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• Cornelia Remmelzwaal, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Derkje Bosch († 2013)
• Duifje (Jop) Querido, amsterdam, Nederland († 2011)
• Audrey Elvina Moss, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 1958)
• Barendina Cornelia Paul, Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Dorothy Murray +, Calhoun, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• van Kessel, Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Eise Wijnalda, Tolbert († 1999)
• * Arie Pieter van Eck, Everdingen († 2015)
• Antonia Hendrika Kalfsterman, Harfsen († 2008)

• Berendina Coopmans (0), Hengelo
• Anje Vos (20), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Stolk (86), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Coopmans (0), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ariea Pieters van de Graaf (62), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Nicolaas de Roo (62), Siddeburen (Slochteren)
• Arie Stolk (86), Oud Beijerland Z.H
• Catherine Florilla Culpepper (80), Wadley, Randolph, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Berend Eding (59), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Stoffels (69), Ossendrecht

• 1927 » Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981
• 1928 » Marge Schott, American businesswoman († 2004)
• 1928 » Sonny Til, American R&B singer († 1981)
• 1929 » Hugues Aufray, French singer-songwriter
• 1930 » Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American engineer and academic († 2007)
• 1930 » Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician († 2014)
• 1931 » Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian 14th General of The Salvation Army († 2019)
• 1931 » Grant Williams, American film, theater and television actor († 1985)
• 1931 » Hans van Mierlo, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2010)
• 1932 » Luc Montagnier, French virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)

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. Margaretha
14. Geertruida
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.
• June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
• August 11 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
• 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.
• September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• 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 August 18, 1929 was between 9.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.