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• Eliza Antoinetta Johanna Gerarda Noman, Simpelveld, Limburg, Nederland († 2019)
• Derk Alberts Schrik, Onstwedde († 1984)
• dochter Adrianus Spooren, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Aletta Duque, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland († 1943)
• * Johannes (Hans) Blom († 2010)
• Elisabeth Christina Gerarda Stokman, Amsterdam († 2007)
• Adriana Maaike Maria Luijendijk, Numansdorp, Cromstrijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1949)
• Brian Albert Cyril Dreyer († 2021)
• Baron, Rotterdam († 1930)
• Cornelis Jan Beets, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)

• Antonius Cornelis Rovers (21), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelius Hamers (49), Rotterdam
• Christiaan de Groot (75), Ouder-Amstel
• Theunissen (0), Bingelrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Anne Huizinga (64), Nietap, Roden,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Byron Kirkpatrick (52), Tulsa, OK
• Adrianus Willem (Janus) TRUGG (51), MillIngen (NL/GE)
• ADRIANUS WILLEM TRUGG (51), Millingen
• Adrianus Antonius van Wouw (88), Den Haag,-
• Arend van Neerbos (55), Elst Gld

• 1927 » Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981
• 1928 » Marge Schott, American businesswoman († 2004)
• 1928 » Sonny Til, American R&B singer († 1981)
• 1929 » Hugues Aufray, French singer-songwriter
• 1930 » Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American engineer and academic († 2007)
• 1930 » Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician († 2014)
• 1931 » Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian 14th General of The Salvation Army († 2019)
• 1931 » Grant Williams, American film, theater and television actor († 1985)
• 1931 » Hans van Mierlo, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2010)
• 1932 » Luc Montagnier, French virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)

• 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.
• 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."
• April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
• May 7 » The 7.1 M_w  Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
• June 9 » A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
• July 30 » In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
• October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.

The temperature on August 18, 1930 was between 8.8 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.