About the day » Saturday January 5, 1929Calender converter

• (Alice) Genevive Arnold, Arkansas († 1993)
• Anthonia Lamberta van der Loop, Rosmalen (N.Br) († 2007)
• Cecil L Poppe, Usa († 2005)
• Christophe F. Ruggeri, Holley, Orleans County, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Bernardus Augustinus Josephus Henkus, Sassenheim,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Antoine PEEREBOOM, Opgrimbie,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie († 2004)
• Anthonie de Vos, IJzendijke (Sluis), Zeeland, Nederland († 1994)
• Christiaan (Chris) van Veen, Ochten († 1997)
• Sanders, Herwen en Aerdt (Gelderland, NLD) († 1993)
• Dolores Reynolds Blackstone, Los Angeles, California († 2021)

• Agatha Thecla Engwirda (71), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van den Heuvel (69), Cromvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• aart jan de GEUS (74), carambei, brazilie
• Amelia Katitus Katiutus Katities Gray (27), Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Maria Gualzatta (74), Breda
• Aart Jan De GEUS (74), Carambei (Braz)
• Andreas Joseph Houben (1), Koningsbosch, Netherlands
• Aalie Wagenvoord (1), Hattem
• Anna Maria van Overdijk (78), Dommelen
• A N Thompson (74), Seattle, King County, Washington, United States of America

• 1926 » Veikko Karvonen, Finnish runner († 2007)
• 1926 » W. D. Snodgrass, American poet († 2009)
• 1927 » Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, American guru and author, founded Iraivan Temple († 2001)
• 1928 » Imtiaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer († 2016)
• 1928 » Walter Mondale, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Vice President of the United States
• 1928 » Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan († 1979)
• 1929 » Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager († 2014)
• 1931 » Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist, poet, and author
• 1931 » Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer, founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater († 1989)
• 1931 » Robert Duvall, American actor and director

• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (b. 1887)

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 1 » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
• June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
• 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.
• August 23 » Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
• October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• 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.

The temperature on January 5, 1929 was between -4.1 °C and -2.4 °C and averaged -2.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.