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• Charles Francois Wiertz, Amsterdam
• Cornelis Laurentius van Hees († 1999)
• Claude Sheppard, Groves, Jefferson, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1954)
• Cornelis Bernard van Orssagen, Soerabaja († 1986)
• Anna Maria Gertruda Nijs († 2014)
• André SEGERS († 2015)
• Adam Eduard Polak, Apeldoorn († 1942)
• Clara Nuyts († 2015)
• Adeweg Betsy Rauchbaar, Balikpapan (NOI) († 2008)
• Alfredo Batista, Campo Alegre, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1939)

• Aaltje Kruit (54), Kolham, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van der Voort (48), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Bennink (0), Amersfoort, Utr, Nederland
• (Stillborn) WEESSIES (0), Middelstum Groningen Netherlands
• Antonie Pauw (86), Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Spoler (73), Bornerbroek
• Anna HESS (63), Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Meinen (76), Nieuwveen
• Angelina Heijvaert (76), Sint-Amands
• Antonetta Konings (77), Venlo, Nederland

• 1926 » Frank Aletter, American actor († 2009)
• 1926 » Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1927 » Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichord player († 2017)
• 1928 » Garry Winogrand, American photographer and author († 1984)
• 1928 » Hans Kornberg, German-English biologist and academic († 2019)
• 1928 » Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and songwriter († 2007)
• 1930 » Johnny Grande, American pianist and accordion player († 2006)
• 1930 » Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer († 2014)
• 1931 » Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer and politician († 2009)
• 1931 » Martin Holdgate, English biologist and academic

• 1915 » Richard Meux Benson, English priest and saint, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (b. 1824)
• 1919 » Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (b. 1869)
• 1920 » John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Company (b. 1864)
• 1926 » August Sedláček, Czech historian and author (b. 1843)
• 1934 » Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1944 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)

• 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 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• February 21 » In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
• April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• December 3 » President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It was presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
• December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on January 14, 1929 was between -2.6 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.