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• Cornelis Thomas Hendricus Elich, Breda († 2019)
• Dirk Ruijgrok, Monster († 2001)
• Dirk Pieter Cerneus, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Bernardus Jacobus Grijmans, Heemstede († 2009)
• Geertruid Agnes van Dedem, Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2001)
• Adrianus Reinier Constantinus Hubertus Blommers, Roosendaal († 1930)
• Cornelis Gerrit Bogaard, Woerden († 1962)
• Chester Alonzo FARNSWORTH, Garcia, Galena, Chihuahua, Mexico († 2007)
• Arnoldus Johannes Gerardus te Riele († 2011)
• Dirk Pieter Cerneus, Amsterdam († 1983)

• Antonetta Smulders (92), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Balduina de Groot (77)
• Arendje Keus (63), scheveningen
• Aaltje Luchies (66), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Anne Geerts van der Leest (73), Nijega
• Annie Marsden (33), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Antonetta Smulders (92), Berlicum
• Arthur Denton Downey (62), Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
• Antonius Henricus Maria GOMMANS (0), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Anne Geerts van der Leest (73), Nijega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1926 » Adetowun Ogunsheye, first female Nigerian professor and university dean
• 1927 » Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thai king († 2016)
• 1927 » W.D. Amaradeva, Sri Lankan musician and composer († 2016)
• 1929 » Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author († 2014)
• 1930 » Yi-Fu Tuan, Chinese-American geographer
• 1931 » Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer and manager († 2011)
• 1932 » Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs, British politician
• 1932 » Jim Hurtubise, American race car driver († 1989)
• 1932 » Little Richard, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor († 2020)
• 1932 » Sheldon Lee Glashow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
• 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
• 1951 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)

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. Geertruida
14. Margaretha
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.
• January 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
• February 21 » In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
• August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
• 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.
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.
• December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

The temperature on December 5, 1929 was between 6.7 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.