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• Antonius Joannes van Bodegraven, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Delbert Anderson, Ogden (Weber County) (Utah) († 1962)
• Daniël Hendricus Landa, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Casimir van der Horst, Amsterdam († 2004)
• Cornelis Hendricus van Exter, Made († 1967)
• Agatha Maria de Vreede, Oegstgeest († 2015)
• Adrianus Henricus Franciscus Duisters, Budel († 1944)
• Arnolda Wilhelmina Luijkx, Etten-Leur († 2020)
• Adrianus Franciscus Hendrikus (Jen) Duisters, Budel († 1944)
• Diederika Gijsbertha Mojet († 2009)

• Cornelia Pauline van der Kaa Willemszen (58), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Clara Colijn (57), Voorhout, ZH, Nederland
• Antje Molenaar (63), Urk
• Adriana Johanna Henriëtte Mijnarda van Tuyl van Serooskerken (baronesse) (83), Deventer
• Adriana Johanna Henriëtte Mijnarda van Tuyll van Serooskerken (83), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis Stassen (23), Rotterdam
• Antonius van Dam (61), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adriaan Johannes van der Hoeven (70), Leiden
• Cornelia Bouwhuis (64), Hilversum, Nederland
• Antje MOLENAAR (63), Urk, Flevoland, Nederland

• 1925 » Russell Baker, American critic and essayist († 2019)
• 1926 » Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist († 2017)
• 1926 » René Goscinny, French author and illustrator († 1977)
• 1928 » Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1929 » Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer († 1971)
• 1929 » Gene Scott, American pastor and broadcaster († 2005)
• 1929 » Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral († 2013)
• 1930 » Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager († 2013)
• 1931 » Frederic Raphael, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Lee Hoffman, American author († 2007)

• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)
• 1951 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)

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. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Margaretha
15. Aaltje
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 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
• February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
• April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• August 23 » Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.

The temperature on August 14, 1929 was between 9.8 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.