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• Aalders († 1930)
• Berendina Bosman, Hoogezand (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1971)
• Fredericus Henricus van der Lee, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• Aaltje Bel, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1948)
• Berendina Bosman, Hoogezand († 1971)
• Adriana Pieternella Smit, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Adriana Johanna Bekkers, Alphen en Riel
• Alvina Mendez Lopez, Malakoff Hen, Texas († 2000)
• Frans van den Broeck († 2004)
• Geert Dijkhuis, Termunten, Groningen, Nederland († 1998)

• Aaltje van den Brink (66), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Willem Doorduin (47), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Baars (81), Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje van SEVENTER (70), Bunnik
• Aagje Maat (61), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aalders (0), Ulft, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van der Pluijm (65), Raamsdonk
• Adriana van Meer (79), Etten-Leur
• Anthonius Baars (81), Benschop, Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagie Maat (61), Barneveld, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1928 » Doyle Conner, American farmer and politician, 7th Florida Commissioner of Agriculture († 2012)
• 1928 » Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot († 2013)
• 1928 » Marilyn Beck, American journalist († 2014)
• 1929 » William Safire, American journalist and author († 2009)
• 1930 » Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor and painter
• 1930 » Bob Guccione, American photographer and publisher, founded Penthouse († 2010)
• 1930 » Dorothy Rowe, Australian psychologist and author († 2019)
• 1931 » Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor († 2014)
• 1931 » Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer († 2011)
• 1931 » James McGaugh, American neurobiologist and psychologist

• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1895)

• 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 16 » The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
• April 2 » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
• 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.
• September 6 » Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
• September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.

The temperature on December 17, 1930 was between -0.5 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.