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• Alida Kanters, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1997)
• Albertha Renkina Hollen, Emmen († 1932)
• Andreas Cornelis van Weerdenburg, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Albert Emile Vandermarliere, Detroit (Michigan) Verenigde Staten-United States († 2004)
• Anthonij Bernardus Maagdelijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Adriana van Kekerix, Sioux Township, Sioux, Iowa, United States († 2023)
• Casper Kaat, Rotterdam († 1930)
• Prinsen († 2014)
• Dorance Eugene (Eugene) Behrman, Indiana, United States († 1941)
• David Mandrell, Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois († 1929)

• Abraham Jacobus Frederik FOKKER (71), Zierikzee, 5918, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Jacobus van der Flier (55), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Doornewaard (1), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Aaltje Oldebeerlink (19), Ambt Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Trijntje Bos (74), Veendam
• Abraham den Os (57), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• helena maria engelander (80), rotterdam
• Age Fontein (65)
• Agatha Houtgraaf. (53), Velsen, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Bloemaars (90), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland

• 1926 » Alan Greenspan, American economist and politician
• 1926 » Andrzej Wajda, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1926 » Ann Curtis, American swimmer († 2012)
• 1926 » Ray O'Connor, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia († 2013)
• 1927 » Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 2014)
• 1927 » Gordon Cooper, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut († 2004)
• 1927 » William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1929 » David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop († 2005)
• 1929 » Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 2013)
• 1930 » Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor († 2014)

• 1919 » Oskars Kalpaks, Latvian colonel (b. 1882)
• 1920 » Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish author and educator (b. 1884)
• 1932 » John Philip Sousa, American conductor and composer (b. 1854)
• 1933 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American lawyer and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1939 » Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
• 1941 » Francis Aveling, Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)

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.
• January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• August 11 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
• September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
• November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
• December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on March 6, 1929 was between -0.1 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.