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• dorothea margaretha stemkens, neer († 2016)
• Albertine Aper († 2009)
• Armando Alfonso Ayala Guzman Jr., Laredo, County of Webb, State of Texas († 2009)
• Arnold van Dijk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Corrie Keesman, Andijk († 2011)
• Cornelia (Corrie) Schiebaan, Rotterdam († 1986)
• Antonius VAN EMMERIK, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Elisabeth T. de Jonge, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)
• Elaine Muriel Folkerts, Corsica, Douglas County, South Dakota († 2007)
• Anne Ruurds Visser, Warns, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland († 2013)

• Carolus Franciscus Van Pelt (54), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adriana Verbruggen (69), Oijen en Teeffelen
• Cornelis de Putter (64), Boschkapelle
• Catharina van Lierop (78), Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiana Ballijns (38), SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend HARTMAN (76), Noordbroek
• Cornelia Maria van der Pluijm (92), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ANDREAS VAN DONGEN (5), RIDDERKERK
• Charlotte CAINES (95), Hindmarsh Valley, Victor Harbor, South Australia 5211
• Bastiana Ballijns (38), Schiedam

• 1928 » Ann Blyth, American actress and singer
• 1928 » Ara Güler, Turkish photographer and journalist († 2018)
• 1928 » Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)
• 1928 » Eydie Gormé, American singer († 2013)
• 1928 » Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, theologian, and activist († 2018)
• 1929 » Bill Evans, American pianist and composer († 1980)
• 1929 » Fritz Von Erich, American wrestler and trainer († 1997)
• 1929 » Helmut Rahn, German footballer († 2003)
• 1930 » Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor († 2015)
• 1930 » Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2010)

• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
• 1948 » Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1949 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1900)

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 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
• April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
• May 1 » The 7.2 M_w  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
• June 8 » Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
• October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
• December 19 » The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).

The temperature on August 16, 1929 was between 9.3 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.