About the day » Sunday November 3, 1929Calender converter

• Arjen Rinze Broersma, Westergeest († 1986)
• Denise Farilde Marie Durie, Woumem, West-Vlaanderen, België († 2012)
• Arie Leendert Lobs, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Cornelis Guijt, Katwijk († 1968)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Wevers, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2000)
• Arjen Rinzes Broersma, Westergeest, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland († 1986)
• Antonetta Johanna Adriana van der Heijden, Eindhoven
• Andreas Hubertus Maria Jochems, Ginneken en Bavel († 1993)
• Alida Cornelia Cruson, Breskens († 1994)
• Catherine (Trijntje) Jeltema, Hem, Frankrijk († 2018)

• Boke Franzes van der Burg (66), Opeinde, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafje Louwris' Gorter (71), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Boke van der Burg (66), Opeinde
• Nat (64), Graft, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Amelia KINDTS (86), Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Gent, Province of East Flanders, Belgium
• Aaltje Christina Duits (59), Utrecht
• Aafje Louwrisdr Gorter (71), Andijk, North Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Ypes de Jong (19), Arum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bastiana van Vessum (46), Rotterdam
• Antonius van Mierlo (37), Soerendonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1928 » Bill Morrison, Australian politician and diplomat, 37th Australian Minister for Defence († 2013)
• 1928 » George Yardley, American basketball player († 2004)
• 1928 » Goseki Kojima, Japanese illustrator († 2000)
• 1928 » Osamu Tezuka, Japanese animator and producer († 1989)
• 1929 » Alfonso Orueta, Chilean footballer, manager, and politician († 2012)
• 1930 » Brian Robinson, English cyclist
• 1930 » D. James Kennedy, American pastor and author († 2007)
• 1930 » Mable John, American blues singer
• 1930 » Phil Crane, American academic and politician († 2014)
• 1930 » William H. Dana, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut († 2014)

• 1914 » Georg Trakl, Austrian-Polish pharmacist and poet (b. 1887)
• 1917 » Léon Bloy, French author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1918 » Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1857)
• 1926 » Annie Oakley, American entertainer and target shooter (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist and author (b. 1860)
• 1929 » Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1883)
• 1933 » Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1853)
• 1939 » Charles Tournemire, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1949 » Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor (b. 1869)

• 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.
• January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
• May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• August 11 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
• August 24 » Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city.
• December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on November 3, 1929 was between 0.5 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.