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• Carl Raymond Silvers, Texas († 2000)
• Anne van Wijk, Klijndijk (Odoorn) († 2003)
• Edwin S. Wisegarver, Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States († 1996)
• Anthonia Maria van Dijk, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1994)
• Anna Cornelia Jacoba Maria Becx, Oisterwijk († 2001)
• Diena van Wijk, Roswinkel, Emmen († 2010)
• Chris Neal Hazelip, Houston, Harris, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Bettie June Estes, Coleman, Coleman, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Aaltje de Vos, Valthermond, Odoorn († 2022)
• Dirkje Bockkom, Schiedam († 2018)

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• Antje Filippus Pot (86), Harkema Opeinde
• Bernard Theodor Peters, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Anna van Schalkwijk (53), Haarlem
• Cornelia Wilhelmina van Vugt (27), Tilburg
• Ruis (0), Oss
• Aaltje de Jong- (89), Ooststellingwerf, Nederland
• Abram Ross Wylie [ARb-sXs67802 Bu] (78), Dallas County, Arkansas acc
• Cornelia Liefkens (62), Dreumel
• Antje Cornelisdr Slot (86), Broek op Langedijk, NH, Nederland

• 1926 » Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator († 2013)
• 1927 » Jimmy Martin, American singer and guitarist († 2005)
• 1927 » Vernon Washington, American actor († 1988)
• 1928 » Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor († 2010)
• 1928 » Gerino Gerini, Italian race car driver († 2013)
• 1928 » Gus Mercurio, American-Australian actor († 2010)
• 1928 » Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founded the Jimmy Dean Food Company († 2010)
• 1930 » Barry Unsworth, English-Italian author and academic († 2012)
• 1931 » Dolores Alexander, American journalist and activist († 2008)
• 1931 » Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2013)

• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1920 » Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and academic (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician (b. 1854)
• 1929 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1878)
• 1932 » Rin Tin Tin, American acting dog (b. 1918)
• 1933 » Alf Morgans, Welsh-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1850)
• 1945 » Robert H. Goddard, American physicist and engineer (b. 1882)

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 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• 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.
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on August 10, 1929 was between 9.1 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.