About the day » Wednesday May 29, 1929Calender converter

• Christof Lap, Oude Pekela gemeente Pekela Groningen († 1929)
• Edwin J Bareman, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Sins, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Eugene Fuls, Butler County, Iowa († 2001)
• Charles Zellers, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania († 2001)
• Bouwina Renkema, Aduard, Groningen, Nederland († 2014)
• Adriana Looijestijn, Wassenaar († 1974)
• Christiaan de Leeuw († 2005)
• Daniel Philippus de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel, Kotaradja, Indonesië († 1942)
• Adrianus de Lange, Bergambacht († 1983)

• Catherine FREEMAN (42), Epsom, SRY
• ? Steenbergen (0), Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Knols (64)
• Catharina Elisabeth GEURTS (63), Opglabbeek
• Carl James Scott (25), Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana van der Waal (51)
• Carl Heinrich Christiaan Edmund Hummeling (23)
• van Weert, Wierden, Notter
• Annigje Arends (39), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Bianca Meijs (68)

• 1926 » Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese academic and politician, 3rd President of Senegal
• 1926 » Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, Queen Consort of Tonga († 2017)
• 1926 » Katie Boyle, Italian-English actress and television host († 2018)
• 1927 » Jean Coutu, Canadian pharmacist and businessman, founded the Jean Coutu Group
• 1929 » Harry Frankfurt, American philosopher and academic
• 1929 » Peter Higgs, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 » Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2014)
• 1932 » Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author
• 1932 » Richie Guerin, American basketball player and coach
• 1933 » Helmuth Rilling, German conductor and educator

• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1917 » Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1920 » Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter and educator (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Ursula Ledóchowska, Austrian-Polish nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1892)
• 1942 » John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)

• 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 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
• February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• 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.
• May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• 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.

The temperature on May 29, 1929 was between 9.7 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.