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• Antonius Adrianus van Pinxteren, Heesch († 2018)
• Bernard Baarends, Zeist, UT, Nederland († 1934)
• Charlie Harrie den Hartigh, Rotterdam, Netherlands († 1995)
• Cornelis (Cees) Willemsz Harlaar, Ymuiden († 2010)
• Clara Maas, Aalsmeer († 1934)
• Alma Leona Gordon, Sweet Springs, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Clifford Charles (Snowy) HUME († 2015)
• Annigje Bijker, Steenwijk († 2001)
• Alice May Nattrass, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa († 2017)
• Edward Paulus, Gorsem, België († 2006)

• Benjamin Edwards #4085**03x1 (49), Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales
• Anna Wilhelmina (Mien) (Ouders:Johann Bernard Arling, Maria Gesina Winters) Arling (32), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagje Putter (42), Velsen
• Angelina Leysen (78)
• Anna Elisabeth Van Elsacker (90), Zundert * Nl *
• Anje Smit (3), Warfhuizen gem. Leens
• Adolf Cornelis Melchior (74), Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Haverhals (30), Hull (Sioux), Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Alphonsus Maria van Berkel (68), Tilburg
• Alida Spruijt (64), Nederhorst den Berg, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1927 » Bud Grant, American football player and coach
• 1929 » Gilles Loiselle, Canadian politician and diplomat, 33rd Canadian Minister of Finance
• 1930 » Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach († 2009)
• 1931 » Ken Boyer, American baseball player and manager († 1982)
• 1931 » Louis Smith, American trumpeter († 2016)
• 1933 » Constance Towers, American actress and singer
• 1935 » José Mujica, Uruguayan guerrilla leader and politician, 40th President of Uruguay
• 1936 » Anthony Zerbe, American actor
• 1937 » Dave Hill, American golfer († 2011)
• 1937 » Derek Lampe, English footballer

• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

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.
• 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 » Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States.
• April 7 » Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment. (Now celebrated as National Beer Day in the United States.)
• May 17 » Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.
• May 27 » New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
• December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

The temperature on May 20, 1933 was between 5.8 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.