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• Antonia Cornelia Ouwehand, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Christina Antonia Bierens, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Ans van Dam, Meerkerk (Vijfheerenlanden), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Adelina Prazeres, Luiz Alves, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1995)
• Bernarda Johanna Hedwig Duijser, Arnhem (Gelderland) († 2005)
• Edward Franklin Barnaby († 2006)
• Bertha Joan Lammers († 2007)
• Antonia Cornelia Johanna Ouwehand, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Cornelia Catharina Jansen, Den Haag,- († 1929)
• Bernarda Johanna Hedwig Duijser, Arnhem († 2005)

• Akke Jacobs de Vries (78), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adelbertus Schouten (2)
• Abigael NABARRO (41)
• Veeneman (0), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnolda van Kuijen (81), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis van Dijk (29), Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adelbertus Schouten (2), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardina Mulders (52), Nijmegen, NL
• Alberta Gerarda Abrahams (73), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Rooske (63), Een (Norg)

• 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)

• 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.
• February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.

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.