About the day » Friday August 2, 1929Calender converter

• Andrée RESTEAU, Braine-Le-Comte, 55004, Hainaut, Belgique († 1990)
• Geoffrey Roy TERRY, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1999)
• Aaltje Gerda Nap, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Cornelia Johanna Maanders, Ginneken († 1978)
• * Willem Rietveld, Gouda († 1999)
• Betty Tankersley, San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Anthonij van Zoeren, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1941)
• Clotilde VIDIC, Eisden,3630,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2015)
• Christina de Vries, Amsterdam, NH Netherlands († 1989)
• Antje ter Haar, Rotterdam († 1980)

• Aaltje Verbeek (0), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Gerarda Schaapherder (0), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Woerkom (68), GORINCHEM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Woerkom (68), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Birgitte Margrete Karstensdatter (72), Moldjord, Beiarn
• Arij Zwartveld (79), Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij Johannes van Kollenburg (80), Eindhoven
• Aloysius Deforce (48), Ingelmunster, België
• Amelia Tompkins (40), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Benjamin Boriski (51), 's-Gravenhage

• 1927 » Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician and academic († 2018)
• 1928 » Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer († 1990)
• 1929 » David Waddington, Baron Waddington, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Bermuda († 2017)
• 1929 » John Gale, English director and producer
• 1929 » Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer († 2014)
• 1929 » Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs († 2013)
• 1930 » Vali Myers, Australian painter and dancer († 2003)
• 1931 » Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer († 2008)
• 1931 » Karl Miller, English journalist and critic († 2014)
• 1931 » Pierre DuMaine, American bishop and academic († 2019)

• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)

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 1 » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
• 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.
• July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
• 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.
• December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

The temperature on August 2, 1929 was between 6.3 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.