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• Anthonie Jacob Vooijs, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Antoinette Henriette Juliette SATIJN († 1996)
• (l.l.) Post, Pijnacker († 1930)
• Cornelis (Cor) Christiaan Johannes Theresia Visser, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Bartholomeus Jan ( Bert ) Volkers, Deventer († 2012)
• Antonius Arnoldus van 't Erve, Broekland, Apeldoorn († 1991)
• Adrianus Marinus Berkelmans, Vlijmen († 2002)
• Cornelis Pieter Jansen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Antonius Francscs Moonen, Rotterdam († 1931)
• Anne Duizendstra, Den Haag († 2002)

• Anna Wolffers (70), Oegstgeest
• Anton Antonio dGalliera (64), unbekannt
• Albert L Parks (59), Middleboro, Bell County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Johanna Roelen (17), Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie, Ariesz Groen (76), Egmond aan Zee
• Alida Nel (73), Haarlem
• Alberdina Jansen (44), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika Wieking (64), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Maria de Boer (64), Gemeente Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Siedenburg (63), Den Haag

• 1927 » Doak Walker, American football player and businessman († 1998)
• 1927 » James Reeb, American clergyman and political activist († 1965)
• 1927 » Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director († 2007)
• 1927 » Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1928 » Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1928 » Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian, author, and academic
• 1929 » Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright († 2012)
• 1930 » Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer
• 1930 » Gaafar Nimeiry, Egyptian-Sudanese politician, 4th President of the Sudan († 2009)
• 1932 » Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor († 1989)

• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)

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.
• March 13 » The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
• March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
• April 2 » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
• April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
• June 9 » A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
• August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.

The temperature on January 1, 1930 was between 0.5 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.