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• André Previn, Berlin († 2019)
• Arnold James Schaap, Austinville, Butler County, Iowa († 2020)
• Cornelis Gerrit Verburgh, Vreeswijk († 2017)
• Aart de Vlaming, Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel († 2012)
• Anna Maria (Marie) Manders, Leunen, Netherlands († 2013)
• Agnar Nilsen, Dalselv, Rana, Nordland, Norge († 1988)
• Antonius Blummel, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1929)
• Cornelis Adrianus Petrus Maria van Iersel, Goirle († 2000)
• Aaltje Witting, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Cornelia Geertruida # van Hoogdalem, Rotterdam († 1998)

• Alicia Ann Thekla Watson (79), Bloemendaal, Pays-Bas
• Hekman, groningen
• Adrianus van de Klundert (64), Princenhage
• Albertje Dolfing (96), Sleen
• Willem Van Dijk (66), De Wijk
• Allegonda Welbers (74), Well
• Aaltjen Broekhuis (80), Deventer
• Albert de Wilde (80), Borculo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adam Bomberger Fernsler (81), Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
• Aaltje Sibben Nijenhuis (56), Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove

• 1926 » Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator († 2000)
• 1926 » Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland († 2014)
• 1926 » Sergio Franchi, Italian-American singer and actor († 1990)
• 1927 » Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer († 1996)
• 1928 » James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 » André Previn, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2019)
• 1929 » Joi Lansing, American model, actress and nightclub singer († 1972)
• 1929 » Willis Hall, English playwright and author († 2005)
• 1931 » Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer († 2008)
• 1931 » Ram Dass, American author and educator († 2019)

• 1899 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
• 1906 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
• 1913 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
• 1923 » Kabalega, King of Bunyoro (b.1853)
• 1927 » Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874)
• 1947 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)
• 1950 » Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (b. 1905)

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.
• February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
• April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
• June 21 » An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
• 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.
• November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.

The temperature on April 6, 1929 was between -3.2 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.