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• Adrianus Theodorus Veerman, Wijdewormer († 1989)
• Anna Geertruida van den Bos, Amsterdam († 1986)
• Angelina HUYBRECHTS, Stabroek, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1979)
• Alvin HERRIG († 1973)
• Angela Maria Vereecke, Klerken († 1990)
• Age Vallinga, Bolsward
• Alida Hendrika van der Zijden, Den Haag
• aart van der HOEK, overschie († 1993)
• Aart Mijnten, Putten
• Alfons Cornelis Wuytack, STEKENE († 1986)

• Barbara Maria Lotz (1), Eijgelshoven
• Aaltje Versteeg (69), Bunschoten
• Adriana Willemina Heijboer (0), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alfred Ephrem Joseph Rozon (67)
• Antje Wallenburg (0), Hilversum
• Adriana van Veenendaal (76), Alem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Adriaan Branderhorst (0), Eethen, Nederland
• Bernardus Rouwhorst (0), Lichtenvoorde
• Antje Wallenburg (0)
• Anne Elisabeth Leus (83), Widooie

• 1910 » Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic († 1985)
• 1911 » John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon († 1982)
• 1912 » Barry Sullivan, American actor († 1994)
• 1912 » Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner († 2002)
• 1912 » Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer († 2016)
• 1913 » Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer († 1999)
• 1915 » Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress († 1982)
• 1915 » Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist and author († 1985)
• 1916 » George Montgomery, American actor, stuntman, director, and producer († 2000)
• 1916 » Luther Davis, American playwright and screenwriter († 2008)

• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 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)

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
• April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
• May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
• July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
• October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
• December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The temperature on August 29, 1911 was between 13.9 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.