About the day » Monday January 1, 1934Calender converter

• Antonius Joseph Maria Kaptein, Leende († 1934)
• Cornelis Hubertus Altorf, Leiden († 1945)
• Berdina Wilhelmina de Jong, Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1989)
• Antonius Hubertus Spithoven, Culemborg (GL) († 2014)
• Antje Manten, Messina († 1945)
• Adriana Schiks, Rotterdam († 1935)
• Beverley Aileen (Bryley) Williams († 2011)
• Catharina Wijnanda Ruijter, Baarn († 2006)
• David Leslie Allen, Belfast († 1984)
• Ali Lurling († 2009)

• Alida Huijg (86), Amsterdam
• Agnes Anna Gronniger (70), Bendena, Doniphan, Kansas, Amerika
• Adriaan Norbertus van Roessel (83), Meerveldhoven, Nederland
• Abraham Maij (78), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• ADRIANUS LUDOVICUS BREUGELMANS (54), Ranst
• Albertus Rorink (71)
• Andries Lijten (94), Woensdrecht (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Anna Catharina Smeets (42)
• Loof (0), 's-Gravenhage (Den Haag)
• Anna BOGAARD (70), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1929 » Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright († 2012)
• 1930 » Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer
• 1930 » Gaafar Nimeiry, Egyptian-Sudanese politician, 4th President of the Sudan († 2009)
• 1932 » Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor († 1989)
• 1933 » James Hormel, American philanthropist and diplomat
• 1933 » Joe Orton, English dramatist († 1967)
• 1934 » Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host († 1984)
• 1934 » Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian politician, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1935 » Om Prakash Chautala, Indian politician
• 1936 » James Sinegal, American businessman, co-founded Costco

• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
• 1954 » Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Wilhelmus
12. Gerardus
13. Antonius
14. Jacob
15. Johan
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Margaretha
13. Grietje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
16. Aaltje

• 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
• January 15 » The 8.0 M_w  Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
• February 6 » Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
• February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
• February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
• May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
• September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.

The temperature on January 1, 1934 was between -0.2 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.