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• Elizabeth Rijntalder, Schiedam († 1933)
• Corrie van 't Land († 2005)
• Commetje van Groenen († 1994)
• Frits Staring, Didam († 2016)
• Albert Jan Witwerts († 1975)
• Abraham David Ensel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alida Cornelia van 't Land, Rijk (Haarlemmermeer), Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Gotske Eeuwkes Reidsma († 1997)
• (Stillborn) DOORNBOS, Emmen Drenthe Netherlands († 1933)
• Anton Nicolaas Wilhelm Verkaik, Rotterdam († 2017)

• Evertje van de Brake (48), Ìowa
• Derk Blokzijl (60), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• "Henri" Emmanuel Marcetteau de Brem (79), Saint-Nicolas-de-Brem, Vendée, France
• Derk Kippers (76), Vriezenveen
• Allegonda Diks (52), Velp, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Derk Blokzijl (60), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Francijntje Spierenburg (75), Utrecht
• Elizabeth Ellen Clark (70), Clarkson, Grayson County, Kentucky
• Elisabeth Lahan (22), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Eugene Ford (78), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1931 » Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist and academic, co-developed Simula († 2002)
• 1932 » Dick Gregory, American comedian, actor, and author († 2017)
• 1932 » John Moffat, Danish physicist and academic
• 1932 » Ned Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1933 » Guido Molinari, Canadian painter and art collector († 2004)
• 1934 » Albert Shiryaev, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1934 » James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2012)
• 1934 » Oğuz Atay, Turkish engineer and author († 1977)
• 1934 » Richard Meier, American architect, designed the Getty Center and City Tower
• 1935 » Don Howe, English footballer and manager († 2015)

• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
• 1954 » George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)

• 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.
• January 30 » Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
• March 2 » The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
• March 31 » The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
• September 13 » Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
• November 17 » The United States recognizes the Soviet Union.

The temperature on October 12, 1933 was between 5.4 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.