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January 6, 1929

On January 6, 1929, king Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution, starting the January 6th Dictatorship. John Turner, John Turner, John Turner would arrive in the same year.

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1929

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1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1929th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 929th year of the 2nd millennium, the 29th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1920s decade.

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On January 6, 1929

  1. 1929 King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution, starting the January 6th Dictatorship.

    King of Yugoslavia from 1921 to 1934

    Alexander I Karađorđević, also known as Alexander the Unifier, was King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 16 August 1921 to 3 October 1929 and King of Yugoslavia from 3 October 1929 until his assassination in 1934. His reign of 13 years is the longest of the three monarchs of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

  2. 1929 Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.

    Albanian-Indian Catholic saint (1910–1997)

    Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic saint.

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John Turner 1929– Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020)
John Turner 1929– Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020)
John Turner 1929– Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020)
John Turner 1929– Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020)

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