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• Arelis Gerrit van Egmond, Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Arina Jacoba Pluijgers, Zeist († 2005)
• Bernarda Reindina Wilhelmina Jansen, Dinxperlo († 1958)
• Arelis Gerrit van Egmond, Rijnsburg († 1998)
• Abraham Cornelis van der Meide(Meijde), Middelharnis (ZH Nederland) († 1927)
• Adriana Bonimbie, Salatiga, Java, Ned. Indie
• Blanche Schrier, New York († 1994)
• Anna Francisca BERGHMANS, Herselt,Belgei († 1925)
• Blanche Cresent Langdon, Rockville Centre, Hempstead (Nassau County) (New York) († 2007)
• Charles Hill Duthie, Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten († 1992)

• "Eugénie" Marie Charlotte Henriette Horeau (53), Libourne, Gironde, France
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Ruhe (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Hout (51), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Moerkerken (61)
• Anna Vermaat (42), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abe Hettes Wiersma (65), Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Augusta Riese (33), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Rietdijk (75), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Hoebreghts (50), Hasselt, België
• Adriana Sterk (40), Noordeloos, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1921 » Geraldine Pittman Woods, American science administrator and embryologist († 1999)
• 1923 » Jack Burke Jr., American golfer
• 1923 » Paddy Chayefsky, American author and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1926 » Abdus Salam, Pakistani-British physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1996)
• 1926 » Amelita Ramos, 11th First Lady of the Philippines
• 1927 » Edward Abbey, American environmentalist and author († 1989)
• 1929 » Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1929 » Joseph Kruskal, American mathematician and computer scientist († 2010)
• 1931 » Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary († 2011)
• 1931 » Leslie Bricusse, English playwright and composer

• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
• January 3 » Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
• February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
• March 16 » An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
• May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
• August 9 » A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India.
• November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.

The temperature on January 29, 1925 was between 2.9 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.