About the day » Thursday February 7, 1929Calender converter

• Donald L Keeney, Corning, Steuben, New York, United States († 1973)
• Berend Brokkelkamp, Doornspijk, Nederland († 1992)
• Berend Jan van der Maten, Heerde († 2007)
• "Henri" Marie Léonard François Micolon de Guérines, Miremont, Puy-de-Dôme, France († 1982)
• Anna Albertina KALE, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2008)
• Bastiaan Langstraat, Hoogvliet († 2001)
• Alberetha Grada Assink, Colmschate († 2023)
• Baudina Cupido, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Afien Henderika Abbring, Hoogezand († 2019)
• Barend Fidom, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2025)

• Albert~Hindriks Rademaker (88), Sandebuur,Roden
• Anna Maria Brümmer (71), Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems)
• Anna Maria Kraus (72), Duisdorf-Bonn, Duitsland
• Anna Maria van Turnhout (82), Zevenbergen, Nederland
• Agnetus Geertruida Gravelle De Vallée (84), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abbie Maria Sendel (87), West Hemlock Twn.Montour Co. Pennsylvania
• Antonetta van Drunen (61), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Albertsdr Vermeulen (76), Krommenie
• Anna Maria van Turnhout (82), Zevenbergen
• Alexander Frederik Lodewijk Anton Maria Prins Radziwill (59), Kudowa-Zdroj (Bad Kudowa), Neder-Silezië, Polen

• 1925 » Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler († 2012)
• 1926 » Bill Hoest, American cartoonist († 1988)
• 1926 » Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut († 2009)
• 1927 » Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress
• 1927 » Lalo Ríos, Mexican actor († 1973)
• 1927 » Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-Russian runner and coach († 1975)
• 1928 » Lincoln D. Faurer, American general († 2014)
• 1929 » Jim Langley, English international footballer, full back and manager († 2007)
• 1932 » Alfred Worden, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut († 2020)
• 1932 » Gay Talese, American journalist and memoirist

• 1919 » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1920 » Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)
• 1921 » John J. Gardner, American politician (b. 1845)
• 1937 » Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1938 » Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)

• 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.
• February 21 » In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
• May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
• July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
• August 23 » Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• November 3 » The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.

The temperature on February 7, 1929 was between -6.6 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.