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• Dirk Johan Ligterink († 2017)
• Anno Reijntjes, Oostum († 2007)
• Cecilia Butterworth, West Ward, Westmorland († 1984)
• Clarence (Klaas) Friend, Andyk, Netherlands († 2013)
• Catharina Elisabeth Tieck, Zwartemeer, Emmen († 2008)
• Alberta M Woolsey, Iowa († 2009)
• Esther Cozijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alberta Hendrika Tijhuis, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2010)
• Clement Emile Philtjens, Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België († 1995)
• Anna Mechtilda Kesseler, Heumen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)

• Anna Wilhelmina Anthonia Heesen (24), Bodegraven, The Netherlands
• Albert Hette Buiteveld (17), Peize, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Klinkert (76), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie Biemans (45), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Wesselina van Neck (59), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis Maria Middelbusker (28), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Agatha Van Schie (14), Haarlem
• Carolina Wilhelmina Henrica Haaze (54), 's-Gravenhage
• Anne Lolkes Dijkstra- (94), Leeuwarden, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Josef van Wees (1), Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1932 » Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe, South African-English lawyer and politician († 2017)
• 1933 » Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet († 2010)
• 1935 » Felipe Alou, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1935 » Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1936 » Frank Stella, American painter and sculptor
• 1936 » Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama († 2009)
• 1936 » Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host († 2007)
• 1937 » Beryl Burton, English cyclist († 1996)
• 1937 » George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author († 2008)
• 1937 » Susan Hampshire, English actress

• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)

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.
• March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
• 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.
• July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
• September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
• October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
• December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.

The temperature on May 12, 1934 was between 11.7 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.