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• Arnould Alphonse Georges Marie Joseph Gérard de LOOZ-CORSWAREM, Uccle, 1180, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2018)
• Cornelia Henderika Veldhuizen, Den Haag († 2005)
• Van Bleijswijk Tierens Verhagen, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1929)
• Albertus Joannes MORTIER, Sint Jansteen (Zeeland) (NL) († 2015)
• Albert C. Huyser, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Domingos Álvares de Azevedo Sodré († 1983)
• Adrianus Cornelis Borsboom, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Andries Huisman, zwolle, Nederland († 2007)
• Aaltje Hooiveld, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 1996)
• Christ A. L. Mermans († 1956)

• Arnoldus Athonasius van der Valk (73), Loosduinen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan LEEDEN, van der (72), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Nijman (1), Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Alberts Loots (59), Emmen, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus Verhagen (0), Boxtel
• Arnoldus Anthanasium van der Valk (73), Den Haag
• Albert Loots (59), Emmen
• Antje Appelman (64), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Antje Cornelisdr Appelman (64), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Franciska Lenssen (73), Boxmeer

• 1927 » Chris Connor, American singer († 2009)
• 1927 » Ken Dodd, English singer / comedian († 2018)
• 1927 » L. K. Advani, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India
• 1927 » Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of Vietnam († 2013)
• 1927 » Patti Page, American singer and actress († 2013)
• 1928 » Des Corcoran, Australian politician, 37th Premier of South Australia († 2004)
• 1929 » António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher and academic
• 1929 » Bobby Bowden, American football player and coach
• 1931 » Jim Redman, English-Rhodesian motorcycle racer
• 1931 » Morley Safer, Canadian-American journalist and author († 2016)

• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
• 1949 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1953 » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (b. 1884)

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. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Margaretha
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.
• June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
• August 11 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
• August 23 » Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
• September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

The temperature on November 8, 1929 was between 2.3 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.