About the day » Thursday June 20, 1929Calender converter

• Darrell Webb Bickmore, Richmond, Cache County, Utah, United States of America († 2017)
• * Henrica Maria Roestenburg, Son en Breugel († 2015)
• Elisabeth Jacoba Maria Dirks, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 2010)
• Ali Annie Pieterdr de Graaf, Zuid-Scharwoude († 2006)
• Christina Agatha Valentijn, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 1989)
• Dana Johanna Kraaijeveld, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2007)
• Cornelis Frederik Arnold Linck, Bandoeng († 1956)
• Aria Petronella van Staalduinen, 's-Gravenzande († 2015)
• Anne Jacob van den Berg, Amsterdam († 2006)
• Bep van Doorn († 2012)

• Adrianus van den Berg (75), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Coleta Valkiers (22), Geel, België
• Aart Hagendoorn (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Gerrits van der Wolf (76), Alkmaar
• Anna Hubertina Evers (68), Baexem
• Adrianus van den Berg (75), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van der Wolf (75), Alkmaar
• Andries Ales Dijkstra (50), Deersum, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexander Smith Cochran (55), Saranac Lake, Franklin, New York, United States
• * Barend Donker (68), Rotterdam

• 1927 » Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist († 2014)
• 1928 » Asrat Woldeyes, Ethiopian surgeon and educator († 1999)
• 1928 » Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer († 1964)
• 1928 » Jean-Marie Le Pen, French intelligence officer and politician
• 1928 » Martin Landau, American actor and producer († 2017)
• 1929 » Anne Weale, English journalist and author († 2007)
• 1929 » Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1929 » Edith Windsor, American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activist († 2017)
• 1930 » John Waine, English bishop
• 1930 » Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish sculptor and academic († 2017)

• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)
• 1945 » Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (b. 1906)
• 1952 » Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1898)
• 1965 » Bernard Baruch, American financier and politician (b. 1870)

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 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.
• May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
• 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.
• October 29 » The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
• December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on June 20, 1929 was between 9.7 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.