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• Edward Franklin Barnaby († 2006)
• Emma Elisa Anna Groosman, Westdorpe,, Zeeland, Nederland († 2015)
• Bertha Joan Lammers († 2007)
• Adrianus Hazenoot, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Christiaan Jacobus de Zoete, Den Haag(ZH) († 2006)
• Antonia Cornelia Johanna Ouwehand, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Elisabeth Modderman
• Euclides Hipolito Martelli, Itápolis, São Paulo, Brasil († 1995)
• Arend Arie Redeker († 2006)
• Albertus Byker († 2015)

• Arnolda de Jager (80), Amsterdam (Amsterdam), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Nicolaas van der Weiden (1), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bauke Hofman (74), Vlissingen
• Alonzo H Todd ?**** (79), Pierrepont, St Lawrence, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Albert L Rooske (63), Een
• Akke Jacobs de Vries (78), Leeuwarden
• Camilla BLONDIA (74), Ruiselede (Kruiskerke)
• Anna D Croley (50)
• Aries van der Klei (72), Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland
• Veeneman (0), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1926 » Julie Adams, American actress († 2019)
• 1928 » Alejandro Végh Villegas, Uruguayan politician († 2017)
• 1928 » Santiago Stevenson, Panamanian singer and minister († 2007)
• 1929 » Mário Wilson, Mozambican footballer and manager († 2016)
• 1930 » Ismail Akbay, Turkish physicist and engineer († 2003)
• 1930 » Jimmy Breslin, American journalist and author († 2017)
• 1930 » Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet († 2003)
• 1931 » Anatoly Pristavkin, Russian writer († 2008)
• 1931 » Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and playwright († 2012)
• 1931 » José Alencar, Brazilian businessman and politician († 2011)

• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
• 1948 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
• 1956 » Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
• 1958 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)

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.
• January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• August 16 » The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
• September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
• October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
• November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

The temperature on October 17, 1929 was between 9.5 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.