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• Aafke Huls, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1989)
• Andre Francois Binkhorst, Tasikmalaja, Bandoeng († 2018)
• Deborah Pieternella Timmerman, Ter Aar († 2008)
• Corrie le Grand, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Alberta Geertruida (Berta) Stuifzand, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Elvira van Acker, Biervliet, Zeeland, Nederland († 1940)
• Annie Schneider, Delft, Gemeente Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Antonia Maria Duteweert, Raalte († 1986)
• Barbara A WENDELL, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Catharina Ferwerda, (FR) Sneek († 2012)

• Agnes Koppens (92), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriana Petronella 't Hart (54), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Auke Idema (24), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Thérèse" Marie Gabrielle de Guillebon (78), Fléville, Ardennes, France
• Arie Borsjes (28), Schermerhorn
• Annechien Enting (66), Amsterdam
• Anna Margarethe Sophie Cordes (75), Wapeldorf, Ammerland, Germany
• Adriana Pieternella Poerstamper (67), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arie Smit (84), Groningen
• Berendina Hendriks Tobsvoort (64), Dalfsen

• 1929 » Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish-Austrian actress († 1982)
• 1930 » Friedrich Achleitner, German poet and critic († 2019)
• 1931 » Barbara Barrie, American actress
• 1932 » Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author († 1998)
• 1933 » Joan Collins, English actress
• 1933 » Ove Fundin, Swedish motorcycle racer
• 1934 » Robert Moog, electronic engineer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer († 2005)
• 1935 » Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author († 2009)
• 1936 » Charles Kimbrough, American actor
• 1936 » Ingeborg Hallstein, German soprano and actress

• 1920 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
• 1921 » August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1937 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)
• 1938 » Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Antonius
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Hendrika
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Margaretha
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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
• February 3 » Adolf Hitler announces that the expansion of Lebensraum into Eastern Europe, and its ruthless Germanisation, are the ultimate geopolitical objectives of Third Reich foreign policy.
• February 28 » Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.
• July 22 » Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.
• September 21 » Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.
• November 7 » Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
• November 17 » The United States recognizes the Soviet Union.

The temperature on May 23, 1933 was between 9.5 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.