About the day » Wednesday August 29, 1906Calender converter

• Adrianus Gerardus Rijnen, Breda, NB Netherlands
• Aart Pieter Willem Vogelaar, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Klarenbeek, Wijk bij Duurstede († 2002)
• Aleida Gerarda Petronella PAS, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1995)
• Adriana van den Heuvel, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Alice Clarissa van Lint († 2000)
• Aize Brouwer, Ureterp († 1943)
• Aize Brouwer, Ureterp, Friesland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriana Elisabeth van Loenhout, Goirle († 1997)
• Achilles Marijn, Batang, Pekalongan, Java, Indonesia († 1943)

• Cornelis Johannes Lutz (0), delft
• Alieda (Leijde) Schilderink (87), Leopold, Bollinger County, MO
• Berend Berends Regeling (34), Blokzijl
• Augustine STUCKER (43), Rammersmatt, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Cornelia Marie van Elst (0), Arnhem
• amand ZUGMEYER (76), Hegeney, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Christiaan van Ewijk (77), Blerick
• Corstiaan Cammaraat (44), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Gesiena HUITINK (72), Aalten, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alfred Emile Leopold STEVENS (83), Paris, 75101, Paris, Paris, France

• 1901 » Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1986)
• 1904 » Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1905 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist († 1941)
• 1905 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player († 1979)
• 1910 » Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic († 1985)
• 1911 » John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon († 1982)
• 1912 » Barry Sullivan, American actor († 1994)
• 1912 » Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner († 2002)
• 1912 » Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer († 2016)
• 1913 » Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer († 1999)

• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Dirk
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Margaretha
16. Jantje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
• May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
• May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
• August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
• September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
• December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

The temperature on August 29, 1906 was between 4.7 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.