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• Elisabeth Henriette Theresia WIGGER, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2007)
• Bastiaan Lammert Star, Delft († 2006)
• Dyonisia Adela Henrica Grommen, Brustem, België († 2001)
• Alzira Silveira († 2012)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Meerts, Wassenaar, Nederland († 1945)
• Antje Maaike de Haan, Maastricht († 2018)
• Antony Bernardus Karel Rooders, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Gasau, Twello (Voorst), Gelderland, Nederland († 1930)
• Catharina Maria Johanna van Lee, Tilburg († 2001)
• Alfred E Wissman ? ****, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1997)

• Balster Klein (71), Uithuizermeeden
• cornelis teunis VISSER (27), goudswaard
• Antonius Johannes van de Put (85), Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriana Johanna van Gastel (51), Oudenbosch (NL)
• Arij Bos (80), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Hubertina Wolters (86), Born
• Cornelis Brouwer (62), Baarn
• Anna Elisabeth van Calsteren (0), Den Haag
• Cornelia van der Park- (47), Oudorp, Nederland
• Aafje VAN 'T VEER (71), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1929 » George Crumb, American composer and educator
• 1929 » Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director († 1977)
• 1929 » Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home († 2012)
• 1929 » Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright († 2004)
• 1930 » Ahmad Shah of Pahang († 2019)
• 1930 » Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright
• 1930 » Jack Angel, American voice actor
• 1930 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish racing driver and 6th Baronet Douglas († 1969)
• 1930 » Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician
• 1930 » The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1959)

• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
• 1948 » Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)

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 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
• April 6 » At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."
• 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.
• May 24 » Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
• August 16 » The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
• October 27 » Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.

The temperature on October 24, 1930 was between 4.4 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.