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• Adrianus Antonius Hamers, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• edegina e.h. venekant
• Anthonius Aloysius Verheem († 2005)
• Dirk van de Streek, Oldebroek, Nederland († 2000)
• Charles Lee Judd <sKBsUSS>1, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee († 2014)
• Dale Pace King, Provo, Utah County, Utah († 2005)
• Arts, Joop († 2005)
• Antonius van Eekelen, Wouw,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• Doede Dijkstra, Joure († 1929)
• Bastiaan Jan van der Aa, Den Helder († 1952)

• Antje Doorduijn (74)
• Geerts (0)
• Anna Gesina Sanders (54), Schoonebeek, Drenthe Nederland
• Anthonie de Putter (44), Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Antoine Schoonderwoert (74)
• Albertus Lastdrager (30), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje van Dam (75), Zegveld
• Agnes Scott Lindsay (85), Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland
• Aartje van den Hoven (76), Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Margaretha Wichers (76), Borger

• 1926 » Joan Lorring, British actress († 2014)
• 1927 » Margot Honecker, East German politician and First Lady († 2016)
• 1928 » Cynthia Ozick, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist
• 1928 » Fabien Roy, Canadian accountant and politician
• 1928 » Heinz Putzl, Austrian fencer
• 1928 » Victor Lownes, American businessman († 2017)
• 1929 » James Last, German-American bassist, composer, and bandleader († 2015)
• 1930 » Chris Barber, English trombonist and bandleader
• 1931 » John Barrett, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1931 » Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer († 2012)

• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Suzuki Kantarō, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (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. Catharina
9. Adriana
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.
• April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
• June 8 » Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
• August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
• 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.
• September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
• December 3 » President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It was presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.

The temperature on April 17, 1929 was between 0.7 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.