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• Cornelis Petrus VAN STIJN, Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Benjamin Hoek, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Abraham Simon Doodewaard, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Abraham Simon Do(o)dewa(a)rd, Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland) († 1942)
• Crijnen, Halsteren
• Doodgeboren Mols, Kerkrade, Nederland († 1929)
• Antonius Heemskerk († 2019)
• Adriana Wilhelmina van der Velden, Rosmalen, Nederland († 2006)
• Anna Vrieling, Witteveen, Westerbork († 2010)
• Elisabeth Ebes († 1977)

• Aaltje Wessels Puister (88), Slochteren
• Aart Pot (76), Mook (Mook en Middelaar), Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Wittendorp (41), Eindhoven,Noord-Brabant,Niederlande
• Albert Schimmel (77), Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltjen Ballast (68), Hardenberg
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Empel (74), Tilburg
• Adriana Wilhelmina Empel van (74), Tilburg
• Aleida Angenetta de Boer (80), Deventer
• (85), Hebelermeer, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Agnes Alma Bissette (47), Richford, Franklin County, Vermont, United States of America

• 1926 » Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1927 » Florencio Campomanes, Filipino political scientist and chess player († 2010)
• 1927 » Guy Mitchell, American singer († 1999)
• 1928 » Bruce Forsyth, English singer and television host († 2017)
• 1928 » Clarence 13X, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Gods and Earths († 1969)
• 1928 » Paul Dooley, American actor
• 1928 » Texas Johnny Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1929 » James Hong, American actor and director
• 1929 » Rebecca Schull, American stage, film, and television actress
• 1930 » Marni Nixon, American soprano and actress († 2016)

• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
• 1913 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (b. 1873)
• 1923 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1852)
• 1939 » Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Hans Scholl, German activist (b. 1918)
• 1943 » Sophie Scholl, German activist (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)

• 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.
• June 21 » An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
• July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
• September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
• September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
• November 3 » The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.
• December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on February 22, 1929 was between -7.9 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.