About the day » Saturday August 4, 1934Calender converter

• Annie Marchiene Sebens, Zeerijp († 2022)
• Anna Maria van der Zee, Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1936)
• Beryl Potter († 2000)
• Gerard Hendriks, Wateringen, Nederland († 2016)
• Gerardus Wilhelmus Hendricus Lut, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Frans van den Broek, Asten-Heusden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Jan de JONG, Hei-en Boeicop († 1943)
• Gerald Marvin Peterson, Iron River, Alberta, Canada († 2022)
• Frans Lubertus van Ginkel, Oostburg, Sluis, Zld, NL († 2019)
• Albert Jans Heite, Ambt Vollenhove († 1953)

• Aaltje van der Laarse (81), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Veninga (33), Groningen
• Alida van Dijk (10), Katwijk
• Alexander Brenkman (67), Rotterdam
• Derk Annen (68), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Berend Pekelder (73), Oude Pekela
• Anna Maria Janssen (73), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida van Dijk (10), Katwijk
• Dirk Pieter Kuut (29), Wieringen
• Carolus van der Steen (55), Poppel (België)

• 1930 » Ali al-Sistani, Iranian-Iraqi cleric and scholar
• 1931 » Naren Tamhane, Indian cricketer († 2002)
• 1932 » Frances E. Allen, American computer scientist and academic († 2020)
• 1932 » Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist, founded Friends of Nature († 2010)
• 1934 » Dallas Green, American baseball player and manager († 2017)
• 1935 » Carol Arthur, American actress and producer
• 1935 » Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German footballer and coach († 1997)
• 1935 » Michael J. Noonan, Irish farmer and politician, 25th Minister of Defence for Ireland († 2013)
• 1936 » Giorgos Zographos, Greek singer and actor († 2005)
• 1937 » David Bedford, English keyboard player, composer, and conductor († 2011)

• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1957 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)

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 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
• February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
• July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
• July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.

The temperature on August 4, 1934 was between 9.5 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.