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• Henricus Johannes van Dijk, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Bill Hutson, Schotland († 1995)
• Hendrina Helena Deenen, Venhorst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1948)
• Anje Ploegman, Uithuizermeeden († 2003)
• Alberdina Johanna Nakken, Den-Oever, Emmen († 2021)
• andries aartsen, rotterdam († 1955)
• Cornelia Maria Morren, Utrecht († 1995)
• Aart Maaskant, IJsselmonde († 1993)
• * Marius Kolff († 2015)
• Hendrik Weertman, Vorden (GL) Achterhoek († 2013)

• David Rolland (63), St Andrews, Manitoba, Canada
• Bartholomeus Bastiaens (80), Veldwezelt
• Cornelis van der Plas (85), Katwijk aan Zee
• Cornelis van der Plas (85), Katwijk
• Adriana van Tilburg (59), Oosterhout
• Antonius Maria Paardekam (22), Zandvliet (B)
• Arnolda Kuijs (60), Vught
• CORNELIS TOLK (63), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Cornelis VERBEEK (58), Den Haag
• doodgeboren dochter de Groot (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1933 » Julie Newmar, American actress
• 1933 » Reiner Kunze, German poet and translator
• 1933 » Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut († 1994)
• 1933 » Tom Maschler, English author and publisher
• 1934 » Dave Thomas, English-Welsh golfer and architect († 2013)
• 1934 » Diana Wynne Jones, English author († 2011)
• 1934 » Donnie Dunagan, American actor and soldier
• 1934 » John Standing, English actor
• 1934 » Ketty Lester, American singer and actress
• 1934 » Pierre Richard, French actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
• 1948 » Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1949 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1900)
• 1952 » Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (b. 1866)

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.
• February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the Blaine Act to repeal federal Prohibition in the United States, sending the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution to state ratifying conventions for approval.
• March 4 » Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
• March 23 » The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
• September 21 » Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.
• December 15 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution officially becomes effective, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment that prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.

The temperature on August 16, 1933 was between 12.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 19.4 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.