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• Berend Boertien, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2007)
• Catharina Maria VAN Ophem, Wervershoof († 2011)
• Cornelis Josephus Maria van der Aa, Oisterwijk († 2013)
• Cornelia Hendrika Jannette van Meerveld, Wageningen († 1929)
• Cornelis Zwaan, Amsterdam († 2005)
• Achilles Augustien Raman, Laarne († 2008)
• Gertruda Helena de Krom, Halsteren († 1996)
• Ate Pieters Bouma († 1977)
• Albert Poniatowski, Garches, 92033, France († 2009)
• Adrianus Josephus Maria (Ad) OOMEN, Den Hout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)

• Antonia Janna Rossel (72), Laren (G)
• Aaltjen Heuten (58), Nijverdal, Hellendoorn,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonia Wilhelmina van Krinkelen (77), Amsterdam
• Anna Kester (1), Rotterdam (Z-H), Nederland
• Applonia Adriaantje Lagendijk (64), Boyden, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Franciscus Wesenbeek (61), Ossendrecht
• Annigje van den Ham (41), Nieuwerkerk aan de Ijssel (Zuid-Holland)
• Aaltjen Heuten (59), Nijverdal
• Antje Elisabeth Werter (66), Leiden
• Antonia Janna Rossel (72), Laren

• 1927 » Michael Constantine, American actor
• 1927 » Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review († 2014)
• 1928 » Hiroshi Sano, Japanese novelist († 2013)
• 1928 » John Mackenzie, Scottish director and producer († 2011)
• 1928 » Serge Doubrovsky, French theorist and author († 2017)
• 1928 » T. Boone Pickens, American businessman († 2019)
• 1929 » Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet († 2013)
• 1930 » Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician († 1978)
• 1930 » Kenny Ball, English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader († 2013)
• 1930 » Marisol Escobar, French-American sculptor († 2016)

• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)

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 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
• February 26 » President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
• 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.
• May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• June 8 » Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
• 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.

The temperature on May 22, 1929 was between 6.5 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.