About the day » Tuesday October 8, 1929Calender converter

• Antonius van Ham, Gilze en Rijen († 2006)
• Alida Maria Jozephina Baltus, Avenhorn († 2016)
• Dirk (Dick) EENLING († 1995)
• Tap, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1929)
• Cornelis Schonewille, Hoogeveen nederland († 1988)
• Adelaide LaVonne Rozendaal, Sully, Jasper County, Iowa († 2001)
• Altus Earl Mattingly, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky († 2008)
• Alfred Leopold Vilder de, St Jansteen, Zld, Nederland († 1929)
• Aaltinus Meijering, Gees, Oosterhesselen († 2000)
• Anneke Verschoor, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2021)

• Anna Maria Huijbregts (71), Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Aafko Ganzeveld (62)
• Barbara van der Ende (79), Naaldwijk,Gemeente Westland,South Holland,Nederland
• Antje Popkes de Haan (68), Tijnje, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• August BODMER (59)
• Albert Koens (60), Nieuw-Amsterdam, Nederland
• Albert Nak (64), Beilen
• Albert Koens (60), Nieuw-Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Maria Lucardie (70), Madioen, Java Ned. Indie
• Bernardus Johannes Beuting (0), Lichtenvoorde

• 1927 » Jim Elliot, American missionary and translator († 1956)
• 1928 » Bill Maynard, English actor († 2018)
• 1928 » Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager († 2001)
• 1928 » M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader
• 1928 » Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
• 1929 » Betty Boothroyd, English academic and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons
• 1930 » Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer († 2013)
• 1930 » Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist
• 1930 » Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer († 1986)
• 1930 » Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer and theorist († 1996)

• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)

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 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
• 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.
• May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
• 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.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• 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.

The temperature on October 8, 1929 was between 6.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.