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• Grietje Martina van Zijderveld, Varik († 2020)
• Donald Maurice Frank, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Gerard Braam († 1975)
• Dirk Veenhuizen, Avereest († 1934)
• G.G. Julsing († 2003)
• Geertruida (Truus) Verheul, Weesperkaspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Arina Elisabeth Boers, 's-Gravenzande († 1993)
• Hazel June Marie COOPER, Point Leamington, The British Colony of NEWFOUNDLAND († 2002)
• Beverly Jane Haas, Walnutport, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 2007)
• Arina Elisabeth Boers, 's Gravenzande († 1993)

• Antje Meines Jongsma (54), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonis Rudolf de Boo van Uijen (68), Utrecht
• Arie van der Velde (79), Rockanje, Nederland
• Arie van der Velden (79), Rockanje
• Houweling (272.5.2.5) (81), Leiden, Nederland
• Antonis Rudolf de Boo van Uijen (68), Utrecht
• Anna Theresia van der Meulen (67), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Franciscus Leemans (45), Tilburg Nederland
• Alphonsus Lambert (70), Boschkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonie van Steenis (geb. van der Meijden) (72), Evans, Mahaska, Iowa (USA)

• 1931 » John Baldessari, American painter and illustrator († 2020)
• 1932 » Derek Ibbotson, English runner († 2017)
• 1932 » John Murtha, American colonel and politician († 2010)
• 1933 » Christian Ferras, French violinist († 1982)
• 1933 » Harry Browne, American soldier and politician († 2006)
• 1933 » Maurice Stokes, American basketball player († 1970)
• 1936 » Ken Loach, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1936 » Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist († 2018)
• 1937 » Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1937 » Ted Nelson, American sociologist and philosopher

• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)

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.
• February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
• May 19 » Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
• July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
• August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
• September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.
• 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 temperature on June 17, 1934 was between 10.6 °C and 28.2 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.