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• Geertje Gerssen, Den Helder († 1933)
• Hugo August Nijbroek, Paramaribo († 1957)
• Gerritje Johanna Meijnen, Wageningen († 1933)
• Gerardus van Leest, Rotterdam († 1933)
• Grietje Dijkstra, Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2018)
• Gerhard Jan Navis († 2000)
• Everardus Wilhelmus Johannes Onderwater, Stompwijk († 1933)
• Cynthia Rose-Marie ANDERSON, Auckland, New Zealand († 1993)
• Lam, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Gijsbertus Cornelis Maria van Doorn († 2004)

• Arie Johannes Schoon (39), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie de Jong (71), Berkenwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham BOUANICH (77), Alger, Algérie
• Arthur Benecke (44), Trieb (Lichtenfels), Oberfranken, Beieren
• Ale Iedes Visser (79), Oudehaske, gem. Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Beernt Sijtzes (Berend) Sietsma (85), De Hommerts, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albarta Margrietha Kroneman (51), Zwolle
• Arie van der Zande (51), Burgh
• Arie van de Zande (51), Burgh, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anne Maria Backer (67), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands

• 1929 » Catherine Sauvage, French singer and actress († 1998)
• 1929 » Ernie Carroll, Australian television personality and producer
• 1929 » Hans Freeman, Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer († 2008)
• 1929 » J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic († 2014)
• 1929 » John Jackson, English lawyer and businessman
• 1930 » Karim Emami, Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic († 2005)
• 1933 » Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author († 1995)
• 1935 » Eero Loone, Estonian philosopher and academic
• 1936 » David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate, English politician
• 1937 » Manorama, Indian actress and singer († 2015)

• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
• 1939 » Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Christian Wirth, German SS officer (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (b. 1880)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Antonius
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Hendrika
11. Geertruida
12. Aaltje
13. Jacoba
14. Grietje
15. Margaretha
16. Helena

• 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• 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 8.2 million citizens.
• January 28 » The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
• March 5 » Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections, which allows the Nazis to later pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
• March 22 » Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
• April 1 » English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand.
• May 17 » Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.
• October 7 » Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of five French airlines.

The temperature on May 26, 1933 was between 9.2 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.