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• Dennis Mcclary Todd ?****, Harris, Sullivan, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Catharina Maria Elshof, Brummen († 2006)
• Berendina Gesina Roelofs, Wielen († 2018)
• Gerardus Jacobus de Krijger, Biervliet († 1985)
• Franciscus Theodorus Daemen, Luijksgestel († 2012)
• Agnes Wilhelmina Maria Willems, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Aaltje Krijnen, Hilversum († 2004)
• Wassenaar, Leiden
• Grietje M Koops, Vries († 2005)
• Agatha Zonnenberg, Amsterdam († 1995)

• Amalia Jacoba van de Kamp (68), Apeldoorn
• Charles E Proctor (63), Alexandria, Madison, Indiana, United States
• Allegonda Dolphijn (14), Ruurlo, Nederland
• Anna Adriana Maria van der Valk (67), Rotterdam
• Akke Attes Wiglama (69)
• Barend Rensink (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Pieternella Heijboer (60), St.Maartensdijk
• Catharina Hubertina Lucassen (81), Mheer
• Annemie van Maurik (67), Utrecht
• Aleida Holtkamp (73)

• 1928 » Robert Conley, American journalist († 2013)
• 1928 » Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel († 2010)
• 1929 » Claude Castonguay, Canadian banker and politician
• 1929 » Ethel D. Allen, American physician and politician († 1981)
• 1929 » Girija Devi, Indian classical singer († 2017)
• 1929 » Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress and singer († 2007)
• 1930 » Doug Atkins, American football player († 2015)
• 1930 » Gary Snyder, American poet, essayist, and translator
• 1930 » Heather Harper, Northern Irish soprano († 2019)
• 1930 » René Maltête, French photographer and poet († 2000)

• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)

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.
• February 18 » Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
• March 13 » The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
• April 2 » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
• August 7 » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
• August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
• December 7 » W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.

The temperature on May 8, 1930 was between 1.5 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.