About the day » Monday April 1, 1929Calender converter

• Annie (Johanna Gerarda Theodora) Ophof, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 2011)
• Bernard Jake Housenga, East Clinton, Whiteside County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• "Hervé" Fernand Marie Ghislain Bisilliat Donnet, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Bruxelles, Belgique († 2009)
• Cornelia (Corrie) de Jong († 2020)
• Antje Freese, Bad Nieuweschans gemeente Oldambt Groningen († 2015)
• Bernardina Josephina (Diny) Wojtijziak, Denekamp, 7591, Nederland († 2001)
• Bernetta Ann Corey († 1984)
• Adrianus Antonius Joseph Ghering, Tilburg († 1983)
• Berendina Jenneken Frederika Wennekink († 2014)
• Cornelis Coppoolse, Serooskerke, Veere, ZE, Netherlands († 2019)

• Aaltje ten Caat (63), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen)
• Anton Frederik Voskamp (47), Brummen (Gd)
• Aagje de Joode (0), Delft
• Anna Ludovica Appeltants (91), Rummen, België
• Adriana Cornelia Kot (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Harmannus Doesburg (64), groningen
• Adriaan Welten (65), Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertina Petronella Johanna van der Poel (78), Bennekom, Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Antje Brands (62), Amsterdam
• Adam Doesburg (64), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1927 » Amos Milburn, American R&B singer-songwriter and pianist († 1980)
• 1927 » Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager († 2006)
• 1927 » Walter Bahr, American soccer player, coach, and manager († 2018)
• 1929 » Jane Powell, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1929 » Jonathan Haze, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager
• 1929 » Milan Kundera, Czech-born novelist, poet, and playwright
• 1929 » Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director († 2010)
• 1930 » Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer († 2015)
• 1931 » George Baker, Bulgarian-English actor and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1931 » Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright († 2020)

• 1914 » Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1917 » Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Charles I, emperor of Austria (b. 1887)
• 1922 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist and author (b. 1884)
• 1924 » Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870)
• 1924 » Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (b. 1876)
• 1946 » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)

• 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 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
• June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
• July 24 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).
• August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.

The temperature on April 1, 1929 was between 1.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.