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• Dina Tjaakje Groeneveld († 2017)
• Cornelis Hulst († 2001)
• Ellen Roseanna Cook, Marion, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 1931)
• Branca Emmerik, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Faith Arlene KOELE († 2016)
• Fred Reed, Millington, Tuscola County, Michigan († 1930)
• Georges Joan Jozef (Georges) Nulens, Kortessem, België († 1999)
• Eugene Jones, Tennessee († 1988)
• Frans Christiaan de Ronde, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Aleijda van den Berg, Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1993)

• Antoinette Alida Maria Hoogstraten (4), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Koolhaas (31), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Wagenaar (37), Amsterdam
• aaltje visscher (79), zwartsluis
• Aaltje Vrijhof (0), Harderwijk
• Antoinette Alida Maria Hoogstraten (4), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoinette Alida Maria Hoogstraaten (4), Hillegersberg, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ankje Pieters (91), Smallingerland
• Anne Waldus (80), Ooststellingwerf
• Brugman (0), Montferland, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1928 » Ross Barbour, American pop singer († 2011)
• 1928 » Siné, French cartoonist († 2016)
• 1928 » Tatyana Shmyga, Russian actress and singer († 2011)
• 1928 » Veijo Meri, Finnish author and translator († 2015)
• 1929 » Mies Bouwman, Dutch television host († 2018)
• 1929 » Peter May, English cricketer († 1994)
• 1930 » Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator († 2010)
• 1930 » Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress († 2008)
• 1931 » Bob Shaw, Northern Irish journalist and author († 1996)
• 1932 » Don James, American football player and coach († 2013)

• 1909 » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
• 1910 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
• 1910 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)
• 1921 » Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)
• 1936 » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Wilhelmina
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Margaretha
15. Grietje
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 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 7.8 million citizens.
• March 13 » The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
• May 1 » "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
• May 7 » The 7.1 M_w  Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
• June 21 » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
• September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
• November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

The temperature on December 31, 1930 was between 4.3 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.