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• Cornelis Glasbergen, Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Cornelia Maria Elisabeth Benders, Schinveld († 1995)
• Aalt van Ramshorst († 1998)
• Adri Luijken, Princenhage,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Anna Maria Theresia Derksen, Elst,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1962)
• Clyde Ellis Eldridge, Laveen, Maricopa County, Arizona († 1996)
• Cornelis Glasbergen, Anna Paulowna († 1931)
• Arie van de Water († 2017)
• Dan Alfred Burns († 1988)
• Cornelis Marinus (Nelis, Cor) de Baat († 2013)

• Berend Tent (84), Assen
• Barend Christiaan Scholts (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Francois Terstall (90), Bennebroek
• Aalt Prins (77), Kampen
• Bauke Goedemoed (77), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Links (76), Helmond, Helmond, North Brabant, The Netherlands
• Catharina Juister (Jeuster) (69), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Cecil Albert DE LAUTOUR (85), Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand
• Barend Christiaan Antoniesz Scholtz (85), Rotterdam, zh.nld
• Bernardina Aletta Maria van Schaik (47), Schiedam

• 1927 » Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet († 2015)
• 1928 » Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author († 1982)
• 1928 » Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer
• 1929 » Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor († 2011)
• 1930 » Bill Brittain, American author († 2011)
• 1930 » Bill Young, American sergeant and politician († 2013)
• 1930 » Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist († 2013)
• 1932 » Grace Alele-Williams, Nigerian mathematician and academic
• 1932 » Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution († 1968)
• 1932 » Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator

• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892)
• 1944 » Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885)

• 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.
• 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.
• April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
• 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).
• 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.
• 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 December 16, 1930 was between -2.4 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.