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• Cornelia Maria Blijlevens, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Bartha Boezer, Sprang-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Adrianus Leonardus Maria Erken, Rotterdam († 1983)
• Carl George Hulsing, Meservey, Cerro Gordo, Iowa (USA) († 2016)
• Adriana Petronella van Oostwaard, Portengen († 2024)
• Antonia Cornelia Maria Merkx, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Berendina Veldkamp, Wapenveld, Heerde, Nederland († 2004)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis de Brabander, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Cornelis Petrus Maria (Kees) van Marrewijk († 2021)
• Arie van Wendel de Joode, De Werken en Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)

• Alida van KLEEF (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Querelle (75)
• Antonij Moens (74), Rheden
• Anna Cornelia COLLOT D'ESCURY (92), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Spitters (70), Oudenbosch, Gemeente Halderberge, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Beligje Johanna Sparreboom (74), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Agatha Pouchie (57), North Side, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
• Adriana Pieternella van Dongen (81), Zierikzee Schouwen-Duiveland Zeeland Nederland
• Antony Moens (74), Velp,Gemeente Rheden,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Amand Dollé, Brugge Sint-Kruis

• 1925 » Shana Alexander, American journalist and author († 2005)
• 1927 » Bill King, American sportscaster († 2005)
• 1928 » Barbara Werle, American actress and singer († 2013)
• 1929 » George Mattos, American pole vaulter († 2012)
• 1930 » Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria († 2000)
• 1930 » Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1931 » Eileen Derbyshire, English actress
• 1931 » Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer († 2004)
• 1931 » Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1933 » Prince Mukarram Jah, Titular Nizam of Hyderabad State

• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)
• 1959 » Bernard Berenson, American historian and author (b. 1865)
• 1962 » Tod Browning, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1880)

• 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 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.
• 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 6, 1929 was between 7.7 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.