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• Aaldrik Beekman, Eindhoven († 1991)
• Centina DIJK, van, Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Doodgeboren kind Snijders, Zevenbergen († 1930)
• Antonius Gerardus van Marwijk, Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1931)
• Elisabeth Anna Pak († 2002)
• Audrey Beth Stubbe, Grant County, Minnesota († 1977)
• Cor Teunissen, Velsen († 1988)
• Betty van de Velde († 2012)
• Adrianus Gerardus Gerdina van Mosselveld, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Annie Jansen († 1995)

• Anna Maria Catharina Gerrits (47), Tilburg, Netherlands
• Constant H Twaalfhoven (46), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Horsten (70), Tilburg
• Bouke Stiekema (85), Kloosterburen
• Berend Tewes de With (85), Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Christiaan Fredrik JANSEN (87), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Bernhard Rogasner (72), Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Berend de With (85), Joure
• Beene Thijsses Merkuur (80), Bovenknijpe, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Annetje Lena Dedert (79), Rockanje

• 1925 » Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts († 2006)
• 1927 » Bernard Fox, British actor († 2016)
• 1927 » Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar († 2007)
• 1930 » Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic († 2002)
• 1930 » Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1995)
• 1932 » Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer
• 1933 » Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader
• 1934 » Jack Twyman, American basketball player († 2012)
• 1934 » Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician († 2014)
• 1935 » Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist and author († 2007)

• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Antonius
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Wilhelmina
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Margaretha
15. Grietje
16. Helena

• 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.
• February 10 » The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope to overthrow French protectorate over Vietnam.
• February 18 » While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
• March 31 » The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
• April 18 » The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.
• June 17 » U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law.
• October 3 » The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded.

The temperature on May 11, 1930 was between 4.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.