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• Dolores Etteline Waltjers, Nobles County, Minnesota († 2016)
• Cornelis Adrianus Johannes HOPMANS, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• Catharina Maria van Lijssel, Berlicum († 2012)
• Adolf Albert Baas, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Ancel Augustus Lipsey, Los Angeles, California, United States († 2002)
• Berendje Bosscha, Molkwerum († 2017)
• Visser, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1929)
• "Alain" Simon Pierre Givelet, château de Balloy, Balloy, Seine-et-Marne, France († 1983)
• Bernardus Johannes Albertus Mentink, Hengelo (Gelderland) († 1993)
• Anna Maria Antoinette Adolphine Mas, Surabaja, Indonesië († 2003)

• Antje Hestella van de Giessen (61), Arnhem
• Annigje Berendsd Froklage (66), de Pol (Steenwijkerwold)
• Anne de Boer (75), Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, NL-FR
• Zandstra (0), Eernewoude
• Adriana Polak, Tilburg
• Annigje Berends Froklage (66), in de Pol (Steenwijkerwold)
• Alida Johanna van Dam (76), Oudenrijn
• Alida Johanna van Dam (76), Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Nederland
• . Catharina (Trijntje Jans) Obdam (78), Amsterdam, Noord-holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Balvert, Boekel

• 1927 » Fred Williams, Australian painter († 1982)
• 1927 » Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer († 1994)
• 1928 » Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1928 » Jeanne Moreau, French actress († 2017)
• 1929 » John Polanyi, German-Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 » Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster († 2008)
• 1929 » Phillip Knightley, Australian journalist, author, and critic († 2016)
• 1930 » Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 2017)
• 1930 » Filaret, Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan
• 1930 » Mervyn Rose, Australian tennis player († 2017)

• 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
• 1943 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)

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. 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.
• 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.
• May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
• June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
• November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
• December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on January 23, 1929 was between 0.3 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.