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• Derald James McConnell, Williston, Williams County, North Dakota, United States of America († 2017)
• Cornelis de Vlaming, Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel († 2021)
• Adrianus Timmer († 1989)
• Dale August Haack, Lyon County, Iowa († 2022)
• Cornelia (Corrie) VISSER, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Adelfina Gomez, San Antonio, Texas († 1930)
• Geldof, Middelburg († 1929)
• Anna Adolphina Fehr, Batavia, Java, Indonesië († 1992)
• Ernestine Joy Craig, Ripley, Lauderdale, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Bart Witteveen, Amsterdam († 1986)

• Adrianus Brekelmans (75), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Lamberta van Leest (8), Oss, NBr., NL
• Adriana van Leijenhorst (0), Breda
• Aaltje Nies (75), Diffelen, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland
• Aagje Tukker (46), Vreeland
• Aaltje Vledder (74), Echten
• Aartje Willemina Boot (80)
• * Jannigje Ottelina den Hartog (74), Culemborg
• Geldof (0), Middelburg
• Aaltje Roskamp (90), Alteveer

• 1927 » Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 2003)
• 1927 » Olga San Juan, American actress and dancer († 2009)
• 1927 » Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut († 1967)
• 1928 » Christa Ludwig, German soprano and actress
• 1928 » Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna († 2010)
• 1929 » Betty Johnson, American singer
• 1929 » Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress
• 1929 » Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic († 2015)
• 1930 » Minoru Miki, Japanese composer († 2011)
• 1930 » Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer († 2001)

• 1914 » Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1914 » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
• 1914 » John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (b. 1841)
• 1925 » August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)
• 1930 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)
• 1935 » Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-Danish chess player (b. 1886)
• 1935 » John James Rickard Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1936 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (b. 1864)
• 1937 » Alexander von Staël-Holstein, Estonian orientalist and sinologist (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)

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.
• January 1 » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
• May 1 » The 7.2 M_w  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
• August 16 » The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
• October 29 » The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
• 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.
• December 19 » The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).

The temperature on March 16, 1929 was between -1.3 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.