About the day » Sunday October 7, 1934Calender converter

• Greta Tempelman, Rotterdam († 1945)
• Everett Russell Johnting, Laurel, Franklin, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Dirkje van Riemsdijk, Rotterdam († 1941)
• Harry Gilbert Swenson, Northport, Leelanau, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Bennie van der Valk, Padang (In), Indonesië († 1991)
• Frans Rudolph Eugene NITSCHMANN, Kediri († 1982)
• Geertruida Johanna Gerharda Terhorst, Wisch († 2000)
• Gerrit van Weeghel, Noordwijk († 2021)
• Geertruida Johanna Vergeer, Warmond († 2023)
• Edna Freda de Talbot-Dubignon, Cawnpore, India († 1999)

• Corneille Peltenburg (81), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Betje Levie (71), Emmen (NL)
• Beryl Agnes CRAM (31), Vermont, United States of America
• Antonius Boelens (78), Eindhoven
• Carolus Rosalia Joannes Delahaye (68), Lier, België
• Aaltje Veenema (30), Valthe, gem. Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Berend Snellink (86), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Melissant (85), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Catharina (Kaatje) Dekker (73), Hilversum, Noord Holland, Nederland
• aartje GARDENIER (39), spijkenisse

• 1931 » Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach († 2004)
• 1931 » R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic († 2003)
• 1931 » Tommy Lewis, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1932 » Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop († 2013)
• 1933 » Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot († 2012)
• 1934 » Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic († 2014)
• 1934 » Julian Thompson, English general and historian
• 1934 » Ulrike Meinhof, German far-left terrorist, co-founder of the Red Army Faction, journalist († 1976)
• 1935 » Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist
• 1936 » Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)

• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1944 » Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1950 » Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)

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 15 » The 8.0 M_w  Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
• February 9 » The Balkan Entente is formed.
• April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
• April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
• May 19 » Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
• September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.

The temperature on October 7, 1934 was between 10.2 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.