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• Catharina du Pree, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Charles Richard Egolf, West St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 2001)
• Etienne de Poorter († 1957)
• Andre Marien, Herentals, Antwerpen, België († 2009)
• Adrianus Antonius Schapendonk, Vught († 2003)
• Béatrice de Moffarts, Uccle, Bruxelles, Belgique († 2010)
• Dolores Ann Remley, Cleveland, Ohio († 2007)
• Molenkamp, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Anema, Liberty, Weber Co., Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Edwin van Ommen, Sawah Loento († 2001)

• Antje Reitsema (73), Groningen, Netherlands
• Bastiaantje Stolk (64), Leiden Z.H
• Catherine Julia Caboret (75), Bourmont, Haute-Marne, France
• Andrew Black (40), Montrose, Angus, Scotland
• Aaltje (Aal van Kees van Nisse) Kloot (39), Volendam
• Arie van Zelf (74), Velsen
• Bertus Rustman
• Antje Dijkshoorn (50), Schiedam
• Adrianus Petrus Antonius van der Kloot (0), Zundert
• Janna Santing (28), Dalen

• 1928 » Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1976)
• 1929 » Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1932 » Hal Riney, American businessman, founded Publicis & Hal Riney († 2008)
• 1932 » Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator († 2009)
• 1932 » Niccolò Castiglioni, Italian composer († 1996)
• 1932 » Quino, Spanish-Argentinian cartoonist
• 1932 » Red Kerr, American basketball player and coach († 2009)
• 1932 » Slick Leonard, American basketball player and coach
• 1932 » Wojciech Kilar, Polish pianist and composer († 2013)
• 1933 » Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress († 2014)

• 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
• 1944 » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)

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 3 » Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.
• 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 2 » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
• June 21 » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
• July 30 » In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
• 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 July 17, 1930 was between 12.5 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.