About the day » Thursday January 3, 1929Calender converter

• Constant Alphonse Marie Siebelink, Wouw († 1932)
• Albertus Huf, Den Haag († 1974)
• Geert Geerts, Barger-Oosterveen, Emmen († 1958)
• Agatha Johanna Sies, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Doodgeboren van BREEMEN, Helmond, Noord-Braband (Nederland) († 1929)
• Franciscus Gerardus van Rijsbergen, Oud en Nieuw-Gastel (Halderberge) (Noord-Brabant) († 2006)
• Christiaan Konings, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Ausema, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1929)
• Franciscus Willem Bakelaar († 2010)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Crooijmans, Waalre († 2017)

• Abel Jans Oostra (52), Fr.Stroobos
• Aaltje Jagt (1), Emmen
• Albertina Zobel (66), Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Cornelia Petronella Paulina Goossens (83), Geldrop
• Aafje Steur (66), Volendam Nederland
• Alfred ELLIOTT (44), Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Anje Akkersma (79), Dennenoord, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Georgina Burgemeestre (75), Batavia
• Akke Draisma (83), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Akke Geertruida Draaisma (83), Haarlem, Nederland

• 1925 » Jill Balcon, English actress († 2009)
• 1926 » George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer († 2016)
• 1926 » W. Michael Blumenthal, American economist and politician, 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1928 » Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak († 2015)
• 1929 » Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer and conductor
• 1929 » Gordon Moore, American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation
• 1929 » Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1930 » Robert Loggia, American actor and director († 2015)
• 1932 » Dabney Coleman, American actor
• 1932 » Eeles Landström, Finnish pole vaulter and politician

• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
• 1927 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1896)
• 1933 » Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1943 » Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)

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

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

• 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
• June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
• August 16 » The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
• August 24 » Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city.
• September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
• October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on January 3, 1929 was between -1.2 and 1.5 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.