About the day » Friday August 15, 1930Calender converter

• André Arthur Marie Edmond Ghislain Hayen, Alken, België († 1930)
• Cornelis Lein de Klerk, Middelburg († 1995)
• Adrianus DEUNHOUWER, Puttershoek († 2005)
• Corrine DeVriend, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin († 2009)
• Aaltje Binnemars, Nieuw-Amsterdam, Emmen († 1930)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Mols, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 2015)
• Caroll Jean Mulder, Lansing/Michigan († 1994)
• Nn Luchies, Hoogeveen († 1930)
• Anna Roelofje Lensen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1978)
• Darlene Gwendolyn Miller, Santa Monica CA († 1994)

• Catharina Johanna Dirks (44), Amsterdam
• Bernardina Berendse (86), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Tenthof van Noorden (62), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Jacobus Johannes Janbroers (61), Bergen op Zoom
• David F. Aman (103), New Hanover, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Verbruggen (60), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Bridget "Mary" Stewart (106), Dunamore, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Dirk Taekes Stellingwerf (85), Rauwerd, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Eimert Johannes van Daalen (70), Eethen
• Derk Jansema (59), groningen

• 1927 » Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer († 2011)
• 1927 » Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge
• 1928 » Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic († 2013)
• 1928 » Malcolm Glazer, American businessman († 2014)
• 1928 » Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer († 2018)
• 1931 » Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot († 2014)
• 1931 » Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1932 » Abby Dalton, American actress
• 1932 » Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge
• 1932 » Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer († 2002)

• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)

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.
• January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
• 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.
• April 18 » The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.
• September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
• November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

The temperature on August 15, 1930 was between 9.3 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.