About the day » Sunday February 2, 1930Calender converter

• Bobbie Jo Todd, Forrest City, St Francis, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Cornelis Adrianus Blokland, Rotterdam († 1987)
• Bernardus Maria Blommesteijn († 2003)
• Bodde, Delft, Holland († 1930)
• Doodgeboren kind Remmers, Groningen, Gr, Nederland († 1930)
• Coleta Theresia Joanna Meesters († 2001)
• Cornelis Adrianus (Kees) Cornelisz Blokland, Rotterdam († 1987)
• Elza Schroons, Lier, Vlaams Gewest, België († 2003)
• Eleonora, Elizabeth Becker, Paramaribo, Suriname († 2012)
• Antina Bonnema, Harkema Opeinde, Friesland, Nederland († 2001)

• (stillborn) Cook (0), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Alberta Clasina Broers (82), Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Baukje Heins (39), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Eyckens (67), Peer
• Anthonia Hendrika Johanna Wiersema (0), Ede
• Bodde (0), Delft, Holland
• Albert L Sweetin (70), Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaantje Noordzij (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Schaaphok (0), Garmerwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Barbara Celina Claes (25), Alken, België

• 1929 » George Band, English engineer and mountaineer († 2011)
• 1929 » John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic († 2015)
• 1929 » Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer († 2013)
• 1929 » Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1929 » Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor († 2015)
• 1931 » Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1931 » Glynn Edwards, Malaysian-English actor († 2018)
• 1931 » John Paul Harney, Canadian educator and politician
• 1931 » Judith Viorst, American journalist and author
• 1931 » Les Dawson, English comedian and author († 1993)

• 1918 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
• 1925 » Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
• 1925 » Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
• 1926 » Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general and politician (b. 1848)
• 1932 » Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1939 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1942 » Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (b. 1876)

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 26 » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
• March 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
• June 21 » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
• July 7 » Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
• 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.
• December 16 » Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in Clinton, Indiana.

The temperature on February 2, 1930 was between 3.1 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.