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• Dorothy Louise Novak, Hazen, Prairie County, Arkansas (USA) († 2006)
• (l.l.) Post, Urk († 1929)
• Arie Lanser, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1997)
• Dina Maria Leonora van 't Zand († 2016)
• Cornelis Johannes Brooymans, Oosterhout († 1990)
• Bernardus Jacobus Maria van Sante, Zaandam († 1990)
• Cornelius Petrus Diepstraten, Gilze en Rijen († 2004)
• Cornelia Geertruida Winter, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Aaltje Alblas, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Albert Jan van der Hoek, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesië († 2011)

• Aleida Hittersum (54), Heerde
• Antonius-Hendrikus de Bruijn (0), Heteren
• Anna Johanna Maria Rours (38), Brunsum
• Adriana Johanna Leenders (77), Schiedam
• Charles S. Lembcke (78), Lake County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Lambrechts (80), Rijkevorsel, Antwerpen, België
• Cornelia Geertruida Petronella Schepens (47), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Dinteren- (79), Dussen, Nederland
• Albertus Borkent (24), Deventer
• Anthonetta Helena Isabella Niermans (51), Gouda

• 1926 » Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor († 1984)
• 1927 » Herbert W. Franke, Austrian scientist and author
• 1928 » Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer and choreographer († 2014)
• 1928 » Dub Jones, American R&B bass singer († 2000)
• 1928 » Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch engineer, author, and academic († 2015)
• 1929 » Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author († 2013)
• 1929 » Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player († 2007)
• 1929 » Henry McGee, English actor and singer († 2006)
• 1930 » William James, Australian general and physician († 2015)
• 1931 » Alvin Lucier, American composer and academic

• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)

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 1 » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
• January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
• February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• February 26 » President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
• June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
• October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

The temperature on May 14, 1929 was between 8.7 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.