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• Anna Gertrudis Nijsten († 2009)
• Christian M Rauwerda, Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Anna Kuijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Anna Gerarda Dümmer, Schinveld, Limburg, NL († 1989)
• anthoni de KLERK, 's-gravendeel († 2001)
• André Ghislain BELIN, Leers (FRA) († 2017)
• Arie Vlot († 1989)
• Aaltje Langenburg, Borger († 1930)
• Clasina Theodora Huibertusd WIEL, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Catharina Kroos, Gilze,Gilze en Rijen,Noord Brabant,Nederland

• Adriaantje van den Boogaard (82), Boxtel
• Albert van REGTEREN (71), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aalt van Hell (65), Leiden
• Adriaantje Lugtenberg (76), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Weitering (0), Emmen
• Aglaë Legé (71), Paris
• Anna Gertrud Liebeton (45), Groesbeek
• Anthonia Maria Mooij (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart VAN KERKWIJK (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Pieters Bekkema (65), Opende, Groningen, Nederland

• 1925 » Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor († 2015)
• 1926 » Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright († 2014)
• 1927 » Betty Allen, American soprano and educator († 2009)
• 1928 » William John McKeag, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba († 2007)
• 1930 » James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut († 1991)
• 1930 » Paul Horn, American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist († 2014)
• 1931 » David Peakall, English-American chemist and toxicologist († 2001)
• 1931 » Patricia Breslin, American actress († 2011)
• 1933 » Myrlie Evers-Williams, American journalist and activist
• 1933 » Penelope Lively, English author

• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
• 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1957 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
• 1958 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)

• 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 6 » The first diesel-powered automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
• February 18 » While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
• 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 21 » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
• November 3 » Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
• December 7 » W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.

The temperature on March 17, 1930 was between 2.7 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.