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• Adriana (Jane) Pieternella Jacoba Wessel, Schiedam († 2007)
• Cornelis (Kees) Strik, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Charles Johannes Hippolyte Marie Vilder de, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1930)
• Benedita Aparecida Simões, Brasil († 2020)
• Cornelis Strik, Heemskerk († 1929)
• Cornelia Jansen, Putten († 2011)
• Bertil H HEDLUND, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Alvin C Todd, Tennessee († 1961)
• Adriaan Willem Nederlof, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Anna (Annie) Jansen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1995)

• Aiske Vlaskamp (63)
• Cornelia Faber (0), Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Poortinga (60), Twijzelerheide, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Cunigunda Maria E.H.A.M.O.J. REITZ von FRENTZ, Buchhagen, Lower Saxony, Duitsland
• Antonia Klomp (36), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Cornelia Donkervoort (48), Zeist
• Cornelia Boons (55), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Hindriks Brinks (87), Odoorn
• Aart van Boeijen (50), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Brinks (87), Odoorn,Drenthe,Niederlande

• 1926 » Donn Fendler, American author and speaker († 2016)
• 1926 » Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic
• 1927 » Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)
• 1928 » Charles Gray, English actor († 2000)
• 1928 » Herbert Meier, Swiss author and translator († 2018)
• 1929 » Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic († 2004)
• 1930 » Carlos Loyzaga, Filipino basketball player and coach († 2016)
• 1930 » Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman († 2006)
• 1931 » Lise Payette, Canadian journalist and politician († 2018)
• 1931 » Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist († 2001)

• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)

• 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 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
• June 21 » An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
• 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.
• 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 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on August 29, 1929 was between 10.6 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.