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• Albertus Jacobus Trum, 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br) († 2000)
• Agnès Wallyn, Kortemark († 2005)
• Franciscus Petrus Oomen, Chaam († 2002)
• Cornelis Jan Dirk Bor, Lienden (Gl)-Netherlands († 1988)
• Arlene Agnes Wilmes, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Ennie Obdam, Blitar († 2007)
• Adrianus Cornelis Hubertus van Trier, Gilze en Rijen († 1929)
• Everly Wissink, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2000)
• Cornelis Slaman, Oudeschild (Texel, NH) († 2023)
• Adrianus Cornelis Hubertus Trier van, Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1929)

• "Gradus" Gerhard Gerhard, Groesbeek, NL
• anthonie TIMMERS (70), Zwaluwe
• Adriaan Kaashoek (86), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Carl Franz Christiaan Eichhoff (33), Haarlem
• "Alice" Geneviève Isabelle de HÉRÉDIA (69), Chatou, 78146, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
• Bernard Tilmans (0), Hengelo
• Aleida Maria van Merwijk (5), Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bastiaan KANTERS (80), Zwaluwe, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Berend Jan Winterman (44), Apeldoorn
• Andrijntje Stolker (65), Amsterdam N.H

• 1928 » Robert Conley, American journalist († 2013)
• 1928 » Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel († 2010)
• 1929 » Claude Castonguay, Canadian banker and politician
• 1929 » Ethel D. Allen, American physician and politician († 1981)
• 1929 » Girija Devi, Indian classical singer († 2017)
• 1929 » Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress and singer († 2007)
• 1930 » Doug Atkins, American football player († 2015)
• 1930 » Gary Snyder, American poet, essayist, and translator
• 1930 » Heather Harper, Northern Irish soprano († 2019)
• 1930 » René Maltête, French photographer and poet († 2000)

• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)

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 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
• 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.
• April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• June 8 » Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.

The temperature on May 8, 1929 was between 7.4 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 12.4 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.