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• Emma Wilhelmina Parlevliet, Katwijk († 1993)
• Gerard Kleverwal, Klarenbeek,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1987)
• Engelbertus Hendrikus Franciscus (Bennie) Kok, Lonneker, 7524, Nederland († 2006)
• Frank William Boon, Cleveland Township, Lyon County, Iowa († 2015)
• Bertha Rollema, Heerenveen († 1946)
• Gerardus Petrus van Someren, Deurne († 1934)
• Cornelia Dorothea van den Barselaar, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Alice Cornelia Elodia Bosch, Handzame († 1934)
• Anne C Valentine, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Donald Marsh, Nichols Tioga, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2002)

• Anke Alberts Visser (58), Oost Vlieland
• Dirk Marcus Keulemans (59), Soerabaja, Indonesië
• Anna Henriette Louise Schallenberg (63), Ede, Nederland
• Daniël Johannes Frederik Sweers (80), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Petronella Jaspers (93), Bakel en Milheeze
• Anna Maria Francisca van Nes (64), Boskoop
• Anne Hendriks Aardema (53), Leeuwarden Friesland Nederland
• ClaSina Margareth Kleer de (34), Katwijk
• Alewyn Jacobus Carstens b5c10d5e4f3 (84)
• Antje Hyltjes van der Zee (116)

• 1930 » Vali Myers, Australian painter and dancer († 2003)
• 1931 » Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer († 2008)
• 1931 » Karl Miller, English journalist and critic († 2014)
• 1931 » Pierre DuMaine, American bishop and academic († 2019)
• 1931 » Viliam Schrojf, Czech footballer († 2007)
• 1932 » Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis († 2006)
• 1932 » Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor and producer († 2013)
• 1933 » Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Defence
• 1934 » Valery Bykovsky, Russian general and astronaut († 2019)
• 1935 » Hank Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2010)

• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)

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. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
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.
• February 17 » Newsweek magazine is first published.
• April 24 » Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
• May 8 » Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.
• July 8 » The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.
• October 14 » Germany withdraws from the League of Nations and World Disarmament Conference.
• November 16 » The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.

The temperature on August 2, 1933 was between 11.8 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.