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• Berendina Elizabeth Wilhelmina Suuroverste, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Donald Ross Smith, Hartford, Madison, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1977)
• Donatus Albertus Franciscus Haans, Tilburg († 2017)
• Bruno Kamphorst, Sampaio Lajeado RS Brasil († 2000)
• Antonia Sabina Koning, de, Amsterdam
• Albert Lee Todd ?****, Clifton City, Cooper, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Charles P Kroese, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 2020)
• Aaltje Boertien, Elim, Hoogeveen († 1989)
• Andries de Jong, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Dolores Mary van Cuijk, Kimberly, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1997)

• Barbara Cobelen (59), Maastricht
• Abelina Beekman (31), Stadskanaal
• Arie Stokkers (80), Weesp
• Aafien Dijkema (79), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Baudina Sixma van Heemstra (54), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthony Joseph Nachtegeller (74), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna T(h)eunis T(h)eunisse(n) T(h)euns (77), Gemeente Roosendaal, NL
• Alfred GENTRY (56), Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Jacoba Nieuwland (82), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ben Perry Miller (49), Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, United States of America

• 1926 » George Brecht, American-German chemist and composer († 2008)
• 1926 » Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and academic († 2002)
• 1928 » Joan Kroc, American philanthropist († 2003)
• 1928 » Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician, Chief Minister of KwaZulu
• 1928 » Péter Boross, Hungarian lawyer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of Hungary
• 1929 » George Scott, Canadian-American wrestler and promoter († 2014)
• 1929 » Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, and songwriter († 2007)
• 1930 » Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler and politician († 1968)
• 1931 » Joe Cunningham, American baseball player and coach
• 1931 » Sri Chinmoy, Indian-American guru and poet († 2007)

• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
• 1945 » Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)

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.
• May 1 » The 7.2 M_w  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
• August 24 » Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city.
• September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
• November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
• December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

The temperature on August 27, 1929 was between 10.7 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.