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• Anna Helena Maria Kester, Naaldwijk († 2022)
• Bertha Soeterings, Macharen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Bernardus Johannes WESTEN, Vlagtwedde († 1999)
• Aukje Pelsma, Sondel († 2020)
• Aaltje Mol, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2020)
• Alie Neel Nieland, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Achille Bortollo, Americo Brasiliense, São Paulo, Brasil († 1997)
• Veraart, Roosendaal en Nispen
• Adrianus Vegers, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Alardus Scholten, Giethoorn († 2010)

• Bastiaan van der Landen (74), (UT) Woerden
• Aleida Bloemen (70), Coevorden, Nederland
• Antoinetta Maria Louisa Mathilda Zelling (56), Groesbeek
• Anthonij Roose (66), Axel, Zeeland, Nederland, Nederland
• Antonius HUIJBERS (72), Gerwen
• Antoinetta Maria Louisa Mathilda Zelling (56), Groesbeek, Nederland
• Antoon Robert Spreeuwers (0), Opglabbeek
• Anna Margaretha Vosbeek (80), Nassau, Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota (USA)
• Bartel Klap (40), Veere
• Antje Door van Oostveen

• 1926 » Richard Anderson, American actor and producer († 2017)
• 1927 » Johnny Temple, American baseball player and coach († 1994)
• 1927 » Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author († 2002)
• 1928 » Don Burrows, Australian saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player († 2020)
• 1929 » Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist († 2004)
• 1929 » Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian general and politician, 68th President of Bolivia († 2018)
• 1930 » Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach († 2015)
• 1930 » Terry Nation, Welsh-American author and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1931 » Roger Penrose, English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher
• 1932 » Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2017)

• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1920 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
• 1928 » Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874)
• 1934 » Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
• 1940 » Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)
• 1944 » Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1944 » Michael Wittmann, German commander (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.
• February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• June 17 » The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
• July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
• November 3 » The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.
• November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on August 8, 1929 was between 10.5 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.