About the day » Wednesday May 24, 1933Calender converter

• Camille Charles Demunter († 1990)
• Albertje van der Helm, Enschede († 1933)
• Gerrit Jan Ilbrink, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2011)
• Engelbertha Maria (Betsie) Sanders, Enschede, 7500, Nederland († 2000)
• Franciscus Petrus Cornelis (Frank) Burm, Hulst, Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands († 2010)
• Anna Petronella van Popta, Zurich, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• Aviva Marilyn Freedman, Detroit († 2018)
• Franciscus Hubertus Gerardus BONGERS, Stevensweert († 2020)
• Arnoldus Ozinga, Kollum, Friesland, Nederland († 2018)
• Eugeen Pieter Jan Juchtmans, Bierbeek († 1955)

• Andries Beijer (61), Den Haag
• albert van dijk (81), ezinge
• Anna Francisca Biezen (64), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Landman (35), Apeldoorn
• Abraham van Tholen (56), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Bernardus van der Wielen (56), Nuenen
• Titia Drenth (83), Finsterwolde
• Adrianus Petrus Ignatius van den Brekel (3), Tilburg
• Anne Martin Witzenburg (Witsenburg) (79), Marion County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Schimmel (0), Woudenberg

• 1928 » William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer († 2016)
• 1932 » Arnold Wesker, English playwright and producer († 2016)
• 1933 » Aharon Lichtenstein, French-Israeli rabbi and author († 2015)
• 1933 » Jane Byrne, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago († 2014)
• 1933 » Réal Giguère, Canadian television host and actor
• 1935 » Joan Micklin Silver, American director and screenwriter
• 1936 » Harold Budd, American composer and poet
• 1937 » Archie Shepp, American saxophonist and composer
• 1937 » Maryvonne Dupureur, French runner and educator († 2008)
• 1938 » Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer († 2016)

• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)

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.
• March 28 » The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
• April 3 » First flight over Mount Everest, by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
• April 24 » Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
• August 14 » Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; it is not fully extinguished until September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970km).
• August 24 » The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.
• December 17 » The first NFL Championship Game is played. The game was at Wrigley Field between the New York Giants and Chicago Bears. The Bears won 23–21.

The temperature on May 24, 1933 was between 6.9 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.