About the day » Friday March 15, 1929Calender converter

• Daniel Benjamin Plandsoen, Rotterdam († 2007)
• Firmine Jacqueline Marie Louise Theuns, Ossendrecht,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Cornelis Jozef Zonneveld, Voorhout († 2004)
• Everhardus Gerhardus Kip, Groningen, Nederland († 2011)
• Edna Gonçalves Torres († 2008)
• Clasina de Visser, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Adriana Op 't Hof, 's Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 2016)
• Elisabeth van Asselt, Enschede († 2012)
• Charles William Jr. Mellema, MI, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Berendina Jans Jordens, Ambt Vollenhove († 2016)

• Albert Alexander Veenhuijzen (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jan Snippen (36), Hoogeveen
• Albert Huizing (83), Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Agatha Petronella de Rijk (72), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bakker (62), Groningen
• Albert Slond (22), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aalt van HUISSTEDEN (76), Nederhorst den Berg (NL),, France
• Aaltje Kollen (1), Anerveen
• Albert Slond (22), Steenwijk
• Aisina Nap (45), Stadskanaal, Onstwedde

• 1926 » Ben Johnston, American composer and academic († 2019)
• 1926 » Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach († 1983)
• 1927 » Carl Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2010)
• 1927 » Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1928 » Bob Wilber, American clarinetist and saxophonist († 2019)
• 1930 » Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2019)
• 1932 » Alan Bean, American captain, pilot, and astronaut († 2018)
• 1932 » Arif Mardin, Turkish-American record producer († 2006)
• 1933 » Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1933 » Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge

• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857)
• 1951 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)

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.
• February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• 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.
• September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
• December 3 » President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It was presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
• December 19 » The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on March 15, 1929 was between -0.4 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.