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• Betsie Fokkens
• Cornelis Cor Pieter Passier, Batavia (N.I.) († 2011)
• Catharina Heidstra († 2018)
• C.J. (Corrie) Edel († 2020)
• Célia Madureira de Pádua, Conceição do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1998)
• Aart Versteeg, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Catharina Theresia Sassen, Leiden († 2003)
• Bob Prins, Aalten, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 1942)
• Anton Joseph Torn, Binjei, Riau, Indonesia († 1998)
• Dora Jansen († 2002)

• Annetje Gerritje van den BOOGERT (46), Stad aan ·Äòt Haringvliet (Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands)
• Arie Kaandorp (64), Heiloo
• Anna Daerden (67), Maastricht, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Poorter (91), Boschkapelle,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anton Martin Jacob Brandt (73), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Adrianus Kaandorp (64), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Antonia Lemeire (0), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Hubertina Hendrix (27), Beesel, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Lamberts Kos (64), Huizen
• Bauke Hilbrands Van Dijk (88), Leeuwarden

• 1928 » Al Held, American painter and academic († 2005)
• 1928 » Domna Samiou, Greek singer and musicologist († 2012)
• 1929 » Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist and academic († 2007)
• 1929 » Nappy Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter († 2008)
• 1929 » Robert Coles, American psychologist, author, and academic
• 1930 » Denis Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and photographer († 2013)
• 1930 » Milica Kacin Wohinz, Slovenian historian and author
• 1931 » Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist and academic, co-developed Simula († 2002)
• 1932 » Dick Gregory, American comedian, actor, and author († 2017)
• 1932 » Ned Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster

• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
• 1954 » George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)

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.
• February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
• May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• June 21 » An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
• 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 October 12, 1929 was between 7.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.