About the day » Saturday December 21, 1929Calender converter

• Conrad Eduard Herman (Coen) Heeger, Huizum, Fr, Nederland († 2015)
• André Dirk van Zutphen,, Den Haag († 2020)
• Cornelis Welboren, Heemskerk († 1930)
• Ans van den Bergh, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• David Gordon Collins, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1940)
• Arie REDELIJKHEID, de, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Abraham (Bram) Kruiswijk, Wilnis, Utrecht, Nederland († 2018)
• Clayton L Deter, Morrison Whiteside Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Adriana Cornelia de Gouw, Nieuwkuijk († 1929)
• Benjamin Franklin Sapp, Buffalo Center, Winnebago County, Iowa († 2017)

• Antje Kuipers (80), Wolvega(FR)
• Adriaan Bakker (77), Zaandam
• Anna Gertruda Duren (69), Stiphout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend Doddema (49), Veenhuizen Norg
• Anna Cornelia van PUTTEN (60), Zeist
• Bartholomeus Janssen (74), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Doldersum (29), Sleen (Ouder Amstel)
• Anne Doldersum (29), Ouder-Amstel
• van Gool (0), Terheijden
• Adriana Dekkers (64), Vught

• 1923 » Wataru Misaka, American basketball player († 2019)
• 1926 » Arnošt Lustig, Czech author and playwright († 2011)
• 1926 » Joe Paterno, American football player and coach († 2012)
• 1932 » Edward Hoagland, American author and critic
• 1932 » U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and critic († 2014)
• 1933 » Jackie Hendriks, Jamaican cricketer
• 1933 » Robert Worcester, American businessman and academic, founded MORI
• 1934 » Giuseppina Leone, Italian sprinter
• 1934 » Hanif Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer († 2016)
• 1935 » John G. Avildsen, American director, producer, and cinematographer († 2017)

• 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)
• 1929 » I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (b. 1859)
• 1933 » Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1935 » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
• 1935 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1937 » Ted Healy, American comedian and actor (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (b. 1882)
• 1940 » F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1896)
• 1945 » George S. Patton, American general (b. 1885)

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 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
• August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
• 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.
• November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
• December 3 » President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It was presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on December 21, 1929 was between -6.4 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east.