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• Darrell Duane Troff, Ledyard, Kossuth County, Iowa († 2003)
• van Pelt, Dussen
• Bernardus Johannes Lodewijk Roelofs, Nijmegen, Ned
• Albertje van der Tuuk, Emmer-Compascuum, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• Arie van Steenis, Waardenburg (NL) († 2013)
• Aaltje Harms Spijker, Kampen
• Anna Elisabeth Maria (Annie) van Holstein, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 2024)
• Cecilia R Hansbauer, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Abraham Stoppelenburg, Gouda, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• clara Keulen, Einighausen († 2012)

• California "Callie" Vandevender (70)
• antje appel (47), utrecht
• Anna Maria Gertrud Bösing (49), Marbeck
• Antje Oedzes van der Bijl (83), Tietjerk
• Bernardus Franciscus Ouwerling (62), Breda
• Shupe (73), Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
• Anna Tol (36), Hoorn, Nederland
• Aukje Everts Borger (75), Reduzum, Fryslân, Nederân
• Anna Maria van Beek (72), Udenhout (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Alida Cornelia de Jong (64), Asperen

• 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)

• 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 18 » Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
• March 6 » International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
• 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.
• 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).
• August 16 » The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
• 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 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.