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• Eduardo Queiroz de Oliveira Coutinho, Brasil († 2014)
• Betty Lou Richard, Burlington, VT († 2012)
• Abraham Pieter Wage, Sluis, ZL.NL († 2023)
• Cornelis Jacobus Maria van der Pol, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2025)
• Claude Elmer Dibble, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Barbara Lee Todd, Lemay, Saint Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Arne Schelde Hjort, Hjarup sogn, Ribe amt († 2005)
• "Charles" Edouard Jacques Marie Ghislain de Fierlant Dormer, Bruxelles († 2012)
• Annigje Koers, Wilsum († 2021)
• Clara Van Haute, Ertvelde († 2000)

• Alida van Vliet (66), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alois Dhondt (43), Gent, East Flanders, Belgium
• Anna Maria T(H)OMASSEN (41), Heumen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Margrietha de Visser (67), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Zwieten (58), Noordwijkerhout
• Alida (I) van Miltenburg (84), Jutphaas
• Arnold Dale Wiersma (1), Zeeland-Michigan (USA)
• Anna Aleida Kuipers (89), Fleringen
• Arie TAAL (88), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Anna Aleida Kuipers (89), Fleringen

• 1927 » Bernard Fox, British actor († 2016)
• 1930 » Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic († 2002)
• 1930 » Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1995)
• 1932 » Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer
• 1933 » Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader
• 1934 » Jack Twyman, American basketball player († 2012)
• 1934 » Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician († 2014)
• 1935 » Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist and author († 2007)
• 1937 » Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungarian Olympic and world champion foil fencer
• 1938 » Narendra Patel, Baron Patel, Tanzanian-English obstetrician, academic, and politician

• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)

• 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 3 » Minnie D. Craig becomes the first woman elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first woman to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
• March 12 » Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".
• April 3 » First flight over Mount Everest, by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
• 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.
• September 12 » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
• November 7 » Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.

The temperature on May 11, 1933 was between 6.7 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.