About the day » Wednesday January 29, 1930Calender converter

• Bastiaan Kroon, Papendrecht († 2018)
• Anna Martha Sophia van der Hogen, Steenwijkerwold († 2003)
• Dirk Duker († 2002)
• Antonia Wilhelmina Dollenkamp, Olst,Gemeente Olst-Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland († 2014)
• Berendina Theresia Brughuis, Geesteren (Nl) († 1976)
• Antonia Arnolda Cornelia Maria van Belkom, Tilburg († 2009)
• Derk Bakker, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2001)
• B.T(Berendina) Brughuis, Geesteren (Tubbergen) († 1976)
• Ben Wennekes, Bergh,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2004)
• Clara Johanna Zeestraten, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)

• Antonia Zweekhorst (82), Amersfoort
• Anthonie Rijke, de (76), Poortvliet gem. Tholen Zld. NL
• Anne Marie Chrétien Henri, Jonkheer Bowier (91), Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adrianus Anthonij Meijer (73), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Anne Marie Chrétien Henri Bowier (91), Baarn (Utrecht) NL
• Adriana Gijzen (52), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annetje LEENHEER (77), Poortugaal
• Alieda Manschot (42), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Anthonij Meijer (73), Vlaardingen
• Aleida Bernarda Hunting (66), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1926 » Abdus Salam, Pakistani-British physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1996)
• 1926 » Amelita Ramos, 11th First Lady of the Philippines
• 1927 » Edward Abbey, American environmentalist and author († 1989)
• 1929 » Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1929 » Joseph Kruskal, American mathematician and computer scientist († 2010)
• 1931 » Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary († 2011)
• 1931 » Leslie Bricusse, English playwright and composer
• 1932 » Raman Subba Row, English cricketer and referee
• 1932 » Tommy Taylor, English footballer († 1958)
• 1933 » Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist († 2004)

• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)

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.
• January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
• April 22 » The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
• 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.
• June 16 » Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
• June 21 » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
• November 3 » Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.

The temperature on January 29, 1930 was between 0.1 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.