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Died on Saturday January 6, 1934
- Antje Barten (45), st' Pancras
- Arie Esveldt (67), Ter Aar
- AJA Goudschaal (70)
- Arie Johannes Oudijk (90), Nijmegen
- Aaltje ter Huizen (65), Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland
- Antoni 'Tonek' ABRAMOWICZ (66), Krak,, France
- Aalbert Bakker (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Alberdina Schinkel (94), Kampen
- Albert Warnders (0), Havelte
- Aartje Adriana Stuij (0), Dordrecht
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 6, 1934 at Delpher
- De Sumatra post
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant
- Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Limburger koerier : provinciaal dagblad
- De tribune : soc. dem. weekblad
Born on January 6
- 1931 » Dickie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman († 2015)
- 1931 » E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer († 2015)
- 1931 » Graeme Hole, Australian cricketer († 1990)
- 1932 » Stuart A. Rice, American chemist and academic
- 1933 » Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut († 2003)
- 1934 » Sylvia Syms, English actress
- 1935 » Nino Tempo, American musician, singer, and actor
- 1936 » Darlene Hard, American tennis player
- 1936 » Julio María Sanguinetti, Uruguayan journalist, lawyer and politician, 29th President of Uruguay
- 1937 » Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower († 1998)
Died on January 6
- 1928 » Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and long jumper (b. 1876)
- 1933 » Vladimir de Pachmann, Ukrainian-German pianist (b. 1848)
- 1934 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
- 1937 » André Bessette, Canadian saint (b. 1845)
- 1939 » Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871)
- 1941 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (b. 1882)
- 1942 » Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858)
- 1942 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
- 1944 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (b. 1857)
- 1944 » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
Names that were popular for boys in 1934
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Maria
- Hendrik
- Petrus
- Gerardus
- Willem
- Adrianus
- Antonius
- Jacobus
- Wilhelmus
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Franciscus
- Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1934
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Marie
- Antonia
- Geertruida
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1934
- 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.
- March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
- May 19 » Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
- June 30 » The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
- July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
- November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
- December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
The weather on Saturday January 6, 1934
The temperature on January 6, 1934 was between -1.0 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI