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• Beverly Jane Ruiter, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Cornelia Maria Henrica van Baest, Tilburg († 2005)
• André Coucke, Waregem, België († 2015)
• Adrianus Kranenburg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Colnelis Gerardus van Dort, Bunnik († 1995)
• Arie Gerritse Post, Nootdorp, Nederland († 2001)
• Albert Ritsma, Brunssum († 2016)
• Christiaan Johannes(Chris) Deuling, nieuwe pekela († 2018)
• Cornelis Versluis, Ameide, zh.nld († 2011)
• Adrianus Petrus Hogervorst, Lisse († 1993)

• Berend Froklage (89), Steggerda
• Barteld Osinga (56)
• Aaltjen Johanna Jansen (58), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Auke Walinga (68), Scharnegoutum (Skearnegoutum), Friesland, Nederland
• Berend Hendriks Froklage * (89), Steggerda (Weststellingwerf)
• Aukje Reitzes Bloembergen (52), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafje Boogaardt (70), Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Uijttewaal (85), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Theodora Lambres (63), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Uijttewaal (85), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1926 » Betsy Jolas, French composer
• 1926 » Jeri Southern, American jazz singer and pianist († 1991)
• 1927 » John H. Moore II, American lawyer and judge († 2013)
• 1929 » Don Matheson, American soldier, police officer, and actor († 2014)
• 1930 » Damita Jo DeBlanc, American comedian, actress, and singer († 1998)
• 1930 » Michal Kováč, Slovak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Slovakia (d.2016)
• 1930 » Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut († 2012)
• 1930 » Richie Ginther, American race car driver († 1989)
• 1931 » Tom Hafey, Australian footballer and coach († 2014)
• 1932 » Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch pianist and composer († 1996)

• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 » Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)

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.
• January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on August 5, 1929 was between 9.3 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.