About the day » Thursday May 1, 1930Calender converter

• van Zoest, IJsselstein
• Berendina Roeloffina Egberdina Beenen († 2006)
• adrianus maria (janus) kraaijvanger, maarheeze († 2002)
• Egbert (Eppie) Zoer, Scherpenzeel, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1992)
• Andreas Flach, Padang, West Sumatra, Ned. Indie
• Dale K. Black, Verenigde Statn († 1999)
• Barbara Ann Baker, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Cecila Geertruida Maria van Kessel, Limmen († 1961)
• Clark Fleming, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America († 1974)
• Betty Elaine King, Henry, Scotsbluff County, Nebraska († 1993)

• Antje Ijjes Hulshoff (80), Surhuisterveen Friesland Netherlands
• Anna Maria Schwarze (2), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Grijmans (56), Nederweert, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Antje Van Ham (75), Diemen
• Adriana Catharina ALLARD (74), Arnhem
• Bertha Jansen (70), Groningen Groningen Nederland
• Andries Hoen (33), Groningen
• Arend van NIELEN (82), Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Grijmans (56), Nederweert
• Antje Hulshoff (80), Surhuisterveen Frl

• 1928 » Delfim Netto, Brazilian economist
• 1928 » Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1929 » Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician († 2009)
• 1929 » Sonny Ramadhin, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1930 » Little Walter Jacobs, American blues harp player and singer († 1968)
• 1930 » Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player († 2011)
• 1930 » Richard Riordan, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Mayor of Los Angeles and publisher
• 1931 » Naim Attallah, Palestinian author
• 1932 » Sandy Woodward, English admiral († 2013)
• 1932 » Tabibar Rahman Sarder, Bangladeshi politician. († 2010)

• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)

• 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 10 » The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope to overthrow French protectorate over Vietnam.
• March 6 » International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
• March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
• April 2 » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
• April 6 » At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."

The temperature on May 1, 1930 was between 3.0 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.