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• Cornelis Pieter Maarten ( Cor ) van Maurik, Amersfoort († 1994)
• Albertus Hendrikus Heres, Oldebroek († 2001)
• Count Johannes of Hartig, Niemes († 1975)
• Antonia Cornelia Maria Scholte, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Catharina Koning, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Catharina Petronella Stoffels, Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1930)
• Antonia Cornelia Maria Scholte, Schiedam († 1951)
• (Marie) van der Waal, Strijen († 2010)
• Christ Baum, Breda († 1929)
• Agate Broekema († 2009)

• andries VERSLOOT (71), waddinxveen
• Allegonda Cornelia van DIJK (59), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Broek (81), Etten-Leur
• Antje Faber (87), Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Alice M. Bush (19), Grand Rapids (Kent County) (Michigan)
• Albert Gorter (73), Weststellingwerf
• Aart Bernhard (56), Amsterdam
• Antje Verberne (81), Amsterdam
• Adriaantje van der Grient (69), Rotterdam
• Anthonius Johannes le Blanc (80), Rotterdam

• 1926 » David Tudor, American pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1926 » Patricia Neal, American actress († 2010)
• 1927 » Qurratulain Hyder, Indian-Pakistani journalist and academic († 2007)
• 1928 » Antonio de Almeida, French conductor and musicologist († 1997)
• 1929 » Arte Johnson, American actor and comedian († 2019)
• 1929 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver († 1964)
• 1929 » Masaharu Kawakatsu, Japanese biologist
• 1930 » Buzz Aldrin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1931 » David Lee, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 » Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese pianist and composer († 1992)

• 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1915 » Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)
• 1924 » Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)
• 1936 » George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)
• 1944 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)

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

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

• 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
• February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
• June 17 » The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
• September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
• October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
• December 3 » President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It was presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.

The temperature on January 20, 1929 was between -2.7 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.