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Born on Tuesday November 5, 1929
Died on Tuesday November 5, 1929

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from November 5, 1929 at Delpher


Born on November 5
  • 1926 » John Berger, English author, poet, painter, and critic († 2017)
  • 1927 » Hirotugu Akaike, Japanese statistician († 2009)
  • 1930 » Hans Mommsen, German historian and academic († 2015)
  • 1930 » Wim Bleijenberg, Dutch footballer and manager († 2016)
  • 1931 » Diane Pearson, British book editor and novelist († 2017)
  • 1931 » Gil Hill, American actor, police officer and politician († 2016)
  • 1931 » Harold McNair, Jamaican-English saxophonist and flute player († 1971)
  • 1931 » Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer († 2007)
  • 1931 » Leonard Herzenberg, American immunologist, geneticist, and academic († 2013)
  • 1932 » Algirdas Lauritėnas, Lithuanian basketball player († 2001)

Died on November 5

Names that were popular for boys in 1929
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1929
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1929
  • 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.
  • June 17 » The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
  • November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
Weather November 5, 1929

The temperature on November 5, 1929 was between 2.0 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.

Source: KNMI