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• Cornelis Johannes de KORTE, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1985)
• Elisabeth Theodora Antonia Tennebroek, Tilburg, Nederland († 1944)
• Gerrit van Leeuwen, Katwijk aan Zee († 2010)
• Blanche Opal Noble, Craig, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2012)
• Antonius_Johannes van der Ark, Den Haag
• Catharina Koopmans, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 2018)
• Frederica (Rika) Kooij, Zuidveen († 1975)
• Edgard Valkeners, Romershoven († 1994)
• Froukje Riemkje van der Meer, Drogeham († 2013)
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• Antje ten Cate (88), Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Berend Drolinga (69), Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius van Beek (58), Rotterdam
• Andrew Phillips (84), Elgin, Union, Oregon, United States
• Albert van Munster (83), Den Ham
• Alida (56), Leiden
• Anna Gertrudis Schouteten (47), Kerkrade
• Antonetta Klootwijk (83), Sprang-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnold Joseph Kitselar (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adda G Garner (73), Milford, Iroquois County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1930 » Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic († 2013)
• 1930 » Roger Craig, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1930 » Ruth Rendell, English author († 2015)
• 1931 » Buddy Ryan, American football coach († 2016)
• 1931 » Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress and singer († 2013)
• 1933 » Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician († 2007)
• 1934 » Alan Bates, English actor († 2003)
• 1934 » Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage), Australian comedian, actor, and author
• 1935 » Christina Pickles, English-American actress
• 1936 » Jim Brown, American football player and actor

• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)
• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)

• 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 15 » In Miami, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
• May 15 » All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.
• July 6 » The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
• September 13 » Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
• October 10 » A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
• 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 February 17, 1933 was between -1.3 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.