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• Cristianus B Brand († 2014)
• Everdina_Gerdina Spekkink, Baak († 1976)
• Augusta Maria Bertha MERCKEN, Grote-Spouwen, 3740, Bilzen-Hoeselt, Limburg, België († 1996)
• Billy Alton Mcquary, Lubbock Cty TX († 1989)
• Ewald Brunkhorst († 2009)
• Cor Driessen, Asten,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Bardiena Jenken Schröder, Weltevreden/Batavia (Nederlandsch-Indië) († 2023)
• Anna van Drimmelen († 1968)
• Dieuwke van der Wal († 1977)
• Fennechien Stavast († 2017)

• Cornelis de Bondt (75), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aartje Jobje Kattestaart (19), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Albert Vos (85), Havelte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Pietersz Hoek (31), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Stienstra (19), Bovenkarspel
• Christianus Henricus Wouterus Josephus Naninck (34)
• Atte~Louws Sinnema (46), Wikel
• Cornelis Fens (90), Oosterhout,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Antonius Teunissen (1), Elst
• Cornelia Jacoba van Bueren (74), Rotterdam, Nederland

• 1925 » Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2015)
• 1926 » Paulette Poujol-Oriol, Hatian educator and writer († 2011)
• 1926 » Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal († 2013)
• 1928 » Burt Bacharach, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1929 » Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player († 2015)
• 1929 » Sam Nujoma, Namibian politician, 1st President of Namibia
• 1930 » Jesús Franco, Spanish director and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1932 » Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe, South African-English lawyer and politician († 2017)
• 1933 » Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet († 2010)
• 1935 » Felipe Alou, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager

• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)

• 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 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
• May 24 » Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
• July 7 » Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
• 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.
• December 16 » Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in Clinton, Indiana.

The temperature on May 12, 1930 was between 4.8 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.