About the day » Wednesday March 12, 1930Calender converter

• Elaine D Merrill († 1999)
• Bertus Meussen, Mook († 2001)
• Frederick Joseph MARONEY († 2010)
• Aaltje Willemina Nieuwenhuis, Ambt Hardenberg († 2001)
• Garth Orson BAGLEY, Koosharem, Sevier County, Utah, United States of America († 2001)
• Fredericus Franciscus Wilhelmus Jacobus Putters, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)
• Aukje Smit († 1996)
• Evert van de Belt, Collendoorn, Hardenberg,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1932)
• Fenna de With († 1981)
• Frederika Louise Mathijsse, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)

• Charles E Fleming (68), Stewarts Creek, Surry County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Hubertina Senden (69), Klimmen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aartje Haverlag (78), Nijkerk
• Andries Johannes Jacobus Hulsker (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Dirksen (61), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agnes Maria Witteveen (28), Haarlem
• Aaltje Dirksen (61), Nijmegen
• Anne Rienks Dijkstra (81)
• Aartje Haverlach (78), Nijkerk
• Adrianus Gelens (35), Zevenbergen

• 1927 » Emmett Leith, professor of electrical engineering and co-inventor of three-dimensional holography († 2005)
• 1927 » Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina († 2009)
• 1927 » Sudharmono, 5th Vice President of Indonesia († 2006)
• 1928 » Edward Albee, American director and playwright († 2016)
• 1929 » Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy († 2014)
• 1930 » Antony Acland, British former diplomat and Provost of Eton College
• 1931 » Józef Tischner, Polish priest and philosopher († 2000)
• 1932 » Andrew Young, American pastor and politician, 14th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1932 » Bob Houbregs, Canadian basketball player († 2014)
• 1933 » Myrna Fahey, American actress († 1973)

• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)

• 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.
• March 13 » The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
• May 27 » The 1,046 feet (319m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
• 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.
• August 16 » The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
• September 8 » 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.

The temperature on March 12, 1930 was between -2.9 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.