Depression.^[7]
17 August – The League Against Usury, a single-issue party founded in response to the Great Depression.^[8]
6 October – The national football team wins the first match of the Balkan Cup at Stadionul Oficiul Național de Educație Fizică in Bucharest. The team goes on to win the cup.^[9]

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Births

1 January – Nicolae Linca, boxer, first Romanian to win an Olympic medal, at the 1956 Summer Olympics (died 2008).^[10]
11 February – Paul Barbă Neagră, film director (died 2009).^[11]
24 February – Marga Barbu, actress (died 2009).^[12]
14 March – Iurie Darie, actor (died 2012).
18 March – Meinhard E. Mayer, mathematician (died 2011).^[13]
13 May – Thea Segall, photographer (died 2009).^[14]
30 May – Doina Cornea, human rights activist and French language professor (died 2018).^[15]
17 July – Márton Balázs, mathematician (died 2016).
10 August – Tamara Buciuceanu, actress (died 2019).^[16]
19 August – Ion N. Petrovici, neurologist and academic (died 2021).
22 September – Dinu Cocea, actor, film director, and screenwriter (died 2013).^[17]
6 October – Mihai Drăgănescu, engineer and President of the Romanian Academy from 1990 to 1994 (died 2010).^[18]
10 October – Mihai Gavrilă, quantum physicist and a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.^[19]
9 November – Edith Balas, art historian (died 2016).^[20]

Deaths

29 March – Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu, first Romanian woman aviator (born 1887).^[21]
29 July – Clara Maniu, feminist and suffragist (born 1842).^[22]
17 August – Haia Lifșiț, Communist activist (born 1903).^[23]
10 October – Ștefan Protopopescu, aviation pioneer, the first licensed pilot in Romania (born 1883).^[24]

Incumbents