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• Barabara Ann Marsh, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England († 1978)
• Antje Jans Dijkstra, Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1990)
• Femmigje Sijbesma, Idskenhuizen, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• Geertruida Timmer, Doornspijk († 2006)
• Etienne Martens, Gent († 1997)
• * Anna Maria Adriana (Annie) van Berkel, Tilburg († 2021)
• Bernardina Johanna (Diny) Peverelli, Den Haag, Nederland († 2013)
• Célia Calfat, São Roque, São Paulo, Brasil († 1956)
• Geesjen Bellinga, Hasselt († 2015)
• Betty Sue Williams, Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama, United States of America († 2012)

• Albert Lee (63), Parish Of Saint Andrew, Jamaica
• Albert Kamstra (72), Clara City, Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States
• Aaltje van Hoeven (69), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Antonia Therina Meursinge (70), Diepenveen
• Adriaan Darmois (90), Schoonebeek,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Adriana van Eekelen (57), Halsteren
• Allegonda Bernardina Louisa Bouman (50), Groningen
• Catharina Verduijn (62), Rochester, Monroe, New York
• Bastiaan Verheij (43), Curaçao
• Carrie A. McConnell (67), Veedersburg, Fountain County, Indiana

• 1930 » Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer († 2000)
• 1931 » Hana Brady, Jewish-Czech Holocaust victim (d.1944)
• 1931 » K. Natwar Singh, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
• 1931 » Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American soldier and politician, 85th Governor of Connecticut
• 1931 » Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager († 2014)
• 1934 » Antony Walker, English general
• 1934 » Kenneth O. Morgan, Welsh historian and author
• 1935 » Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1936 » Karl Lehmann, German cardinal († 2018)
• 1937 » Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress († 2015)

• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1947 » Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
• 1953 » Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (b. 1910)

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 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).
• June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
• August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
• September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
• November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.

The temperature on May 16, 1934 was between 4.9 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.