About the day » Wednesday August 6, 1930Calender converter

• Gloria Schrier, Pennsylvania († 1999)
• Adrianus Johannes van Geldere († 2011)
• Ada Frédérique Elias, Five Wells (Brentwood,,,Essex) († 1970)
• Alvena Sciota Marie Koppen, Lakota, Kossuth County, Iowa († 2019)
• Ada Frédérique Elias, Brentwood (CDN) († 1970)
• Elisabeth Van Den Berg, 's-Gravenhage († 2002)
• Aafje Brouwer, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Gerda Thijssen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Anna Klein, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1997)
• Antoon Janssen, Elst (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland († 1986)

• Antoon Franciscus Denissen (0), Beuningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Medema (57), Adorp, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina Neeletta Tappe (78)
• Aartje Johanna Rafel (0), Pernis
• Catharina de Bruin (57), Oudewater
• Antonia Gerhardina van Maren (34), Rotterdam
• Amandine Seraphine Marie DELACROIX (85), Kortrijk, 34022, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Alscinous Vernon Lang (1), Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Wilhelmina Neeletta Tappe
• Falize (0), Nijmegen

• 1928 » Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer († 1987)
• 1928 » Herb Moford, American baseball player († 2005)
• 1929 » Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist
• 1929 » Roch La Salle, Canadian politician, 42nd Canadian Minister of Public Works († 2007)
• 1930 » Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress († 2010)
• 1931 » Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author († 2010)
• 1932 » Charles Wood, English playwright and screenwriter († 2020)
• 1932 » Howard Hodgkin, English painter († 2017)
• 1932 » Michael Deeley, English screenwriter and producer
• 1933 » A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer († 1987)

• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
• 1946 » Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (b. 1905)

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 6 » The first diesel-powered automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
• January 31 » 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.
• 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.
• April 2 » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
• April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
• May 1 » "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.

The temperature on August 6, 1930 was between 11.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.