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• Alida Westerhof, Zwolle († 2002)
• Carolus Johannes BEKS, Geldrop (NL/NB) († 1930)
• Anna Maria Henrica Beckers, Hoensbroek, Heerlen, Limburg, Niederlande († 1994)
• Anna Veldhuisen, Diemen, Nederland († 1940)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Hubertus Kneepkens, Weert,, Limburg, Nederland († 2018)
• Arendina Vos, Wierden († 2016)
• Alida Agina Deekens, Groningen († 2007)
• Anna Theodora Maria (Annie) Lek, De Kwakel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Curtis Adolphus Ebanks, Crossroads,Flagaman,Saint Elizabeth,Jamaica († 1996)
• Clasina TOL, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)

• Adriana Tak (61), Geertruidenberg
• Amelia Johana Catharina Dom (80), Batavia
• Abigael Klaassen (80), Vlissingen (Oost-en West-Souburg) (Zeeland)
• Albert Hendriks Winters (42), Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove
• Alexander Petrus Verdaasdonk (76), Waspik
• ARNOLDUS COLLé (75), CULEMBORG
• Amelia Maria Therese Wittenheer (92), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie van Bockhoven (71), Naaldwijk
• Alida van Oel (4), Hillegom
• Andries Bremer (0), Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1924 » Sam Farber, American businessman († 2013)
• 1927 » Dolo Coker, American pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1928 » Clu Gulager, American actor and director
• 1929 » Peter Boizot, English businessman († 2018)
• 1930 » Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic († 2013)
• 1930 » Paul Foytack, American baseball player
• 1930 » Salvatore Riina, Italian mob boss († 2017)
• 1931 » Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist († 2011)
• 1931 » Luciano Bottaro, Italian author and illustrator († 2006)
• 1933 » Garnet Mimms, American R&B singer

• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)

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. Aaltje
14. Margaretha
15. Geertruida
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.
• April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
• June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
• 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.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• November 3 » The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.

The temperature on November 16, 1929 was between -0.1 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.