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• Anna Elise Bosveld, Westervoort, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1962)
• Erik Konrad Bengtsson, Gäddede, Frostviken, Jämtland (Z) († 2002)
• Bouwe van Wijk, Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Franciscus Jacobus Landsbergen, Rotterdam († 1933)
• Anny Schaafsma, Wytgaard († 2008)
• Donna Marie Croft, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States († 1998)
• Cornelius Franciscus (Cees) Tuerlings, Tilburg († 2002)
• Gijsbertie Cornelis Perreijn († 2010)
• Auke van der Kooij, Achtkarspelen († 1992)
• Anna Geertruida Schaafsma, Wytgaard (LWL), Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)

• Aalt van den Brink (67), Barneveld
• Arent Jacobs Naber (71), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan Comperen (73), Princehage
• Catharina Margaretha Amentina Kreps (69), Zandvoort
• Arie van Pelt (64), Rijswijk
• Annie Diekema (72), Zeeland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Deurloo (68), Tholen
• Blanche Aline Ferris (64), Paris
• Annie Diekema (72), Zeeland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Charles Edwin Caton (64), Fulton County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten

• 1930 » Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec († 2015)
• 1930 » Milt Bolling, American baseball player and scout († 2013)
• 1931 » Chuck Essegian, American baseball player and lawyer
• 1931 » James Freeman Gilbert, American geophysicist and academic († 2014)
• 1931 » Mário Zagallo, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 1931 » Paula Kent Meehan, American businesswoman, co-founded Redken († 2014)
• 1932 » John Gomery, Canadian lawyer and jurist
• 1932 » Tam Dalyell, Scottish academic and politician († 2017)
• 1933 » Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese actress, talk show host, and author
• 1935 » Beverlee McKinsey, American actress († 2008)

• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)

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.
• January 5 » Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
• February 25 » Launch of the USSRanger at Newport News, Virginia. It is the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned by the US Navy.
• February 27 » Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
• 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.
• August 27 » The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
• November 7 » Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.

The temperature on August 9, 1933 was between 11.3 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.