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• Adolf Tienstra, Wieringen Hollands Kroon Noord-Holland Nederland († 2000)
• Cornelia Maria (Corrie) Hanemaaijer, De Lier, Nederland († 2005)
• Adrianus Martinus Maria Kuijs, Dinther († 1992)
• Cely Arantes Arganni, São Sebastião do Paraíso, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 2015)
• Cornelia Maria Hanemaaijer, De Lier († 2005)
• Adrianus Johannes Verhees, Chaam († 1994)
• van Holstein († 1990)
• Bauwke van Raalte, Hengelo († 2015)
• Bart Hulsman, Heumen († 2000)
• Alexander Waterman († 1942)

• Arie Baars (86), Sliedrecht
• Antje van Someren (72), Asperen
• Antonius Timmers (74), Heesch
• Augustus Theodorus VOLK (82), Vlissingen ZLD
• Anna Anthonia Bretveld (19)
• Arthur Hugh Grosvenor (68)
• * Gerarda Alena Rooijakkers (32), Eindhoven
• Aleida Johanna Gertsen (0)
• Aartje van Drie, Nijkerk
• Anna Maria Scholastika Janssens (62), Kuttekoven, België

• 1927 » Bill Slater, English footballer († 2018)
• 1927 » Dorothy Manley, English sprinter
• 1928 » Carl Gardner, American singer († 2011)
• 1928 » Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic († 2017)
• 1929 » Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1929 » Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat († 2015)
• 1929 » Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach († 2003)
• 1929 » Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor († 2014)
• 1929 » Walter Kempowski, German author and academic († 2007)
• 1930 » Jean Rochefort, French actor and director († 2017)

• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)

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 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
• June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
• July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
• October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.

The temperature on April 29, 1929 was between 6.1 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.