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• Anna Sophia van Munster, Am,sterdam, Jordaan († 1987)
• Chila Cornelia Kraaijeveld, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Aris Maat, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• August Gielen, 3980 Tessenderlo, Limburg, BE († 2014)
• Annie van Veen, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Arie Frederik Verspuij, Helmond, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
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• Antoon Vermeulen († 1957)
• Adriaan Jacobus Martinus van Gils, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• "Pierre" Marie Jean de Bouvier, Regnévelle, Vosges, France († 1963)

• Catherine Hennock (69)
• Arsène van Oost (65), Staden (B)
• Alida Catharina van Maanen (48), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annigje Thomas Pijlman (38), Tjalleberd, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Huisman (31), Wormerveer
• Aaltje Zintel (78), Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Koelma (66), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arnoldus Gerardus Roding (79), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Vandenberg (81), Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Annegien Gerbers (82), Emmer-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1926 » Betsy Jolas, French composer
• 1927 » John H. Moore II, American lawyer and judge († 2013)
• 1929 » Don Matheson, American soldier, police officer, and actor († 2014)
• 1930 » Damita Jo DeBlanc, American comedian, actress, and singer († 1998)
• 1930 » Michal Kováč, Slovak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Slovakia (d.2016)
• 1930 » Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut († 2012)
• 1930 » Richie Ginther, American race car driver († 1989)
• 1931 » Tom Hafey, Australian footballer and coach († 2014)
• 1932 » Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1932 » Vladimir Fedoseyev, Russian conductor

• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 » Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (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 3 » Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.
• April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
• August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
• 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.
• December 29 » Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.

The temperature on August 5, 1930 was between 9.1 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.