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• Anthonie Johannis Kruijsse, Krabbendijke († 2000)
• Anne Boomsma, Lemmer († 2008)
• Arie van de Brug († 2003)
• 00 Marie Baars, Beusichem, Gem. Buren, Gelderland, NL († 1977)
• Fine van der Baaren, Haren († 2024)
• Dale Luvern CLARK, Maquoketa,Iowa,America († 2000)
• Gladys Bouwman, Lynden Whatcom Washington, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Georgina Alice Peerman, Johannesburg (Zuid-Afrika) († 2017)
• Clarence Fred TEICHERT († 2007)
• Egbertus Weggemans, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1933)

• Alida Jacoba TANIS Hdr (60), Gouda, NL-ZH
• Adam Alexander Cramer (65)
• Adrianus van der Kloot (81), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Ambrosius Ferdinand VROOMEN (0), Hoensbroek (NL/LI) 11m
• Aegidius Franciscus Lelieveld (78), Zwolle, Overijsel, The Netherlands
• Aaltje van Dorsten (71), Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aafje Zwart (73), Enkhuizen
• Adrianus de Bruijn (73), Utrecht
• Anna Henrica Chapel (78), 's Hertogenbosch, Gemeente 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Marie Ann Litjens (91), David City,Butler County,Nebraska, Verenigde Staten

• 1929 » Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player, flugelhorn player, and singer († 1988)
• 1932 » Richard Clark Barkley, American soldier, academic, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to East Germany († 2015)
• 1933 » Akihito, Japanese emperor
• 1933 » Noella Leduc, American baseball player († 2014)
• 1935 » Abdul Ghani Minhat, Malaysian footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1935 » Esther Phillips, American R&B singer († 1984)
• 1935 » Johnny Kidd, English rock & roll singer-songwriter († 1966)
• 1935 » Paul Hornung, American football player and sportscaster
• 1936 » Bobby Ross, American football player and coach
• 1936 » Willie Wood, American football player

• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)

• 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 4 » Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
• May 6 » The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.
• May 8 » Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.
• June 17 » Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
• December 17 » The first NFL Championship Game is played. The game was at Wrigley Field between the New York Giants and Chicago Bears. The Bears won 23–21.

The temperature on December 23, 1933 was between 1.7 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.