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• Cornelis Heinen, Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Alvin Marshall Gross, USA († 2013)
• Cornelia Everdina Hendrika Barendregt, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1930)
• Antonius Slagers, Enter († 2022)
• Aalt de Graaf, Putten († 2000)
• Antonius Cornelis 'Anton' Boomars, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2011)
• Cornelis van Wier, Midlum, Friesland, Nederland († 2013)
• Bernardus (Bennie) Hassink († 2021)
• Albert Joseph Castermans, Borgloon, België († 1991)
• Antonius Johan J. Coenders, Lottum († 2018)

• Berend Stuul (59), Epe
• Adrianus (arie) Brinkkemper (76), Zaandam, Nederland
• Annechien, Annigje Ruzelaar (89), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Arnoldus (36), Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Hendrika WIGCHERS (61), Doesburg
• Bastiaan KORNET (73), Katwijk,, Pays-Bas
• Berend Stuul (59), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonij den Besten (69), Monster
• Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Arnoldus (35), Groningen
• Anna Catharina Ehlers (57), Amsterdam

• 1925 » Jack Lemmon, American actor († 2001)
• 1926 » Birgitte Reimer, Danish film actress
• 1926 » Neal Cassady, American author and poet († 1968)
• 1930 » Alejandro Rey, Argentinian-American actor and director († 1987)
• 1931 » James Dean, American actor († 1955)
• 1932 » Cliff Allison, English racing driver and businessman († 2005)
• 1932 » John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1933 » Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano
• 1937 » Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist († 2016)
• 1937 » Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer († 1989)

• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)

• 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 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
• February 3 » Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.
• April 22 » The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
• June 17 » U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law.
• August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
• October 3 » The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded.

The temperature on February 8, 1930 was between -3.3 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.