About the day » Thursday December 18, 1930Calender converter

• Hendrika van Montfoort, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2017)
• Frans Bennema († 2002)
• Henri Margaretha Steegh, Blerick († 2004)
• Franz Fiereder, Linz, Linz, Oberösterreich, Oostenrijk († 2009)
• Huijbregts, Halsteren
• Deigentasch Aloïs, Wilrijk, Antwerpen, België († 2000)
• Gijsbertus Dovianus, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius Johannes Maria Didden, Waalwijk († 1997)
• Antoon Gustaaf Grosemans, Diepenbeek, België († 1994)
• Annigje Louwsma, Opmeer († 1931)

• Carel Frederik Willem Rietveld (83), Utrecht
• Albert Cornelisz Backer (84), Oudeschild, Netherlands
• Antje Vlugt (88), Monnickendam
• Adriana Schaap (63), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (80), Giessendam, Provincie Zuid Holland
• Bastiaan Jacob Jungerius (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albrecht Karel Leo Adolf Robert Percy Graaf van Bernstorff (72), Preetz, Sleeswijk-Holstein
• Aaltje Bandsma
• Aalbert de Jongh (71), Waardenburg (GL)
• Agatha Jacobs' Leek (78), Wognum

• 1928 » Harold Land, American tenor saxophonist († 2001)
• 1928 » Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Indian-English caliph and author († 2003)
• 1929 » Gino Cimoli, American baseball player († 2011)
• 1929 » Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal († 2013)
• 1930 » Moose Skowron, American baseball player († 2012)
• 1931 » Alison Plowden, English historian and author († 2007)
• 1931 » Allen Klein, American businessman and music publisher († 2009)
• 1931 » Bill Thompson, American television host († 2014)
• 1932 » Norm Provan, Australian rugby league player, coach, and businessman
• 1932 » Roger Smith, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2017)

• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)
• 1971 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)

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.
• March 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
• 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.
• June 16 » Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
• November 3 » Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
• November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

The temperature on December 18, 1930 was between -1.2 and 1.9 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.