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• Albert Chauveau, Mauves sur Huisne, Orne, Frankrijk († 1969)
• Antje Hoekstra, Oldeholtwolde, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Mae DeKraker, Clam Union Township (Missaukee County) (Michigan) († 2009)
• Anna Mae De Kraker, Clam Union Twsp (Missaukee), Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Angela Louisa Maria Quirina Enneking, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Giersbergen, Boxtel († 1997)
• Benice van der Pol († 2010)
• Alexander Jozef Wetzels, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland († 1929)
• Andreas Jacobus van Kampen, Hillegom († 1997)
• Christopher John B Harrison, Winchester, Hampshire, England († 2005)

• Carl Frederik Albers (24), Luik (B)
• Harm Cornelis Ter Steege (27), Leeuwarden
• Cornelis Kuit (54), Uitgeest
• van Oosterhout (0), Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anneke Francijna de Kok (84), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
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• Catharina Verburg (23), Rotterdam
• Barbera Maria Paula van Schie (48), Schipluiden
• Andrew B Morrison (68), Persinger, Nicholas, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Ouwehand (4), 's-Gravenhage

• 1927 » Carl Stokes, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Seychelles († 1996)
• 1928 » Fiorella Mari, Brazilian-Italian actress
• 1928 » Margit Bara, Hungarian actress († 2016)
• 1928 » Wolfgang Haken, German-American mathematician and academic
• 1929 » Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian-Greek guitarist and composer († 1999)
• 1930 » Gerald Kaufman, English journalist and politician, Shadow Foreign Secretary († 2017)
• 1930 » Mike McCormack, American football player and coach († 2013)
• 1931 » David Kushnir, Israeli Olympic long-jumper
• 1931 » Margaret Heckler, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
• 1931 » Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter († 1988)

• 1908 » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
• 1914 » Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
• 1940 » Édouard Vuillard, French painter (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer, developed the zipper (b. 1880)

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.
• May 1 » The 7.2 M_w  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
• June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
• October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
• November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
• 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.
• November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.

The temperature on June 21, 1929 was between 6.9 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.