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• Edward C. Schnurbusch, Apple Creek, Perry County, Missouri († 2009)
• Elizabeth van Hemert, Haaften West Betuwe (GL) († 2024)
• Dorothy Margaret Clause, Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States († 1930)
• Bernadette de Wasseige, Lusambo,, RD Congo († 2010)
• Dirk Planting († 1988)
• Anna Marianne Stangenberger, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2020)
• Adeline Berckmoes, Watervliet (OVL) († 1990)
• Curtis Foster Crook, Lake Creek, Wasatch, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Cornelia Oudshoorn, Leiden († 2008)
• Abraham de Pagter, Wemeldinge († 1997)

• Anna Elisabeth Berndes (85), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Alice Louise Todd (41), Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana van den Couwelaer (59), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• adam van der VEER (75), ooltgensplaat
• Adriaan Verhage (51), Voorschoten
• Anne Ellen Reid Ratchford [Rs] (29)
• August Taubmann
• Aafke Goed (75), Lafayette, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Aafke (Effie) Goed (75), Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Adam van der VEER Tzn (75), Ooltgensplaat, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH

• 1927 » Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor († 2012)
• 1927 » Richard Long, American actor and director († 1974)
• 1928 » Doyle Conner, American farmer and politician, 7th Florida Commissioner of Agriculture († 2012)
• 1928 » Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot († 2013)
• 1928 » Marilyn Beck, American journalist († 2014)
• 1929 » William Safire, American journalist and author († 2009)
• 1930 » Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor and painter
• 1930 » Bob Guccione, American photographer and publisher, founded Penthouse († 2010)
• 1930 » Dorothy Rowe, Australian psychologist and author († 2019)
• 1931 » Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer († 2011)

• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1895)

• 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.
• May 1 » The 7.2 M_w  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
• June 8 » Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
• June 21 » An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
• November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
• December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

The temperature on December 17, 1929 was between 0.7 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.