About the day » Wednesday October 8, 1930Calender converter

• Cornelis Adrianus van Loon, Gilze en Rijen († 1931)
• Abrahanna Wilhelmina Klaassen, Harderwijk († 1992)
• Antoon Bokkers, Marienvelde († 1993)
• Bernardina Helena Johanna Oosterveld, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2011)
• Egbert Nijeboer, Hardenberg († 1981)
• Anthonetta Elisabeth Vosters, Reusel († 1932)
• Annie Belle Todd, Hartville, Wright, Missouri († 2014)
• Derktje Nienhuis, Woltersum, Groningen, Nederland († 1978)
• Carel Kuitenbrouwer, Utrecht († 2016)
• Kroes, Arnhem († 1930)

• Kroes (0), Arnhem
• Arendje de Smid (61), Delft
• Anthonius Attevelt (76), Utrecht
• Arendje de Smit (61), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clara Rohrer (67), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Barendina Jacoba Prakken (44), Groningen (stad), Groningen, Nederland
• Christina Johanna de Nobel (84), Haarlem
• Bernard David Allman (0), Jane Lew, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Arend van der Veen (18)
• Clemens Benedictus STELDER (63), Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1928 » Bill Maynard, English actor († 2018)
• 1928 » Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager († 2001)
• 1928 » M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader
• 1928 » Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
• 1929 » Betty Boothroyd, English academic and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons
• 1930 » Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer († 2013)
• 1930 » Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist
• 1930 » Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer († 1986)
• 1930 » Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer and theorist († 1996)
• 1931 » Bill Brown, Scottish-Canadian footballer († 2004)

• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)

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.
• April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
• May 7 » The 7.1 M_w  Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
• June 21 » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
• July 30 » In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
• September 17 » The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.
• December 16 » Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in Clinton, Indiana.

The temperature on October 8, 1930 was between 7.9 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.