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• Catharina van den Dool, Zegwaart, Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Annie Kersten, Nuth,, Limburg, Nederland († 2002)
• Abraham Griffioen, Kamerik († 1990)
• Albertus Hendrikus (Bertus) RABEN, Gendringen, Oude IJsselstreek (NL) († 2018)
• Charles Johannes Hippolyte Marie Vilder de, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1930)
• Dirk Hendrikus van Verseveld, Wadenoijen († 2021)
• Dirk van Ommeren, Maurik († 1930)
• Alvin C Todd ?****, Tennessee, United States († 1961)
• "Raoul" Julien Nicolas BUYLE, Nouveau-Kilo,,Congo Belge († 1991)
• Arij van der Valk († 2018)

• Camiel TEIRLYNCK (82), Zulte, Oost-Vlaanderen (BE)
• Dirk van Meeuwen (69), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloijsius Joannes Maria van Elewout (0), Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Van Boeijen (50), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Wilhelmus Schreinemacher (31), Hilversum
• Cornelis van Oeveren (7), Yerseke
• Cornelia Donkervoort (48), Zeist
• Berend BOSVELT (76), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Klomp (36), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Christiaan Hendrik van Malsen (57), Loosduinen

• 1926 » Donn Fendler, American author and speaker († 2016)
• 1926 » Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic
• 1927 » Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)
• 1928 » Charles Gray, English actor († 2000)
• 1928 » Herbert Meier, Swiss author and translator († 2018)
• 1929 » Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic († 2004)
• 1930 » Carlos Loyzaga, Filipino basketball player and coach († 2016)
• 1930 » Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman († 2006)
• 1931 » Lise Payette, Canadian journalist and politician († 2018)
• 1931 » Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist († 2001)

• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)

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 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
• February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• 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.
• July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
• September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.

The temperature on August 29, 1929 was between 10.6 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.