About the day » Wednesday May 8, 1929Calender converter
May 7, 1929Died on Wednesday May 8, 1929
- Antje van der Kooij (79), Overschie
- Antonia Christina Johanna Neggers (0), Best
- "Gradus" Gerhard Gerhard, Groesbeek, NL
- Antje van der Kooij (79), Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Arend Nagelhout (22), Oldebroek
- Antje van der Kooij (79), Overschie
- Adrianus Verwoerd (77), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
- Anna Maria Bodde (66), Denekamp, Overijssel, Nederland
- Albert van 't Veld (0), Veessen(Gem.Heerde)
- Antão Mello (0), Santa Maria da Boca do Monte, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 8, 1929 at Delpher
- De Sumatra post
- Voorwaarts : sociaal-democratisch dagblad
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië
- Het Centrum
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
Born on May 8
- 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)
Died on May 8
- 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)
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.
- February 26 » President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
- June 21 » An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
- July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
- 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.
- November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
The weather on Wednesday May 8, 1929
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.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI