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• Adriaan "Adrie" Vader, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 2019)
• Arnoldus Antonie Stoppels, Bierum († 2018)
• Alfons Jacobus Beers, Buitenzorg (Bogor) (Ned. Indië) († 1999)
• Alouisius Gerardus Johannes Antonius van Eijl, Gilze en Rijen († 2021)
• Anna Maria Helsloot, Amsterdam († 2005)
• Breunis Vastenburg, Baarn († 1932)
• Arie Dijkshoorn, Kethel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Dennis Duane Donnelly, Petoseky, Emmet Co., MI († 2002)
• Bertha Elisabeth Huitema, Scharnegoutum († 2020)
• Clasina de Vries, Amsterdam († 1993)

• Clara Johanna Theodora Allewelt (63), Schiedam
• Clasina Johanna van Teijlingen (85), Amsterdam
• Berendina Boers (86), Den Ham
• Andrew Jackson Collins (72), Lesage, Cabell, West Virginia, United States
• Albert van Goor (76), Zwolle
• Anthonius Egidius Jacobus de Wildt (78), Heemstede, Nederland
• Betje Lezer (57), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Betje Lezer (57), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• van der Heijden (0), Eersel
• Aafje Wester (60), Heerhugowaard

• 1928 » Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress († 2016)
• 1928 » Mary Daly, American philosopher and theologian († 2010)
• 1929 » Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress
• 1930 » Carmen Sevilla, Spanish actress
• 1930 » John Polkinghorne, English physicist, theologian and priest
• 1931 » Charles Colson, American lawyer and politician († 2012)
• 1931 » P. W. Underwood, American football player and coach († 2013)
• 1931 » Rosa Rosal, Filipino actress
• 1931 » Valery Klimov, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator
• 1932 » John Grant, English journalist and politician († 2000)

• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
• 1956 » Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873)

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 31 » 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.
• February 10 » The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope to overthrow French protectorate over Vietnam.
• March 31 » The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
• 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 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 29 » Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.

The temperature on October 16, 1930 was between 10.6 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.