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• de Bruijn († 1979)
• Eva d' Annunzio († 2019)
• Elizabeth Helmantel, weiwerd († 2012)
• Catharina Margaretha Harmers, Oranjedorp, Emmen († 1958)
• "Betsie" Elisabeth Geertruida Maria Bodd (tak van de Berg), Babberich († 2005)
• Elisabeth N. van der Linden († 2021)
• Dennis A Pulk, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Doodgeboren kind van der Schoot, Tilburg († 1930)
• Alida Schröduer († 2010)
• Arie Adriaan de Graaf, Breda, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 2000)

• * Maria van den Bosch (30), 's Hertogenbosch
• Christina de Heer (15), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Schouten (80), Krimpen aan den IJssel
• Carel Hendrik baron van Utenhove (61), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• America Oakes (80), Lincoln, Kentucky
• Addie Florence Edmundson (70), San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California
• Adriaan Broeders (73), Udenhout
• Antje Dokter (10), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Lyzenga (69), Dantumawoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis van den Hoven (52), Utrecht

• 1926 » Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop († 1996)
• 1928 » Nigel Davenport, English actor († 2013)
• 1928 » Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner († 2015)
• 1928 » Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress († 2002)
• 1929 » Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish-Austrian actress († 1982)
• 1930 » Friedrich Achleitner, German poet and critic († 2019)
• 1931 » Barbara Barrie, American actress
• 1932 » Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author († 1998)
• 1933 » Joan Collins, English actress
• 1933 » Ove Fundin, Swedish motorcycle racer

• 1920 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
• 1921 » August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1937 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)
• 1938 » Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)

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.
• January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
• August 16 » The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
• September 6 » Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
• September 8 » 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
• 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 23, 1930 was between 8.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.