About the day » Saturday December 7, 1929Calender converter

• Frans Schröder († 2003)
• Aaltje Berg van den, Ijsselmuiden († 2018)
• Emiliana Celesta Elisabeth HEYVAERT, Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1984)
• Annie Cornelia BAKKER († 2001)
• Frederika Wierts, Zuidbarge, Emmen († 2020)
• Aalbert Morren, Oldebroek, Nederland († 2015)
• Dorothy May James (born Kingston) († 1993)
• Cornelis van Erp, Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Doeke Dobma, 't Zandt, Zeerijp, Groningen, Nederland († 2006)
• Cornelis Theodorus Jacobus Koomen, Noordwijkerhout († 2004)

• Anna Wilhelmina Margaretha Burgwal (58), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Boreel (68), 's Gravenhage
• Aaltje van Westen (79), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine Kate STOWERS (83), Davies County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Antoinetta Hendrika Duller (65), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Arnoldus van Hemert (65), Naarden
• Cecilia Hubertina Maria Verbeek (37), Maaseik, Limburg, België
• Charlotte Ann Bullock (67), Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
• Anna Maria van vegchel (85), Ledeacker
• Jan Greveling (72)

• 1926 » William John McNaughton, American bishop
• 1927 » Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer († 2009)
• 1927 » Jack S. Blanton, American businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1928 » Mickey Thompson, American race car driver († 1988)
• 1928 » Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher
• 1930 » Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author
• 1930 » Hal Smith, American baseball player († 2020)
• 1931 » Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created Diplomacy († 2013)
• 1931 » Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass singer and musician
• 1932 » Ellen Burstyn, American actress

• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)

• 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.
• May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
• June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
• 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.
• September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
• 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.
• November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.

The temperature on December 7, 1929 was between 5.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 7 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.