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• Esther DE VRIES, Pretoria, Gauteng, R.S.A. († 2003)
• Bernardus Theodorus Gerardus Heutinck († 1999)
• Donald Freeman Snowden, Napier Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 1992)
• Gerrit Jan Hulscher, Erve Nieuw Zuidwijk, Wilp († 1993)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Mil, Zoeterwoude († 1990)
• Franciscus Wilhelmus Smeekens, Chaam († 2005)
• Martens, Helmond († 1988)
• Dieter Hans-Joachim Brauckhoff, Halle (Saale) († 1950)
• Euphemia Maria Soppe, Coevorden († 2007)
• Achiel Bun, Hengstdijk,, Zeeland, Nederland († 2008)

• Alida Geertruida Sjoerdsma (61), 's-Gravenhage
• Berendina Migchelbrink (74), Aalten
• Bartje Palland (62), Den Haag, Nederland
• Bernardus Wilhelmus Bluekens (85), Chaam Gem. Alphen-Chaam Nbr
• de Bruin, Haaften
• Cornelis de Haan (68), Loenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhemina Vickers (61)
• Aegidius Legierse (20), Den Bommel
• Alberdina ten Brink (71), Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Marie IJZERMAN (58), Breda, 3379, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1929 » Harry Frankfurt, American philosopher and academic
• 1929 » Peter Higgs, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 » Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2014)
• 1932 » Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author
• 1932 » Richie Guerin, American basketball player and coach
• 1933 » Helmuth Rilling, German conductor and educator
• 1933 » Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer († 2005)
• 1934 » Bill Vander Zalm, Dutch-Canadian businessman and politician, 28th Premier of British Columbia
• 1935 » André Brink, South African author and playwright († 2015)
• 1935 » Sylvia Robinson, American singer and producer († 2011)

• 1917 » Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1920 » Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter and educator (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Ursula Ledóchowska, Austrian-Polish nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1892)
• 1942 » John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
• 1946 » Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (b. 1905)
• 1948 » May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Petrus
8. Gerrit
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Gerardus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Jacob
14. Antonius
15. Arie
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Helena
15. Margaretha
16. Grietje

• 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 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 8.1 million citizens.
• January 12 » Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
• January 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
• May 20 » Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
• November 8 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover.
• December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
• December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

The temperature on May 29, 1932 was between 4.1 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.