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• Elisabeth Schouten, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Adolf Horst Merkel, Driedorf, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany († 2008)
• Gesiena Kral, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1996)
• Anna Petronella Maria van Heumen, Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cees van Houdt († 2009)
• Ellen de Moet, Soerabaja (Ind) († 2006)
• Adriaan Leeuwis, Renkum, Gemeente Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland († 2013)
• * Cocky de Jong, Gouda († 2011)
• Cornelis Engelbertus Marie van Houdt, Rijswijk († 2009)
• Gerda van Turnhout, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)

• adriana van den Brand, roosendaal
• Baukje Pieters Hartog (91), Piaam, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Leendert Jan Marten Rikkers (81), Utrecht
• Arien de Boer (85), Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Wildeboer (32), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Hammer (71), Zwartsluis
• Annigje Pieters Hammer (71), Zwartsluis
• Annigje Piets Hammer (71), Zwartsluis
• Adolphus Kamoen (67), Wachtebeke, België
• Arie van de Merwe (34), Rotterdam

• 1930 » Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player († 2011)
• 1930 » Richard Riordan, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Mayor of Los Angeles and publisher
• 1931 » Naim Attallah, Palestinian author
• 1932 » Sandy Woodward, English admiral († 2013)
• 1932 » Tabibar Rahman Sarder, Bangladeshi politician. († 2010)
• 1934 » Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
• 1934 » John Meillon, Australian actor († 1989)
• 1934 » Phillip King, Tunisian-English sculptor
• 1934 » Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist († 2005)
• 1934 » Tang Chang, Thai artist († 1990)

• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)

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. Aaltje
13. Jacoba
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.
• April 4 » U.S. Navy airship USSAkron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
• May 6 » The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.
• May 27 » New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
• October 12 » The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
• October 17 » Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
• November 16 » The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.

The temperature on May 1, 1933 was between 1.3 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.