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• Antonius Hendrikus Verhoeven, Baarle-Nassau († 1931)
• Caroline VOLKEMA, South Carolina U.S.A († 1993)
• Alida Maria (Alie) Moerman, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Catharina Johanna Lodewijkx, Purmerend († 2005)
• Alphons Jan Maria Grasveld, Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1978)
• Adrianus Martinus Wilhelmus van Uden, Tilburg († 1976)
• Adriana Johanna Elisabeth Swinkels, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1929)
• Adrianus Aanen, Gorinchem († 2011)
• Antonius Hendrikus Verhoeven, Baarle-Nassau, Gemeente Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1931)
• Amédé, Joseph, Marie GUILLO, Bignan,56500,Morbihan,Bretagne,FRANCE († 2008)

• Antonia de Lenne (74), Berghuizen-Noord, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus J. Jacobus SMULDERS (75), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Verschuren (77), Vlijmen
• Adriana Maria Berkelaar (0), Harmelen, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje van Velzen (78), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Polderman (0), Vlissingen
• Albertus Jacobus SMULDERS (75), Den Haag
• Adelheid Dorothea Henriëtte van Ungern-Sternberg (80), Drawsko Pomorskie (Dramburg), West-Pommeren, Polen
• Adrianus Verschuren (77), Vlijmen
• Albert van Dijk (66), Leersum

• 1927 » John McLaughlin, American journalist and producer († 2016)
• 1927 » John Vane, English pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1928 » Keith Botsford, Belgian-American journalist, author, and academic († 2018)
• 1928 » Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician, 13th Foreign Secretary of India († 2013)
• 1928 » Vincent Gigante, American boxer and mobster († 2005)
• 1929 » Lennart Meri, Estonian director and politician, 2nd President of Estonia († 2006)
• 1929 » Richard Lewontin, American biologist, geneticist, and academic
• 1929 » Sheila Kitzinger, English activist, author, and academic († 2015)
• 1929 » Utpal Dutt, Indian Bengali actor, director and playwright († 1993)
• 1930 » Anerood Jugnauth, Mauritian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Mauritius

• 1906 » Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
• 1911 » Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)
• 1912 » Robert Falcon Scott, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and philanthropist (b. 1867)
• 1937 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
• 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)

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 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
• June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
• August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
• August 16 » The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
• November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
• December 19 » The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).

The temperature on March 29, 1929 was between 0.1 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.