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• Antonius Cornelis 'Anton' Boomars, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2011)
• Bertha Olivia Persson, Gunnarvattnet, Hotagen, Jamtland, Sverige († 2020)
• Antonia Hendrika Groot, Warmenhuizen († 2015)
• Cornelia Everdina Hendrika Barendregt, Rotterdam († 1930)
• Bernardus Petrus Janssens, Tilburg († 1999)
• Cornelia Bijl († 1978)
• Aalt de Graaf, Putten († 2000)
• Antonius Johan J. Coenders, Lottum († 2018)
• Bernardus (Bennie) Hassink († 2021)
• Antonius Cornelis Boomars, Oldenzaal († 2011)

• Cor (Cornelis) van Kampen (31), Hilversum
• Abraham Louwerse (68), Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL
• Apolonia Bijl (86), Delft
• Antonetta de Wit (59), Utrecht
• Charles Lafayette Condia (55), Humble, Harris, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Marcus Jacobus Maria Johannes Leoné (70), Veenhuizen
• Cornelia Koens (80), Bergen op Zoom
• Antonia Maria Galjaard, 's-Gravenhage
• Antonij den Besten (69), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Korevaar (89), Schoonhoven

• 1925 » Jack Lemmon, American actor († 2001)
• 1926 » Birgitte Reimer, Danish film actress
• 1926 » Neal Cassady, American author and poet († 1968)
• 1930 » Alejandro Rey, Argentinian-American actor and director († 1987)
• 1931 » James Dean, American actor († 1955)
• 1932 » Cliff Allison, English racing driver and businessman († 2005)
• 1932 » John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1933 » Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano
• 1937 » Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist († 2016)
• 1937 » Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer († 1989)

• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)

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 6 » The first diesel-powered automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
• 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.
• March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
• October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
• 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 February 8, 1930 was between -3.3 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.