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• Alma Alice Compton, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN († 1996)
• Adrianus Henricus Joannes van Berkel, Loon op Zand († 2014)
• Albert Lukens, Blekslage, Gemeente Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland († 2001)
• George Umberto Barbano, New York City, New York († 2002)
• Cornelia Koper, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Bruce Wentz Fenstamaker, Lock Haven, Clinton Co. Pennsylvania († 1982)
• Adriana Johanna van WELSUM, Dordrecht († 2006)
• Audrey Mae. Abbas, Kanawha, Hancock County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Frans Karel AMBAGTSHEER, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Andreas Sigismund Gabriël Prins Czartorysky-Klewan, Poznan (Posen), Groot-Polen († 1976)

• Barend Dreef (82), Haarlem
• Anna Maria Kuijper (6), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aale Lambers (67), Brucht
• Anna Cornelia Hagener (20), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina Doornbos (53), Middelstum, Toornwerd
• Aldert Onrust (69), Oostzaan
• Agnes Böcker (57), Rindern, Duitsland
• Antonetta Siemons (66), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Antonia Maria de Wijs (59), Teteringen
• Adriaan Rademakers (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1924 » Roy Bentley, English footballer († 2018)
• 1926 » David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish soldier and politician
• 1926 » Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1926 » Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic († 1981)
• 1929 » Branko Zebec, Yugoslav football player and coach († 1988)
• 1931 » Dewey Redman, American saxophonist († 2006)
• 1931 » Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader, founded Heaven's Gate († 1997)
• 1932 » Peter Burge, Australian cricketer († 2001)
• 1932 » Rodric Braithwaite, English soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia
• 1933 » Yelena Gorchakova, Russian javelin thrower († 2002)

• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877)

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.
• April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
• September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
• October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• December 19 » The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).
• December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

The temperature on May 17, 1929 was between 4.8 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.