About the day » Friday May 17, 1929Calender converter

• Audrey Mae. Abbas, Kanawha, Hancock County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Bruce Wentz Fenstamaker, Lock Haven, Clinton Co. Pennsylvania († 1982)
• Berend Rorije (Roije,van Rorije,Rozije,van de Rorije), Heerde, Nederland († 2003)
• Dirk VERLOOP, Katwijk aan Zee († 2016)
• Cornelia Koper, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Berend Rorije, Heerde († 2003)
• Adriana Johanna van Welsum, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Berend Rorije, Heerde, Nederland († 2003)
• Adrianus van Berkel, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Augusta DEDECKER, Puurs, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1999)

• Anna Maria Jansen (79), Lommel
• Adriaan Rademakers (54), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland
• Barend Dreef (82), Haarlem, NH, Nederland
• Aldert Onrust (69), Oostzaan
• Antonia Maria de Wijs (59), Teteringen
• Adolph Edward ALTMEYER (52), Plum, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Cornelis Maria van Loon (0), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kuijper (6), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aldert Onrust (69), oostzaan
• Amelia Sophia Bogaert (73), Houthulst

• 1924 » Roy Bentley, English footballer († 2018)
• 1926 » David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish soldier and politician
• 1926 » Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1926 » Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic († 1981)
• 1929 » Branko Zebec, Yugoslav football player and coach († 1988)
• 1931 » Dewey Redman, American saxophonist († 2006)
• 1931 » Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader, founded Heaven's Gate († 1997)
• 1932 » Peter Burge, Australian cricketer († 2001)
• 1932 » Rodric Braithwaite, English soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia
• 1933 » Yelena Gorchakova, Russian javelin thrower († 2002)

• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877)

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 1 » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
• January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• February 21 » In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
• May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• 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.
• 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 May 17, 1929 was between 4.8 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.