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• Cornelia Nieuwland, 's-Gravenzande († 2009)
• Erma Ada Pierce, Goshen, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Abraham Kuiken, St. Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 2012)
• Andreas Leonardus Bronsgeest, Schiedam, Nederland († 1929)
• Arnold L Topp († 2002)
• Dirk Jan Bakkernes, Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1999)
• Agaath van der Eik, Honselersdijk († 2019)
• Frederik_Hellebard Mol, Wageningen († 2008)
• Geertruida (Gaar) de Boer, Volendam († 2016)
• Elisabeth Henrica van 't Hart, De Kwakel († 2017)

• Annetje Huibertsen (40), Putten
• Anna Catharina Cox (68), Echt
• Anna Maria Catarina Smits (62), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adolfhine Christina Juliana Begemann (49), Den Haag
• Anna Maria Catrina Smits (62), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Bouter (0), Ameide
• Adolphine Christina Juliana Begemann (50), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Cornelia van den Hout (67), Gemeente Goirle,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Antje Jansen (70), Putten
• Annetje Huijbertsen (40), Putten

• 1927 » Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer
• 1927 » Howard Zieff, American director and photographer († 2009)
• 1928 » Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist († 2015)
• 1928 » Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1928 » Whitey Ford, American baseball player and coach
• 1929 » Fritz Hollaus, Austrian footballer († 1994)
• 1929 » Pierre Bellemare, French radio and television host († 2018)
• 1929 » Ursula K. Le Guin, American author and critic († 2018)
• 1930 » Ivan Silayev, Russian engineer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Russia
• 1931 » Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director († 2011)

• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)

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 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
• February 21 » In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
• April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• October 29 » The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
• November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

The temperature on October 21, 1929 was between 1.6 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.