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• Els Heikens, Nederland († 2017)
• Agatha Maria Bril, Bergen op Zoom, Nederland († 1990)
• Arie Groen, Egmond aan Zee († 1993)
• Agatha Maria Bril, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NL († 1990)
• Elvira Arizmendez († 2010)
• Arie Ariesz Groen, EaZ († 1993)
• Erma Jean Freese, Ìowa († 1998)
• Albertus Mein († 2007)
• Adrianus Albertus Joannes van Rixtel, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1934)
• Emma Olean Hall, Haywood, Pittsburg, Oklahoma († 2003)

• Albertje Gort (22), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Arie van Ree (87), Zeist, Utr, NL
• Elisabeth Koek (73), Nijkerk,Gelderland,Niederlande
• Antoon Thelosen (2), Oeffelt
• Edwardus Verbinnen (71), Herselt,, Antwerpen, België
• Emilius Joannes Baptista Tomboy (44), Drieslinter-Linter
• Adrana Geertruida Jansen (62), Zoelen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertje Gort (22), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands
• Félicie Marie Dancoisne (29), Boussu, Henegouwen, België
• Albert Dijkhuizen (64), Zeerijp, 't Zandt, Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1932 » Hal Riney, American businessman, founded Publicis & Hal Riney († 2008)
• 1932 » Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator († 2009)
• 1932 » Niccolò Castiglioni, Italian composer († 1996)
• 1932 » Quino, Spanish-Argentinian cartoonist
• 1932 » Red Kerr, American basketball player and coach († 2009)
• 1932 » Slick Leonard, American basketball player and coach
• 1932 » Wojciech Kilar, Polish pianist and composer († 2013)
• 1933 » Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Maltese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Malta
• 1933 » Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress († 2014)
• 1933 » Tony Pithey, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer († 2006)

• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
• 1944 » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)

• 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 3 » Adolf Hitler announces that the expansion of Lebensraum into Eastern Europe, and its ruthless Germanisation, are the ultimate geopolitical objectives of Third Reich foreign policy.
• March 22 » Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
• April 4 » U.S. Navy airship USSAkron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
• 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.)
• September 12 » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
• October 14 » Germany withdraws from the League of Nations and World Disarmament Conference.

The temperature on July 17, 1933 was between 10.3 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.