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• James Kenneth (Jim) Sluis, Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Lenie Hendriks († 2020)
• Johannes Cornelis Leijten, Klundert († 1990)
• Johannes Cornelis Leyten, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Jan de Groot, Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland († 2011)
• Dorothy M Aswegan, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2024)
• Henri Muller, Thirimont, Liège, Belgique († 2005)
• Frederik Lodewijk van Koert, Den Haag († 2013)
• Jannetje Lokman, Baarn († 1945)
• Marc Degrijse, Roeselare († 1947)

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• Adriana Jacobs (59), Lochem
• * Huigerina Maria van der Lecq (83), Rotterdam
• Amalia Johanna Olivier (85), Leerdam
• Andries Dieleman (53), Rheden, Gelderland, NL
• Aaltjen Schonewille (80), Bergentheim
• Aartje van de Kamp (10), Ermelo
• Aaltje Schonewille (80), Hardenberg, Overijsel, Netherlands(Bergentheim)
• Adriana Johanna van Rijn (52), Oegstgeest
• Anna Catharina Schutte (80), Enschede

• 1942 » Carole Stone, English journalist and author
• 1942 » John Gladwin, English bishop
• 1943 » Anders Michanek, Swedish motorcycle racer
• 1943 » Gale Sayers, American football player and philanthropist
• 1944 » Lenny Davidson, English guitarist and songwriter (The Dave Clark Five)
• 1944 » Meredith MacRae, American actress († 2000)
• 1944 » Stav Prodromou, Greek-American engineer and businessman
• 1945 » Gladys Horton, American singer († 2011)
• 1946 » Allan Chapman, English historian and author
• 1946 » Dragan Džajić, Serbian and Yugoslav footballer

• 1934 » Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1941 » Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (b. 1910)
• 1947 » Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (b. 1880)
• 1948 » József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (b. 1874)
• 1949 » Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French cardinal (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1955 » Bill Vukovich, American race car driver (b. 1918)

• 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
• January 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
• April 22 » The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
• July 17 » World War II: At Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is seriously injured by allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.
• August 12 » Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
• August 15 » World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
• December 16 » World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.

The temperature on May 30, 1944 was between 13.2 °C and 31.5 °C and averaged 22.4 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.