There was a stock market crash in the year 1929 which began the Great Depression. There were riots between the Palestinians and the Jews over the Western Wall.

Menahem Golan was born on May 31, 1929, in Tiberias, Palestine (now Israel).

Ibrahim Abu Lughod was born on February 18, 1929, in Jaffa, Palestine.

Simcha Dinitz was born on June 23, 1929, in Tel Aviv, Palestine [now Israel].

Zaharira Harifai was born in December 1929, in Jaffa, Palestine (now Tel Aviv, Israel).