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• Amand Gerrit Methorst († 2009)
• Betsje Kamminga, Gerkesklooster († 1993)
• Cornelis van Traa, Scheveningen († 2023)
• Aaltje Holtland († 1992)
• Arend STEUNENBERG, Bathmen († 1983)
• Cornelis Hubertus Maria Petrus Gerardus Pasmans, 's Hertogenbosch († 1975)
• Annie Elizabeth Morris, What Cheer, Keokuk, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Adriaan van de Kaa, Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland († 1933)
• dg van Binsbergen, Kesteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1929)
• Donald Herbert Manders 12AIV, Toledo Lucas Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1996)

• Alida Everts (83), Brakel
• Antoon Weber (0), Amsterdam
• Belia PRONK (73), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Betje Paauw (17), Rijnsburg
• Berend Veurman (78)
• Aagje Kuehn (40), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Arie Lewis Dundas (29), Los Angeles
• Berend Jacobus Veurman (78), Boijl, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana Stieltjes (67), hoorn
• Aagje Kuehn (40), Amsterdam

• 1928 » Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1929 » Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist, and feminist († 2012)
• 1929 » Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter († 1998)
• 1929 » Claude Morin, Canadian academic and politician
• 1929 » John Conyers, American lawyer and politician († 2019)
• 1930 » Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer († 2000)
• 1931 » Hana Brady, Jewish-Czech Holocaust victim (d.1944)
• 1931 » K. Natwar Singh, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
• 1931 » Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American soldier and politician, 85th Governor of Connecticut
• 1931 » Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager († 2014)

• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1947 » Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)

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.
• February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
• 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.
• December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on May 16, 1929 was between 3.6 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.