About the day » Tuesday April 29, 1924Calender converter

• Cornelia Gerarda Johanna Wouters, Katwijk († 1997)
• Cornelis Gerardus Groot, Zaandam († 2004)
• Bastiaan Johannes Hijzelendoorn, den haag († 1939)
• Christiaan Hoek, Nieuw-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Ada Lenselink, Nederland († 2017)
• Albertha Johanna Timmerman, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• Aaltje van Engen († 2010)
• Bernardus Petrus Steenvoorden, Noordwijk († 2000)
• Anne Karacek Cohen, Chelsea, Mass († 2012)
• Arnoldus Johannes Engel, Netherlands († 2006)

• Burton Craig Beam (65)
• Adriana Maria Straathof (1), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van der Duim (0), Boornbergum
• Augusta Bertha Schubert (59)
• Jacoba Janna van Noort (93), Lienden
• Auguste Caroline Maria Huberta van Beerenbroeck (71), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Barbara Broens (78), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Albert van den Beld (79), Kampen {OV}
• "Karl" Maria Adam Felix Otto von Aretin (68), Regensburg, Allemagne
• Annetje de Vroed (54), den haag

• 1922 » Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist († 2001)
• 1922 » Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player († 2016)
• 1923 » Irvin Kershner, American actor, director, and producer († 2010)
• 1924 » Al Balding, Canadian golfer († 2006)
• 1924 » Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress
• 1925 » Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer († 2007)
• 1925 » John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia († 2007)
• 1926 » Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author († 2009)
• 1927 » Bill Slater, English footballer († 2018)
• 1927 » Dorothy Manley, English sprinter

• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)

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

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

• 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
• February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
• May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
• September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
• November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
• December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

The temperature on April 29, 1924 was between 2.3 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.