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• Adriana Maria van Winden, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Cyriel Meersman, Temse († 2005)
• Aartje Kroon († 2002)
• Albertina Melania VLASSENROOT, Moerzeke,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1973)
• Alexander Christiaan Eduard Uriot, Amsterdam († 1928)
• Antje Banning († 1995)
• Cornelia Johanna van der Valk († 2006)
• Bernarda Henrica Margaretha von Hebel, Groningen
• Auke Hesse, Zandeweer, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Albert Allen Farris [Wk FwktScncHlBu]Wk, Casey County, Kentucky († 2003)

• Adrianus Franciscus de Vries (41), Amsterdam
• Aleida Jacoba Minoli (24), Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Alice Strukler (39), Holland, MI
• Antonius Cornelis van Tilburg (1), Halsteren
• Adrianus Franciscus de Vries (41), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Mastricht van (4), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus de Vries (41), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendje VELDHUIS (0), Barlage (Onstwedde) Groningen Netherlands
• Antoinetta Henrica Paulina Wilhelmina Siegmund (50), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Catharina Stokhuijzen (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1917 » Isabel Sanford, American actress († 2004)
• 1920 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer († 1955)
• 1920 » Herb Simpson, American baseball player († 2015)
• 1920 » Otis Boykin, American inventor and engineer († 1982)
• 1922 » John Edward Williams, American author and educator († 1994)
• 1922 » Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic († 2008)

• 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)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• February 5 » SSTuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
• March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
• April 23 » World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
• August 13 » Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
• August 17 » Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
• August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.

The temperature on August 29, 1918 was between 7.0 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.