About the day » Sunday April 29, 1906Calender converter

• Adrianus Henricus van Haren, Nijmegen († 1977)
• Afra Maria Kunst, Zwaag, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Afra Zoon, Heiloo († 1940)
• Adé van den Engh, Solo, Nederlands Indië († 2002)
• Aaltje Bos, Brunsting, Beilen
• Amalia Louisa Maria Roelans, Ossenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1906)
• (Stillborn) GELDERLOOS, Wagenborgen (Delfzijl) Groningen Netherlands († 1906)
• Agatha Hermine Wasch, Djokjakarta, Midden-Java († 1976)
• Aleida Hielken, Dieren, ge.nld († 1999)
• Adriana van Schetsen, oud-vossemeer (zeeland)

• (Stillbirth) GELDERLOOS (0), Wagenborgen, Termunten
• Alphonsius Antonius Johannes Maria Dessens (58), Tilburg
• Antonius Adrianus van Berkel (0), Tilburg
• Aaltje Zeeman (78), Marken, Nederland
• Aaltje van Veen (68), Meppel
• Petrus Busio (81), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Arnoldus Pouels (73), St. Anthonis Oploo
• Alphonsus Antonius Johannes Maria Dessens (58), Tilburg (Brabant)
• Bene Kok (70), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• (Stillborn) GELDERLOOS (0), Wagenborgen (Delfzijl) Groningen Netherlands

• 1899 » Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1974)
• 1899 » Mary Petty, American illustrator († 1976)
• 1900 » Amelia Best, Australian politician, one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly († 1979)
• 1900 » Concha de Albornoz, Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War († 1972)
• 1901 » Hirohito, Japanese emperor († 1989)
• 1907 » Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer († 1997)
• 1908 » Jack Williamson, American author and academic († 2006)
• 1909 » Tom Ewell, American actor († 1994)
• 1912 » Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1915 » Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic († 1997)

• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)

• 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
• April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
• May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.

The temperature on April 29, 1906 was between 1.1 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.