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• Frans Bergmans, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Geertruida Bakker
• Maas, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustinus van ESSEN, Amsterdam († 1937)
• Fern Jeanette Bagley, Ogden, Weber, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Corrie van den Akker († 2007)
• Antonie Groothedde, Deventer Ov. NL († 2006)
• Vrijsen, Reusel
• Brigida Huyghe, Oostnieuwkerke († 2022)
• Arnie M. Adkins, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2015)

• Antonio Hernandez (0), San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Catharina Crapels (53), Sittard, NL
• Catharina Francisca Dietvorst (62), Bergen op Zoom
• Augustinus Paulus van Gestel (88), Tilburg, Nederland
• Albert William Koenen (0)
• Catharina van 't Geloof (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriaan Kavelaars, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe (N-B), nederland
• Alberic August Albregts (55), Sluis
• Andries van Stokkom (89), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Aleida Maria Bartelink (55), Borne, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1932 » Jeremy Black, English admiral († 2015)
• 1933 » Dan Osinski, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1933 » Orlando Peña, Cuban-American baseball player and scout
• 1934 » Anthony King, Canadian-English psephologist and academic († 2017)
• 1934 » Jim Inhofe, American soldier and politician, senior senator of Oklahoma
• 1934 » Terry Rand, American basketball player († 2014)
• 1935 » Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player
• 1935 » Toni Sailer, Austrian skier and actor († 2009)
• 1936 » Crispian Hollis, English Roman Catholic bishop
• 1937 » Peter Cook, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter († 1995)

• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Charles W. Chesnutt, American lawyer, author, and activist (b. 1858)
• 1936 » Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 1940 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)

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 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
• 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 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
• November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
• December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

The temperature on November 17, 1934 was between 5.5 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.