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• Elisabeth Johanna Snellenberg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Anna Cornelia van der Bijl, Ter Aar (Aardam) († 2023)
• Bob van den Berg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Adrianus van der Zwaan, Rotterdam
• Engelina Scholder, IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Berend Snijder, Tiendeveen, Beilen († 1987)
• Angelika Färber, Frankfurt am Main, Germany († 2008)
• Dirk Willem de Monchy, Hengelo († 2009)
• Anthonia Wilhelmina Sabel, Haarlem († 1952)
• Antje Bont, Edam Volendam (Nederland) († 2002)

• Antonia Hartman (84), Zwijndrecht, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Bosmans (45), Vught
• Alma Battaglia (12), Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, United States
• Beerd Prins (88), Werfhorst (Doornspijk), Gld, The Netherlands
• Bernardus Johannes Lancee (Lancée) (76), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Adrianus Johannes Kop (57), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agripina Carreño Solano (25), Rio Negro, Santander, Colombia
• Aloisius Johannes van der Velden (63), Loon op Zand, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Geertje van der Heide (3), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Louisa Frederika Hitz (75), Rotterdam

• 1926 » Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, President of Bolivia († 2002)
• 1927 » Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
• 1928 » Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, President of Estonia
• 1928 » Lothar Schmid, German chess player († 2013)
• 1929 » Antonine Maillet, Canadian author and playwright
• 1929 » Audun Boysen, Norwegian runner († 2000)
• 1929 » George Coe, American actor and producer († 2015)
• 1930 » George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 » Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1933 » Jean Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1891 » Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)
• 1897 » Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)

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 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
• January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• January 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
• February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.

The temperature on May 10, 1929 was between 4.1 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.