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• Elisabeth Emile Gabrielle Sermon, Antwerpen († 2011)
• Antonius Hoogveld, Orthen,'s-Hertogenbosch,Noord Brabant,Nederland († 1944)
• Andreas Petrus van Dijk, Boekel, Nederland († 1979)
• Alie Folbert († 2006)
• Adriana Cornelia Franke, Dirksland († 1993)
• Antonius Adrianus Maria van den Tillaart, Venray († 2014)
• Annie van der Poel († 1996)
• Asseliena Nijboer, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 2020)
• Dorothy Margaret Benway, Chittenden, Vermont, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Elza Hubertina Maria Jan (Els) VROEMEN, Berg en Terblijt (NL/LI) († 2008)

• Betty Jane Manley (0), Middleport, Meigs County, Ohio
• Betsy Gresch (65), Salford, Lancashire, England
• Adriana Johanna Maria Claassen, Tilburg, Nederland
• Andrew Agnew MAITLAND-HERIOT (79)
• Berbera Padmos (88), Ouddorp Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• BRABANDER (0), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
• Bartele Renoldus de Vries (67), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Asse Jans Driegen (83), Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove
• Berbera PADMOS Cdr (88), Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Berbera Padmos (88), Ouddorp

• 1925 » Corinne Calvet, French actress († 2001)
• 1925 » Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1960)
• 1926 » Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian
• 1926 » Shrinivas Khale, Indian composer († 2011)
• 1928 » Hugh Hood, Canadian author and academic († 2000)
• 1928 » Orlando Sirola, Italian tennis player († 1995)
• 1930 » Félix Guattari, French psychotherapist and philosopher († 1992)
• 1933 » Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, English politician
• 1934 » Don McKenney, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1934 » Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter († 1995)

• 1891 » Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (b. 1863)
• 1903 » Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)
• 1936 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)

• 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 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.
• October 27 » Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.
• November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
• December 2 » Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million (equivalent to $2,296,000,000 in 2019) public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.

The temperature on April 30, 1930 was between 3.3 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.