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• Arij Maan, Monster († 2019)
• Beverly Emery Lane, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Annie Tibben, Zuidwolde († 2015)
• Franken, Bergen op Zoom
• Alida Johanna (Alie) Westerhof, Zeist, Nederland († 2019)
• Bernadette Monory, Gauville (F) († 1962)
• Engeltje Sientje (Enny) Schreuder, Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland († 2013)
• Garrit Jan Scheper († 1936)
• Doodgeboren Bakker, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1934)
• Donald Philip Rockot, Pennsylvania, VS († 1977)

• Antonetta van Hooren (59)
• Anna Maria Tijsterman (78), Wilnis, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bastiaan van der Ven (61), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Anna Stuifbergen (57), Heiloo
• Albert Mitchel Buckner (61), Denton County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Amalia Wilhelmina Henriette Krömer (62), Den Haag
• Clothilde Vuylsteke (64), Bekegem
• Aaltje Hoorweg (40), Brielle
• Cornelia van Gastel (78), Vught (NL)
• August John Holtman (68), Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, Verenigde Staten

• 1932 » Niccolò Castiglioni, Italian composer († 1996)
• 1932 » Red Kerr, American basketball player and coach († 2009)
• 1932 » Wojciech Kilar, Polish pianist and composer († 2013)
• 1933 » Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Maltese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Malta
• 1933 » Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress († 2014)
• 1933 » Tony Pithey, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer († 2006)
• 1934 » Lucio Tan, Chinese-Filipino billionaire businessman and educator
• 1935 » Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer († 2019)
• 1935 » Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer
• 1935 » Peter Schickele, American composer and educator

• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
• 1944 » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)

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.
• March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
• May 28 » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
• July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
• August 2 » Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
• August 11 » The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
• November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.

The temperature on July 17, 1934 was between 9.2 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.