About the day » Monday August 6, 1934Calender converter

• Alwine Trettin († 1992)
• Christina Sophia van der Poel, Leiden, ZUI, Nederland († 2002)
• Hendrika Elizabeth van Helden, wijk en aalburg (noordbrabant) († 1997)
• Ivo P. Olsa, Breclav († 2008)
• Georges Joseph Degryse, Klerken († 1935)
• Joannes Marinus Pruijmboom, Loon op Zand († 1934)
• Geertje van Put, Schelle (B) († 2013)
• Cornelis Albertus Petrus Koot, Veur, ZH, Nederland († 1999)
• Jacob Pathuis, Alteveer, Groningen, Nederland († 1935)
• Johannes Gerardus Hubertus Jacobus Baijens, Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland († 2002)

• Christina Henriette Oberschorfheide (63), Huizen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carl Christian Wilhelm Horn (58), Offenbach/Main, Offenbach, Starkenburg, Hessen
• Barend OOSTERBAAN (69), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria van Dijk van Soelen (92), Pretoria,,Gauteng,South Africa
• Anna Maria van Dijk van Soelen (92), Pretoria
• Christina Henri√´tte Oberschorfheide (63), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinetta Maria van Rooij (84), Aardenburg, Sluis, Zeeland, Nl
• Alijda Hemink (74), Utrecht
• Arthur Lemuel Parks (65), Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama, United States of America
• Bertha Emma Marie Elisabeth Streger (54), Friedrichshagen, Friedrichshagen, Berlin, Germany

• 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)
• 1934 » Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player and soldier
• 1934 » Chris Bonington, English mountaineer and author
• 1934 » Piers Anthony, English-American soldier and author
• 1935 » Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal († 2012)
• 1935 » Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter († 2012)

• 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)
• 1959 » Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Margaretha
13. Grietje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
16. Aaltje

• 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
• January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
• January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
• January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
• April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
• May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
• August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.

The temperature on August 6, 1934 was between 10.7 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.