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• Bernardus Johannes Lodewijk Roelofs, Nijmegen, Ned
• van Pelt, Dussen
• Albertje van der Tuuk, Emmer-Compascuum, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• Anthonius Marcus Rosenberg, Utrecht († 2020)
• Alida Bosma, den helder († 1932)
• Anthonia Johanna Rosenland, Amsterdam († 1954)
• Abraham Stoppelenburg, Gouda, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Arie van Steenis, Waardenburg (NL) († 2013)
• Verleg, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• Aaltje Harms Spijlker, Kampen

• Adrianus Joannes Theresia Rijnen (1), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• de Wit (0), Haarlem
• Adriaan Pulles (72), Oudheusden en Elshout
• Aukje Borger (75), Idaarderadiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Joannes Theresia (Ad) Rijnen (1), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Asbjørg Rask (24), Arstad, Nordland, Norway
• Aukje Borger (75), Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria van Beek (72), Udenhout (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Abraham OSSEDRIJVER (46), 's-Gravenhage, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Appel (48), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1927 » L. Q. Jones, American actor and director
• 1928 » Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster († 2004)
• 1928 » Shiv Prasaad Singh, Indian Hindi writer(d.1998)
• 1929 » Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach († 2016)
• 1929 » Ion N. Petrovici, Romanian-German neurologist and academic
• 1930 » Frank McCourt, American author and educator († 2009)
• 1931 » Bill Shoemaker, American jockey and author († 2003)
• 1932 » Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996) († 2016)
• 1932 » Thomas P. Salmon, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of Vermont
• 1933 » Bettina Cirone, American model and photographer

• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1871)

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 26 » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
• March 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 August 19, 1930 was between 8.3 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.