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• Adrianus Antonie VERDONK, Dordrecht († 1985)
• Anna Maria Exel († 2007)
• Alphons Frijns, Nuth († 1929)
• Antoni Joan (Ton) Kouwenaar, Semarang, Nederlandsch Indie († 2013)
• Adriaan ten Haaf, Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland († 2019)
• Albert Schonewille, Noord, Hoogeveen († 2014)
• Cornelia Dina van Langevelde († 1990)
• Annetje Bunschoten, Huisen († 1988)
• Anne Piebes Haaima, Jellum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1974)
• barbara ROODENBURG, barendrecht († 2008)

• Anna Maria van den Borne (85), Hoge en Lage Mierde
• ANNA MARIA BLOM (73), HILVERSUM
• Aldegondis Smeets (90), Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Smal (Smaal) (82), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Koehorst (0), Avereest
• Adriana van Biert (0), Stad aan 't Haringvliet
• Adrianus Laurentius Braam (45), Doesburg, Nederland
• Antje de Vries (50), Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aagje in 't Veld (37), Schiedam
• Antje Sjoukes de Vries (50), Bûtenpost, Friesland, Nederland

• 1925 » Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 2013)
• 1927 » Emmanuelle Riva, French actress († 2017)
• 1929 » Kintaro Ohki, South Korean wrestler († 2006)
• 1930 » Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress († 2013)
• 1931 » Brian Close, English cricketer and coach († 2015)
• 1931 » Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
• 1932 » John Vernon, Canadian-American actor († 2005)
• 1932 » Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 2019)
• 1932 » Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia († 2018)
• 1933 » Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist († 2008)

• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)

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 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
• 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 3 » The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.
• December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on February 24, 1929 was between -2.3 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.