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• Bertha Mae Rudd [K] († 1950)
• Anna van Wijk († 1987)
• Alphonsus Alouisius Bogers, Roosendaal († 1979)
• Cornelia Petronella Johanna Meijer († 2002)
• Alie van Beek, Oldemarkt († 2021)
• Aleida Maria Theresia Oude Reimer, Hengelo († 2015)
• Bernardus Johannes Carolus Starink, Gaanderen (gem. Doetinchem, Gelderland) († 2021)
• Antonius Christiaan Suijkerbuijk, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Antonetta Clara Cornelia van Melis, Helmond († 1931)
• Cornelis Hendrik Kattenberg, Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)

• Anne Eeuwes Linting (24), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Agnes Braam (66), Griethausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Cornelis Vuik (48), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel
• Cornelia Tanis (73), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Dina Noordermeer (46), Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Antje van DUIJN (74), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Antonio Ribeiro de Oliveira (71), Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Annie Leola Spieker (21), Grundy County, Iowa
• Antje van Duijn (74), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertina Koens (74), Groningen, Nederland

• 1925 » Marco Cé, Italian cardinal († 2014)
• 1926 » David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author († 2014)
• 1926 » Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author († 2004)
• 1926 » John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician († 2019)
• 1926 » Martin Riesen, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender
• 1927 » Bob Beckham, American country singer († 2013)
• 1927 » Khensur Lungri Namgyel, Tibetan religious leader
• 1927 » Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician († 2017)
• 1928 » Balakh Sher Mazari, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1930 » Jerry Vale, American singer († 2014)

• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Jean Moulin, French soldier (b. 1899)

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 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
• February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
• 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.
• 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 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.

The temperature on July 8, 1929 was between 6.6 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.