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• Barbara Verjean Jensen, George, Lyon County, Iowa († 2023)
• CORNELIA SCHIEBAAN, ROTTERDAM († 1986)
• antonius leonardus (toon) van mullekom, helenaveen († 1998)
• Anne Ruurds Visser, Warns, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland († 2013)
• Christiaan Johannes Kien, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius VAN EMMERIK, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Charles Depré, Etterbeek (bruxelles-Capitale),Brussels Capital Region,Belgique († 1991)
• Adriana Johanna Maria Heeman († 1996)
• Elisabeth T. de Jonge, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)
• Elisabeth Hilgers († 2021)

• Cornelia Maria van der Pluijm (92), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartje (Barbara) Theodora Papavoine (71), Amsterdam, Noord Holland Nederland
• Camille Léon Joseph LAMBRET (71), Fize-Le-Marsal, 64026, Liège, Belgique
• Augustinus Josephus Johannus Maria Dominicus (61), Tilburg
• Bastiana Ballijns (38), Schiedam
• Antje VAN DER VEEN (6), Peize Drenthe Netherlands
• Anna Apolonia Cornelia Otten (16), Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiana Ballijns (38), SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Michielsen (80), Chaam, Nederland
• Charlotte CAINES (95), Hindmarsh Valley, Victor Harbor, South Australia 5211

• 1928 » Ann Blyth, American actress and singer
• 1928 » Ara Güler, Turkish photographer and journalist († 2018)
• 1928 » Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)
• 1928 » Eydie Gormé, American singer († 2013)
• 1928 » Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, theologian, and activist († 2018)
• 1929 » Bill Evans, American pianist and composer († 1980)
• 1929 » Fritz Von Erich, American wrestler and trainer († 1997)
• 1929 » Helmut Rahn, German footballer († 2003)
• 1930 » Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor († 2015)
• 1930 » Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2010)

• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
• 1948 » Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1949 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (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.
• February 21 » In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
• April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
• October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

The temperature on August 16, 1929 was between 9.3 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.