About the day » Tuesday December 24, 1929Calender converter

• Evert Jacob Wegman, Groningen, NL-GR († 1929)
• Emke Buurlage, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2015)
• Carol Hazel Dittrich, Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin († 2006)
• Carol M. Mueller († 2009)
• christianus mathias godefridus (tjeu) palmen, grathem († 1980)
• David Emanuel Lansman, Ross, Audubon County, Iowa († 2011)
• Bernard Houzenga, Ustick Township, Whiteside County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2021)
• Harold Bosma, Holland, Michigan, VS († 1999)
• van de Heuvel, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Audrey Rochester († 2005)

• Bernardus Everhardus Joling (76), Princenhage,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Brouwers (0), Gilze en Rijen
• Alida Jantine van den Borch (83), 's Gravenhage
• Antonius van 't Hooft (84), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Appolonia Taeymans (89), Merksem
• Albert Bouwes van der Meulen (70), Lippenhuizen
• Adrianus Jacobus van Dijk (73), Waalre
• Albert Smit (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arend Jan Pluimers (63), Enter {OV} (gem Wierden)
• Adrianus Jacobus van Dijk (73), Waalre

• 1927 » Mary Higgins Clark, American author († 2020)
• 1928 » Lev Vlassenko, Georgian-Australian pianist and educator († 1996)
• 1929 » Lennart Skoglund, Swedish footballer († 1975)
• 1929 » Philip Ziegler, English historian and author
• 1930 » John J. Kelley, American runner († 2011)
• 1930 » Robert Joffrey, American dancer and choreographer († 1988)
• 1931 » Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and scholar († 2008)
• 1931 » Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer († 2011)
• 1932 » Colin Cowdrey, Indian-English cricketer († 2000)
• 1932 » On Kawara, Japanese-American painter († 2014)

• 1914 » John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
• 1920 » Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)
• 1931 » Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
• 1942 » François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Josephine Sabel, American singer and comedian (b. 1866)

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.
• February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
• June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
• July 24 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).
• 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 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on December 24, 1929 was between -2.1 and 2.0 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.