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• Doodgeboren kind van Hal, Boxtel († 1929)
• Adriana Cornelia Blokland, Gouda († 2004)
• Cornelia Haaring, Den Haag († 2002)
• Christianus Antonius Marie van Duren († 2013)
• Edwin Gritters, Hull Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Catharina Anna Theresia Adams, Tilburg († 2012)
• Anny Alphonsa Maria Baartmans, Muntergeleen, Nederland († 2014)
• Arnoldus Gerardus Lambertus te Schure, Steenwijkerwold († 2009)
• Antonia maria (tonny) Out († 2019)
• "kind van vrouwelijk" Kroon, Den Helder († 1929)

• Agatha Pieternella Rosalia Nortier (75), Oostburg
• Aaron Fresco (90), Den Haag
• Adriana AARTS (87), Geertruidenberg
• Alberdina (Dena) Hanekamp (64), USA
• Aaltje IJzerman (69), Heerde, Nederland
• Aafien Renken van Dijk (84), Renville, Renville, Minnesota, United States
• Adrianus Spekman (75), Zevenhuizen
• Adriana KOOREVAAR (70), Brandwijk
• Aafien Renken van Dijk (84), Renville, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Meijboom (78), Pernis

• 1926 » Gillian Lynne, English ballerina, choreographer, and director († 2018)
• 1926 » Matthew Bucksbaum, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties († 2013)
• 1926 » Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1927 » Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer and musician († 2005)
• 1927 » Roy Cohn, American lawyer and political activist († 1986)
• 1927 » Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat
• 1928 » Jean Kennedy Smith, American diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to Ireland
• 1928 » Roy Face, American baseball player and carpenter
• 1929 » Amanda Blake, American actress († 1989)
• 1931 » John Milnor, American mathematician and academic

• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)

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.
• January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
• January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
• February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
• June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
• 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 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.

The temperature on February 20, 1929 was between -11.9 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -6.9 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.