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• Andreas Johannes Maria Holman, Ginneken en Bavel († 2001)
• Emile Slots, Amersfoort († 1929)
• Egbert Zwijze, Gramsbergen († 1992)
• Adriana Cornelia van de Wiel, Drunen († 2006)
• Donald Roy Navorska, Canton, Stark Co., OH (Altman Hosp.) († 2022)
• Dora Mae Pulliam, Jasper County, Illinois († 2013)
• Alvie Lockwood Swan, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1933)
• Anna (Annie) Bannet, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Elizabeth Maria de Waard, Egmond aan Zee († 1976)
• Apolonia Maria Martina Bol, Kwintsheul, Nederland († 2017)

• Clasina van der Hoeven (65), Schiedam
• Antje Bokes Dijkstra (80), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Wilhelmina Catharina Beek (66), Edam
• Barbara Ellen Larabee (59), Raleigh Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Maria Zijlmans (0), Loon Op Zand, Nederland
• Constantin Franck (64), Marchienne-au-Pont, Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium
• Bernardus Johannes Scharenborg (90), Hengelo
• Catharina Elisabeth de Wit (74), Hoornsterzwaag, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• August Karel Vlinkervleugel (42), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Maria Zijlmans (0), Loon op Zand

• 1925 » Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States († 2018)
• 1927 » Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer († 2020)
• 1929 » Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author († 2013)
• 1930 » Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1993)
• 1930 » Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 » Dana Wynter, British actress († 2011)
• 1931 » James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1932 » Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, Scottish lawyer and judge († 2017)
• 1932 » Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1933 » Rommie Loudd, American football player and coach († 1998)

• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)

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. Catharina
9. Adriana
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 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
• 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 16 » The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on June 8, 1929 was between 5.3 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 14.3 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.