About the day » Tuesday February 19, 1929Calender converter

• Albert Zinger, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2025)
• Bertus Adrianus de Keijzer, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Alice Lucie Baar van Slangenburgh, van, Medan
• Adriaan Pieter van ZWEDEN, Nieuw-en Sint Joosland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1997)
• Vos, Krakeel/Hoogeveen
• Allan John Reeves, Salt Lake City, Utah († 1930)
• Carolyn Tracia Osenga, Bejou, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2021)
• Adrianus van den Dool, Sliedrecht († 1979)
• Arie Balkenende, Leiderdorp († 1994)
• Albert Kempeneers, Sint-Truiden, België († 2009)

• Aafke Schreuder (59), Zijldijk gem. 't Zandt, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Maes (67), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Albertus Veulemans (75), Maastricht
• Albertus van Dijk (68), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Hoving (79), Emmen
• Albert Hoving- (79), Emmen, Nederland
• Albertus Everts van Dijk (68), De Bilt
• Amy Villiers
• Abraham Willemsen (80), Oostburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Bekkers (76), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1924 » David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player and theoretician († 2006)
• 1924 » Lee Marvin, American actor († 1987)
• 1926 » György Kurtág, Hungarian composer and academic
• 1927 » Philippe Boiry, French journalist († 2014)
• 1929 » Jacques Deray, French director and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1930 » John Frankenheimer, American director and producer († 2002)
• 1930 » Kasinathuni Viswanath, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Joseph P. Kerwin, American captain, physician, and astronaut
• 1935 » Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster († 2010)
• 1935 » Russ Nixon, American MLB catcher and coach († 2016)

• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)

• 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 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• 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.
• October 29 » The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
• 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 February 19, 1929 was between -8.1 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -5.3 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.