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• Cor van der Lee († 2002)
• Arie Stegink *, Steenwijkerwold († 1929)
• Anna Timmerman († 2021)
• Dolores Mary O'Neill, Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Anna Catharina van Wijk, Schalkwijk († 2015)
• Anne Marie Langlais, La Broquerie, Manitoba, Canada († 2006)
• Antonius Henricus Jozef Maria van Loon, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Charles J. Clapp, Willow Grove Precinct, Red Willow County, Nebraska († 2004)
• Cornelia Pronk, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1999)
• Cornelia (Cock) Vermaas, Schiedam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)

• Adrianus Johannes Meerburg (77), Leiden
• Age Lolkes Salverda (77), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Theodorus Willems (0), Ewijk
• Aafje Vet (73), Grootebroek, Nederland
• Adelina DELOMBAERDE (63), Harelbeke
• Adriana den Haan (27), Sint-Annaland
• * Willem Pieterse (67), Weesperkarspel
• Adrianus Johannes Meerburg (77), Leiden
• Aaltje Dokter (72), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Theodorus WILLEMS (0), Ewijk, 1370, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1927 » Jack Cassidy, American actor and singer († 1976)
• 1927 » Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, Scottish businessman and politician
• 1928 » J. Hillis Miller, American academic and critic
• 1929 » Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver († 2015)
• 1929 » J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1967)
• 1930 » Del Crandall, American baseball player and manager
• 1930 » John Ashley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 2008)
• 1931 » Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player and educator († 2020)
• 1931 » Fred, French author and illustrator († 2013)
• 1932 » Paul Sand, American actor

• 1925 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840)
• 1929 » David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Reşit Galip, Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education (b. 1893)
• 1935 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Lena Baker, African American maid and murderer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)

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.
• May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
• 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.
• August 24 » Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• November 3 » The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.

The temperature on March 5, 1929 was between -3.2 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.