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• Beertje Harms Veldman, Emmen († 1929)
• Carel Nicolaas Wilhelmus de Ridder, Amsterdam(NH) († 1994)
• Alfred Emanuell Lavender, Texas († 1998)
• Aloysius Maria Josephus Ernestus Germain Vos de Wael, Batavia († 2011)
• Schellekens († 1989)
• Antonie van der Hert, Den Helder († 2013)
• Alma Joanna Theresia Stekelinck, Aardenburg,, Zeeland, Nederland († 2016)
• CORNELIS WIJNHORST, MAASSLUIS († 1993)
• Chiela Bertha Baas, Krimpen aan den IJssel, Krimpenerwaard,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• ARIEN VEENENDAAL, Woudenberg († 2003)

• Adrianus Maas (75), Poppel (België)
• Adriana Boot (58), Gouda
• Adrianus Franciscus van der Burg (0), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Van Duren (65), Heerde
• Adrianus Maas (75), Goirle
• Albert Ingebrigtson Hauge Helgerson (73), Utica, Crawford, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaantje van der Meijden (0), Schelluinen
• Alberdiena Douwes (58), Hoornschedijk
• Adriana Boot (58), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Oltwater (62), Markelo

• 1927 » Barbara Rush, American actress
• 1927 » Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1929 » Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician († 2015)
• 1930 » Don Shula, American football player and coach († 2020)
• 1930 » Sorrell Booke, American actor and director († 1994)
• 1931 » Coşkun Özarı, Turkish footballer and coach († 2011)
• 1931 » Nora Iuga, Romanian poet, writer and translator
• 1931 » William Deane, Australian judge and politician, 22nd Governor-General of Australia
• 1932 » Carlos Saura, Spanish director and screenwriter
• 1932 » Clint Hill, American secret service agent and author

• 1919 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
• 1927 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
• 1931 » Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

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 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
• June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
• September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
• September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
• November 3 » The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.

The temperature on January 4, 1929 was between -2.8 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.