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May 3, 1929Born on Saturday May 4, 1929
- Audrey Hepburn, Brussel, B († 1993)
- Antoine GILLIS († 1993)
- Annegie Makelaar, Den Helder († 1989)
- Audrey Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston, Elsene Belgie († 1993)
- Audrey Edda Kathleen HEPBURN-RUSTON, Brussels Brussels Belgium († 1993)
- Audrey Hepburn, Brussel, Brussel, België († 1993)
- Claude Leslie Linson, Puxico (Stoddard County) (Missouri) († 2001)
- Carolus Joseph Ludovicus Vandendungen, Dessel (België) († 1930)
- Alice HANIN († 2017)
- Audrey Kathleen Hepburn, Brussel († 1993)
Died on Saturday May 4, 1929
- Boukje Tjerks Visser (83), schiermonnikoog
- Aaltje Spijkerman (53)
- ALOIS Bartholomaeus Bucher (60), Luzern
- Catharina Elisabeth Wouters (79), Nuth (Nuth) (Limburg)
- Christiaan Altena (77), Alkmaar
- Carolina Josephina van STAEYEN (29)
- Christiaan Konings (76), Rosmeer, Bilzen, België
- Riezebos, De Lier
- Carolus Ludovicus Reunis (65), Nieuwkerken-Waas
- Anna Catharina EELEN (74), Turnhout, 13040, Antwerpen, Belgique
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 4, 1929 at Delpher
Born on May 4
- 1928 » Betsy Rawls, American golfer
- 1928 » Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian air marshal and politician, 4th President of Egypt († 2020)
- 1928 » Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader († 2006)
- 1928 » Thomas Kinsella, Irish poet, translator, and publisher
- 1928 » Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver († 1961)
- 1929 » Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-British actress and humanitarian († 1993)
- 1929 » Manuel Contreras, Chilean general († 2015)
- 1930 » Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the Jackson family
- 1930 » Roberta Peters, American soprano († 2017)
- 1931 » Jan Pesman, Dutch speed skater († 2014)
Died on May 4
- 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
- 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
- 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
- 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
- 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
- 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
- 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)
- 1938 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
- 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)
- 1941 » Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880)
Names that were popular for boys in 1929
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Antonius
- Maria
- Jacobus
- Gerardus
- Wilhelmus
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1929
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Theresia
- Jacoba
- Marie
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Antonia
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1929
- 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.
- June 17 » The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
- 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.
- August 23 » Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
- December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.
The weather on Saturday May 4, 1929
The temperature on May 4, 1929 was between -4.3 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI