About the day » Monday August 6, 1934Calender converter

• Jan Wesselink, Geesteren, Overijssel, Nederland († 2004)
• Alwine Trettin († 1992)
• Jacob Pathuis, Alteveer, Groningen, Nederland († 1935)
• Frederik Gottfried Marijt, Leiden († 1939)
• Janny Oskam († 2009)
• Dirk Schekkerman, Hoogwoud († 2016)
• Folkert Leistra, Hoogkerk († 2004)
• Christina Sophia van der Poel, Leiden († 2002)
• Antonius Guldemond, Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• Gianfrancesco Sigfrido Benedetto Martinenghi De Guarnieri, Milano, Lombardia, Italia († 2006)

• Alida Catharina Waalewijn (79), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia de Waard (78), Heiloo
• Alberta Frederika Josephina Herlein (75), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alijda Hemink (zie elders) (74), Utrecht
• Aagje Besse (71), Velsen, Nederland
• Abraham Krijgsman (27), Delft
• Berend Pekelder (72), Oude Pekela
• Auguste Antoine van de Ven (65), Bergen op Zoom (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Christina Sluizeman (73), Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan KOPPEL, van den (70), Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1931 » Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author († 2010)
• 1932 » Charles Wood, English playwright and screenwriter († 2020)
• 1932 » Howard Hodgkin, English painter († 2017)
• 1932 » Michael Deeley, English screenwriter and producer
• 1933 » A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer († 1987)
• 1934 » Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player and soldier
• 1934 » Chris Bonington, English mountaineer and author
• 1934 » Piers Anthony, English-American soldier and author
• 1935 » Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal († 2012)
• 1935 » Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter († 2012)

• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
• 1946 » Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (b. 1905)
• 1959 » Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)

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.
• May 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
• May 28 » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
• September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
• September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.
• October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
• November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.

The temperature on August 6, 1934 was between 10.7 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.