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• Cornelis Gerardus Polman, Nijmegen, Nederland († 1996)
• Anton Jepsen, êArhus († 1988)
• Elisabeth Petronella Berghs († 2014)
• Dorothée Angela Maria Hoefsloot, Arnhem († 1949)
• Cecil Herman Mennen, Aplington, Butler County, Iowa († 2013)
• Belia van der Harst, Scheveningen († 2005)
• Cornelis Hendrik Heijstek († 2017)
• Anna Luttje, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2018)
• Gaspar Camiel Claeys, Maldegem († 2008)
• Dinant Jan Bouman, Lonneker († 1945)

• Cornelis Jacobus Hamwijk (59), Delft
• Beatrix Jacoba Jacoba De Goede (58)
• Christina Smits (84), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arij van der Mark (84), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Haaksma (70), Westernieland,Gemeente De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Moors (0), Steensel
• Arnoldus Oerlemans (76), Amersfoort
• Alida Kuijf (71), Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne Marie Philomène Hulet (80), Neufville
• Adelia Reed (45)

• 1927 » Art Houtteman, American baseball player and journalist († 2003)
• 1927 » Carl Switzer, American child actor and hunting guide († 1959)
• 1927 » Edwin Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 50th Governor of Louisiana
• 1927 » Rocky Bridges, American baseball player and coach († 2015)
• 1928 » Betsy Byars, American author and academic († 2020)
• 1928 » James Randi, Canadian-American magician and author
• 1928 » Owen Luder, English architect, designed Tricorn Centre and Trinity Square
• 1929 » Don Larsen, American baseball player († 2020)
• 1930 » Togrul Narimanbekov, Azerbaijani-French painter and academic († 2013)
• 1930 » Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer and educator († 2017)

• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1892)

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. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Margaretha
14. Geertruida
15. Aaltje
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 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
• 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.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on August 7, 1929 was between 13.6 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.