About the day » Sunday October 29, 1916Calender converter

• Anna Kramer († 2003)
• Audrey Valmai (Val) Wenn, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia († 2002)
• Alexander Wilhelmus HEINSIUS, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Alwin Rudolf Walter Siebert, Minden-Lubbecke, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 1932)
• Anna Kramer, Urk († 2003)
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus Sophie SPEEKENBRINK, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1977)
• de Vos, Rijssen († 1916)
• Amerensje Trommel, Stad aan het Haringvliet († 2006)
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus Sophie Spreekenbrink († 1977)
• "Bart" Albertus Gerardus Antonius Derksen, Babberich († 2000)

• Aaltje Bierhof (56), Utrecht
• Antje HOEKSEMA (71), Lagemeeden, Aduard
• Barendina Teunissen (43), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Alberdina Leijssenaar (1), Hoogeveen, Gemeente Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland Nederland
• Thijsse (0), Haamstede, Zeeland, Nederland
• (82), Ibbenb
• Andreas Johannes Wissenburg (9)
• Barbara Isabella Steyn (70), Swellendam, Cape Province, South Africa
• Agnes Wilhelmina Snabilie (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Poepjes (83), Ossenzijl

• 1910 » A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author († 1989)
• 1913 » Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee († 2014)
• 1914 » Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch († 2012)
• 1915 » William Berenberg, American physician and academic († 2005)
• 1918 » Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer († 2007)
• 1918 » Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author († 2020)
• 1920 » Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1921 » Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic († 2013)
• 1921 » Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan († 2014)
• 1921 » Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist († 2003)

• 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 1919 » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
• 1933 » George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
• January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
• June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
• November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.

The temperature on October 29, 1916 was between 4.2 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.