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• Aaltje "Alie" Winter, Meppel, Nederland († 2022)
• Johannes Petrus Zeestraten, De Lier, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Alie Hielkes Bootsma († 1999)
• Aleida Wilhelmina Mol, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1944)
• Gerda Simons († 2021)
• Aleida Mol († 1944)
• Josephus Adrianus Hubertus Krijnen, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Eduard Desmet († 1944)
• Jos Rovers, Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)
• Annie te Velde († 2024)

• Achille Camille Struyve (68), Poperinge,8970,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Caspar Plyter (77), 't Veld, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Schuitema (0), Aduard
• Cornelis Antonius van Broekhoven (40), Natzwiller, Bas-Rhin, Frankrijk
• Anna Koedooder (63), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Vos (41), Hoogeveen
• Arij Gerardus Bach (68), Rotterdam
• Albertus de Klerk (42), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• Antje WIEPJES (69), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Pieter Snoep (20), Narva, Ida-Virumaa, Estonia

• 1942 » Doug Ashdown, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1943 » David Taylor, English snooker player and sportscaster
• 1944 » Jim Bridwell, American rock climber and mountaineer
• 1945 » Mircea Lucescu, Romanian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1945 » Sharon Creech, American author and educator
• 1946 » Alessandro Gogna, Italian mountaineer and adventurer
• 1946 » Diane Keen, English actress
• 1946 » Neal Doughty, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Stig Blomqvist, Swedish race car driver
• 1946 » Ximena Armas, Chilean painter

• 1924 » Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded Galatasaray S.K. (b. 1886)
• 1954 » Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Hasan Saka, Turkish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Ronald Fisher, English biologist and statistician (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)

• 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
• March 5 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
• April 22 » World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
• June 9 » World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
• June 25 » World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
• August 25 » World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
• October 25 » Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

The temperature on July 29, 1944 was between 11.9 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.