About the day » Wednesday March 20, 1929Calender converter

• Aleida Smid, Hellum (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1988)
• Catharina Maria van den Bos, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Albertus Gerardus VEERMAN, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Aaltje Aukes Nauta, Wartena, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Adriana Wilhelmina in 't Veld (in ’t Veldt, In ’t Velt) († 2006)
• Bernardus Möller, Munsterscheveld, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna Maria Houben, Bree († 1998)
• Adrianus Antonius Joseph Spruyt, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Bertha Elsa Hager († 1930)
• August Baeyens, Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1999)

• Aaltje Dirks ZEEPHAT (86), Odoorn
• Angela Maria DiGrande (58), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Root (68), Bloemendaal
• Aaltje Zeephat (87), Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Nijenhuis (63), Enschede,, Overijssel, Nederland
• (81), Gemeente Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Jacoba Maria Verwijs (69), Leiden
• Anna Maria (Ouders:Johann Bernard - Berend Heller, Anna Margaretha - Heller-Eite Suelmann) Heller (31), Barger-Compascuum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus de Kort (68), Oisterwijk
• Adrianus Gerardus Rademaker (70), Zegwaart, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1925 » John Ehrlichman, American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel († 1999)
• 1927 » John Joubert, South African-English composer and academic († 2019)
• 1928 » Fred Rogers, American television host and producer († 2003)
• 1928 » James P. Gordon, American physicist and engineer († 2013)
• 1928 » Jerome Biffle, American long jumper and coach († 2002)
• 1929 » Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican actor and director († 2015)
• 1929 » William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge († 2013)
• 1930 » S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic († 1998)
• 1931 » Hal Linden, American actor, singer, and director
• 1931 » Rein Raamat, Estonian director and screenwriter

• 1918 » Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (b. 1828)
• 1925 » George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (b. 1859)
• 1929 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (b. 1851)
• 1930 » Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (b. 1876)
• 1931 » Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (b. 1900; executed)
• 1940 » Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (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 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on March 20, 1929 was between -3.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.