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• Catharina Maria Josephina Thomassen, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 1994)
• Elisabeth Ida Melkstop, Breda († 2021)
• Bregje Spaans, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Evelyn Mae Goelz, Renville County, Minnesota († 1998)
• Eva Rink, Emmercompascuum († 1941)
• Anna Margaretha Maria Cuijpers, Valkenswaard († 2004)
• Cornelis Hendricus Resing, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Elizabeth Janna BOUTHOORN, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Adriana Petronella van Nispen († 1999)
• Dirkje Berghuis, Nunspeet (Ermelo) († 1995)

• Arie Sloot (41), Noord zee
• Adolphus Van De Vijver (83), Koewacht, Nederland
• Ary de Young (61), Kasson, Dodge County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Wilhelmina Margaretha Dreesmann (73), Haarlem
• Anna Theunissen (78), Gellik, Lanaken (B)
• Adrianus van den Berg (8), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Aukes Visser (88), Blesdijke, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Hereijgers (71), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Klazes Pijpker (55), de Wilp, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aurelius Caleb Todd (72), Crescent City, Del Norte, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1927 » Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer († 1966)
• 1927 » John Dankworth, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer († 2010)
• 1927 » Red Mitchell, American bassist, composer, and poet († 1992)
• 1928 » Alberto de Lacerda, Mozambican-Portuguese poet and radio host († 2007)
• 1928 » Donald Hall, American poet, editor, and critic († 2018)
• 1928 » Olga Ferri, Argentinian dancer and choreographer († 2012)
• 1929 » Anne Meara, American actress and playwright († 2015)
• 1929 » Joe Temperley, Scottish saxophonist and clarinet player († 2016)
• 1929 » Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1930 » Richard Montague, American mathematician and philosopher († 1971)

• 1927 » George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1930 » Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian anthropologist and explorer (b. 1873)
• 1932 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (b. 1870)
• 1933 » Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)
• 1945 » Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Eduard Wirths, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1945 » William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1871)

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. Antonius
14. Gerardus
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 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
• 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 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.
• October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• 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.
• November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.

The temperature on September 20, 1929 was between 8.7 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.