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• Aart Streng, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2022)
• Alfredo Corrêa, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 1997)
• Albertus Peppinck, 's Gravenhage († 2010)
• Cornelia Anna Maria Vuijk, 's-Gravenhage († 2012)
• Donald Harvey Bechtel, Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 1979)
• Doekele Jager, Oudehorne, 8413, Nederland († 1996)
• Allie P Hopper, Colorado († 1980)
• Catharina Teresia Ligthart, Sint Maarten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Elmer Dykema († 1956)
• "Guy" Bertrand Louis de Vogüé, Paris († 2002)

• Arentina Heijes (84), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Zon- (73), Oosterhout, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Zon (73), Oosterhout
• Antje Sixtus Pijnacker (79), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Hessels Engbrenghof (79), Ferwerderadeel
• Akke van der Bijl (81), Oppenhuizen
• Anthonius Johannes Kleijnen (0), Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alois Pott
• Anna Magrietha Buseman (55), Nieuwe Pekela (Groningen)
• Antonij Hendriks (66), Wageningen

• 1927 » Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer († 1992)
• 1928 » Allan H. Meltzer, American economist and academic († 2017)
• 1929 » Colin Murdoch, New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian, invented the tranquilliser gun († 2008)
• 1929 » Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan author and critic († 2011)
• 1929 » Valentin Yanin, Russian historian and author († 2020)
• 1930 » Jun Kondo, Japanese physicist and academic
• 1931 » Fred Trueman, English cricketer († 2006)
• 1931 » Mamie Van Doren, American actress and model
• 1931 » Ricardo Vidal, Filipino cardinal († 2017)
• 1931 » Rip Torn, American actor († 2019)

• 1902 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1951 » Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882)
• 1952 » George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)

• 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.
• January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
• February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
• 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.
• October 29 » The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
• November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
• December 19 » The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).

The temperature on February 6, 1929 was between -2.9 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.