About the day » Tuesday April 2, 1929Calender converter

• Anna Henriette Klumpen, Breyell, Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany († 1986)
• Annechien Hamminga, Bedum († 1984)
• Alida Leeuw, Vroomshoop († 2020)
• Antonius F van Riel († 1976)
• Antje Bekkema, Boelenslaa († 1977)
• Aime Honore de MOL, Onkerzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1990)
• Anna Elizabeth ( Annelies) Fanoy, Padang Sumatra († 1996)
• Antonius Franciscus van Riel († 1976)
• Cornelis Karel Nab, Ede († 2000)
• Anna Catharina Obdam, Blokker († 2016)

• Amalie Theresie Landgraf (77), Mittelfrohna, Chemnitzer Land, Saxony, Germany
• Adrianus Vuik (1), Rotterdam
• Allegonda Maria Sarton (63), Stratum,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Schenk (75), Den Helder
• Anna Maria Veugen (70), Nederweert
• Anna Catharina Bruyninckx (64), Antwerpen
• Abraham van der Ent (77), Rhoon, Albrandswaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Klomp (80), Den Helder, Nederland
• Anna Gaua Geene (93), College View, Lancaster, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Maria Louisa van Nes (24), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1927 » Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1927 » Carmen Basilio, American boxer and soldier († 2012)
• 1927 » Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army († 2014)
• 1927 » Rita Gam, American actress († 2016)
• 1928 » David Robinson, Northern Irish horticulturist and academic († 2004)
• 1928 » Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal († 1996)
• 1928 » Roy Masters, English-American radio host
• 1928 » Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director († 1991)
• 1929 » Ed Dorn, American poet and educator († 1999)
• 1930 » Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor

• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
• 1923 » Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)
• 1948 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)

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.
• April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
• May 1 » The 7.2 M_w  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
• June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
• June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
• 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.

The temperature on April 2, 1929 was between 1.8 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.