About the day » Thursday February 21, 1929Calender converter

• Cornelia Fijan, Waalwijk († 1994)
• Albert Jan Luyckx, Oordegem († 1988)
• Adriana Geertuida van Beelen, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Alvin Azella Ragland, Chattanooga,Hamilton Co,Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Cornelia Catharina (Corry) Zoet, Sassenheim († 1983)
• Cornelia Catharina Zoet, Noordwijkerhout († 1983)
• Dennis Jasperse, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Clarence Everett Clinkscales, Picher, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States of America († 1992)
• Ans Zonneveld, Velsen († 1998)
• Alvin Azell Ragland, Chattanooga (Hamilton C./Marion C., Tennessee) († 2011)

• Adriana Petronella Kuijsters (1), Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
• Aaltje Huisman (71), Oude Pekela (Groningen)
• Aafke Bakker (79), slochteren
• Aalbert Buitenhuis (15), Apeldoorn
• Aaltien van Engen (74), Orange City,Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Carolina Nedermowe (13), Amsterdam
• Adrianus van der Perk (76), Leiden
• Anna Cecilia van Jaarsveld (41), Driefontein Boksburg Transvaal Suid Afrika
• Adrianus van Gulik (28), Zevenbergen
• Agatha Maria Nooij (0), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1924 » Dorothy Blum, American computer scientist and cryptanalyst († 1980)
• 1924 » Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe († 2019)
• 1924 » Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer († 2014)
• 1925 » Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster († 2014)
• 1925 » Sam Peckinpah, American director and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1927 » Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author († 1996)
• 1929 » Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1933 » Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2003)
• 1934 » Rue McClanahan, American actress († 2010)
• 1935 » Richard A. Lupoff, American author

• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
• 1958 » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
• 1965 » Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925; assassinated)

• 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 8 » Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
• 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 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 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
• November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.

The temperature on February 21, 1929 was between -13.8 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.