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• Andries van der Laan, Exloerveen, Odoorn
• Albertha Kroneman, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2009)
• Aaltje (Alie) RISSELADA, Makkum Friesland Netherlands († 1979)
• Anna Barbara Cornelia Spijkers, Woensel
• Adrianus van den Bos, Monster († 1995)
• Abraham Cornelis Smit, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Vanuytsel († 1997)
• Aaltje Smit, Giethoorn († 2001)
• Adrianus van Zon, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Waijenberg, Apeldoorn († 1990)

• Aafje Nanne (34), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Boer (20), Aarlanderveen
• Afiena Rena ( Alvina, Effie) Wieringa (37), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus VAN OPSTAL (71), Chaam, Alphen-Chaam, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Amanda M Stanard Burgoyne (MrEugElhanan) (34), Washtenaw County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aafje Nanne (34), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aetske Willems Nijdam (74), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Baby Mellor (0), Juneau, WI
• Annechien Smit (34), Odoorn
• Anton Visschers (33), Druten

• 1908 » Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1909 » Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader († 1986)
• 1909 » Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer († 1988)
• 1909 » Jacques Canetti, French music executive and talent agent († 1997)
• 1910 » Harry Bernstein, English-American journalist and author († 2011)
• 1912 » Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic († 1996)
• 1912 » Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor († 1980)
• 1912 » Joseph Stein, American playwright and author († 2010)
• 1912 » Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1912 » Millicent Selsam, American author and academic († 1996)

• 1892 » Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
• 1901 » Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
• 1926 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1941 » Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)

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

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
• August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
• August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
• September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
• October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
• December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

The temperature on May 30, 1911 was between 13.6 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.