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• Frida Wilhelmina (Mien) Steinhage († 2002)
• Stuart, Weesp, Nederland († 1929)
• Cornelia Broekhuizen, Velsen († 1992)
• Charles Tjoelker, Everson, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Ernst Kuijt, Velsen († 2010)
• Agnes Hunting, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Anna Maria Cornelia Backx, Ginneken en Bavel († 2004)
• Antonia Zijlmans, Raamsdonk († 2006)
• Frieda Nordbroek († 2002)
• Frans VANSTIPHOUT, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 2002)

• Adrianus Jacobus Wille (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander van Croÿ-Solre (23)
• Aaltje Herssevoort (53), Oldebroek
• Arie Bravenboer (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius KESSELS (73), Helden, Limburg, Netherlands
• Berend Jan Schoemaker (88), Warnsveld
• Alexandre de Croy (23), château de Drée (71800 Curbigny)
• Berend Vlieger (83), Heusbeek, Doornspijk
• Adrianus van de Laar (75), 's Hertogenbosch
• Allegonda Petronella Huberta Holla (64), 's-Hertogenbosch, NB, Nederland

• 1925 » Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author († 2007)
• 1926 » Matt Baldwin, Canadian curler and engineer
• 1928 » Dave Dudley, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1928 » Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician († 2001)
• 1929 » Denise Lor, American singer and actress († 2015)
• 1930 » David Harrison, English chemist and academic
• 1930 » Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author († 2014)
• 1931 » Sait Maden, Turkish translator, poet, painter and graphic designer († 2013)
• 1931 » Vasily Rudenkov, Belarusian hammer thrower († 1982)
• 1932 » Robert Osborne, American actor and historian († 2017)

• 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)
• 1921 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)

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. Catharina
9. Adriana
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.
• July 24 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).
• August 24 » Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city.
• November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.
• December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

The temperature on May 3, 1929 was between 0.1 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.