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• Elisabeth Hoezen, Rotterdam († 2005)
• Anna Maria Splinter, Amsterdam († 1997)
• Franciscus van Esch, Olland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Abe van Baak, Doorwerth, Gelderland, Nederland († 1936)
• Cornelis Johannes Maria van Miltenburg, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1989)
• Andries Roelof van der Heide, Groningen, Nederland († 1934)
• Donna Marie Clark, Peoria County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Dries Polinder, Doornspijk, Nederland († 2011)
• Andre Etienne Smagghe, Merkem, West-Vlaanderen, België († 2002)
• Adrian W. (Adie) van Dixhorn, Sheboygan (Sheboygan), Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2015)

• Aart van Beek (23), Putten zie Gelderland-(Gelderse Vallei) Putten
• Adriana Maria van Geel (81), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Abraham van Spronsen (29), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartus Dijkgraaf (55), Epe
• Antonie VERHOEVEN (62), Dordrecht
• August Martinus Johannes Sevenhuysen (45)
• Bernard McCann (48), Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Adriaan van Wagenberg (76), Udenhout
• ABRAM VAN SPRONSEN (29), MONSTER
• Catharina Elisabeth Bomli (82), Enschedé

• 1931 » Phil Bruns, American actor and stuntman († 2012)
• 1932 » Maury Allen, American journalist, actor, and author († 2010)
• 1933 » Bunk Gardner, American musician
• 1933 » Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
• 1934 » Manfred Durniok, German film producer, director and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1935 » Faisal II of Iraq, the last King of Iraq (d.1958)
• 1935 » Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1936 » Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer and pianist
• 1936 » Michael Rabin, American violinist († 1972)
• 1936 » Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter

• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)

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.
• June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
• August 2 » Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
• August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
• December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
• December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
• December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

The temperature on May 2, 1934 was between 9.7 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.