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• Cornelia Elisabeth Rovers, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Adrianus Martinus van der Cruijs, Geldrop († 1946)
• Adrianus Johannes(Adrie) Ernest, Steenbergen (Kladde) († 2001)
• Dimphna Adriana Maria Janssens, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• André Willem Fleuren, Sevenum († 1981)
• Antje van Erkelens, Steenwijk († 1929)
• Robert J. Beaumont († 2007)
• Antoon Leo Marie Soons († 1998)
• Anibal Ribeiro do Valle, Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 2000)
• Carel Maria Andreas van Aalst, 's-Gravenhage († 2020)

• Allegonda Bierings (78), Eindhoven
• Bastiaan Pieter Borst (65), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria van der Kleij (1918), Nijmegen
• Adriaan Schoo (0), Groningen
• Berend Abbas (84), Kanawha,Hancock,Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Berend George Abbas (84), Kanawha, Hancock County, Iowa
• Charles Leroy Russell (72), Mount Gilead, Morrow, Ohio, United States
• Christof Lap (0), Oude Pekela gemeente Pekela Groningen
• Andreas van Vliet (53), Leiden
• Caroline Mary Stocking Crane (86), Snohomish, Snohomish, Washington, United States

• 1925 » Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer
• 1925 » Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager († 2006)
• 1926 » Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1927 » Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor († 2019)
• 1927 » Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer († 2007)
• 1932 » Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright
• 1932 » Geoffrey Cass, English businessman
• 1932 » Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest († 2003)
• 1932 » John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter
• 1932 » Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia

• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)

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.
• February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
• 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.
• July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
• 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.

The temperature on August 11, 1929 was between 8.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.