About the day » Sunday January 26, 1930Calender converter

• Anton Daniël van Vreumingen, 's Gravenhage († 1994)
• Bertha den Dulk († 1998)
• Darlene Lilian Hobert, Rockford, Floyd County, Iowa († 2019)
• Annie van Avesaath, Blerick († 2013)
• Anna Margaretha van Dijken, Adorp,Gemeente Winsum, Groningen, Nederland († 2017)
• Bertha│Bea Dulk den, Katwijk († 1998)
• Charles Lincoln Ware, Hardin County, Iowa († 2024)
• Albertus Lok, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1996)
• Catharina Maria Scheelen, Lommel († 1995)
• Alphonsus van der Hoofd, Haarlemmermeer, Nederland († 1984)

• Anna Catharina van de Ven (84), Heinkenszand
• Aleida Nadorp (75), Eibergen
• Ansley Wilcox (73), Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
• Aleida Neppelenbroek (84), Zwollerkerspel, Ov, The Netherlands
• Antonetta Keeris (73), Eersel
• Anna Annetta Adolphina Dupont (75), Bandoeng
• Looije, Rotterdam
• Anna Annetta Adophina Dupont (76), Bandoeng, Indonesië
• Adriaan Francois de Ritter (43), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ADRIANA van ZETTEN (93), SINT MAARTENSDIJK

• 1926 » Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani linguist and scholar († 2013)
• 1926 » Joseph Bacon Fraser, Jr., American architect and businessman, co-founded the Sea Pines Company († 2014)
• 1927 » Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout († 1985)
• 1927 » Hubert Schieth, German footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1927 » José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras († 2005)
• 1928 » Roger Vadim, French actor and director († 2000)
• 1929 » Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator
• 1934 » Charles Marowitz, American director, playwright, and critic († 2014)
• 1934 » Huey "Piano" Smith, American pianist and songwriter
• 1934 » Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and publisher († 2020)

• 1926 » John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)
• 1932 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)

• 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 6 » International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
• March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
• 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 1 » The Deccan Queen is introduced as first intercity train between Bombay VT (Now Mumbai CST) and Poona (Pune) to run on electric locomotives.
• October 3 » The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded.

The temperature on January 26, 1930 was between 0.2 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.