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• Carl Thomas Brake, Tennessee († 2008)
• Buijtendorp, Waalwijk († 2002)
• Cornelia Jacoba de Vreugd, Katwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Broer Johannes Broer Schipma, Den Andel, Het Hogeland, Groningen, Nederland († 2005)
• Aly Visser, Den Helder († 2017)
• Cornelia Jacoba de Vreugd, Katwijk († 2001)
• Antje Postuma, Sleen († 1995)
• Albert Darwinkel († 1993)
• baby Loukes, Deventer († 1929)
• Albertje Trijntje Bouma († 2004)

• Aaltje Kooy (83), Scherpenzeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Graaf (22), Castricum
• Burgers (20)
• Aimé Houle (73), St-Cuthbert, Berthier, Québec
• Adrianus Joannes Josephus de Kok (19), Tilburg
• anna van SOEST (73), lekkerkerk
• Aagje Bakker (76), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth PAS (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Petrus van Buitenen (0), Delft
• Andries Jannes Russchen (70), Eesveen, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1926 » Peter Graves, American actor and director († 2010)
• 1927 » George Plimpton, American journalist and actor († 2003)
• 1927 » John Kander, American pianist and composer
• 1927 » Lillian Vernon, German-American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Lillian Vernon Company († 2015)
• 1928 » Fidel V. Ramos, Filipino general and politician, 12th President of the Philippines
• 1928 » Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist († 2013)
• 1929 » Samuel Pisar, Polish-American lawyer and author († 2015)
• 1930 » James J. Andrews, American mathematician and academic († 1998)
• 1931 » John Fraser, Scottish actor
• 1932 » John Updike, American novelist, short story writer, and critic († 2009)

• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
• 1939 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)

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.
• January 1 » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
• June 21 » An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• December 19 » The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on March 18, 1929 was between -0.9 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.