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• Aaltina Geertruida (Alie) Booij, Geleen, Limburg, Nederland († 2021)
• Elisabeth Theis, Arborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany († 1991)
• Daniël Adrianus Mesman, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Arnoldus Noordhoek, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• van Zanten, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1929)
• Arie Willem Goudswaard, oud-beijerland (zuid holland) († 2012)
• Annie van den Bogaard, Druten († 2010)
• Arend Maas, Dedemsvaart († 1997)
• Esther Deutz, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Arie van Delft († 2008)

• Antje Popkes VAN DEN BERG (74), Dantumadiel Friesland Netherlands
• Arendje Overkleeft (49), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Peter Barton (61), St. Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Popkes van den Berg (74), Veenwouden
• Ann MIDDLETON (73), Totnes, Devon, England
• Adriana Tol (1), Volendam
• (0), Driel, Nederland
• Anthonia Maria Brouns (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van de Wetering (71), Eindhoven
• Cornelis Pieters Pasma (72), Leeuwarden

• 1926 » Jiang Zemin, Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and 5th President of China
• 1926 » Valerie Eliot, English businesswoman († 2012)
• 1927 » F. Ray Keyser Jr., American lawyer and politician, 72nd Governor of Vermont († 2015)
• 1927 » Sam Butera, American saxophonist and bandleader († 2009)
• 1928 » T. J. Anderson, American composer, conductor, and educator
• 1928 » Willem Duys, Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer († 2011)
• 1929 » Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot († 1977)
• 1930 » Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer († 2015)
• 1930 » Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright († 1998)
• 1931 » Tony Wrigley, English historian, demographer, and academic

• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)

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).
• January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
• October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• 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.
• December 19 » The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).

The temperature on August 17, 1929 was between 11.9 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.