Timeline February 1929

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• 1853 – 1929 Lillie Langtry (1853-1929) Died 12 February 1929, aged 75 British-American actress and society beauty, known as "the Jersey Lily". She was a mistress of the future King Edward VII. She died in Monaco.
• 1929 – present The Vatican City State Lateran Treaty The treaty that recognized the Vatican as an independent sovereign state within Rome.
• 1929 4th Elfstedentocht Winner: Karst Leemburg — 11h 09m After twelve years without sufficient ice, the Elfstedentocht returned on 12 February 1929 with over 300 skaters facing brutal conditions — a biting east wind and temperatures between -18°C and -10°C. Karst Leemburg won in 11 hours and 9 minutes.
• 1929 Trotsky expelled from the Soviet Union Stalin's rival sent into exile in Turkey Leon Trotsky was deported from the USSR and arrived in Constantinople, then settled on the island of Büyükada. His expulsion confirmed Stalin's supremacy over the Soviet leadership. Trotsky remained in exile until his assassination in Mexico in 1940.
• 1929 – 2015 Helmut Schmidt dies German Chancellor, age 96 Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of West Germany 1974-1982 and one of the architects of European integration, died on November 10, 2015, aged 96.
• 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre Seven men gunned down in a Chicago garage Seven men linked to George "Bugs" Moran's North Side Gang were lined up against a garage wall on North Clark Street in Chicago and shot dead. The killings were widely attributed to Al Capone's organisation. The massacre became a defining image of Prohibition-era gang violence.
• 1929 – 1975 Graham Hill Mr. Monaco Two-time World Champion and the only driver to win the "Triple Crown of Motorsport" (F1, Indy 500, Le Mans).