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• Haye Marten Zaagemans, Leeuwarden († 2017)
• Gerrit Jellema, Gauw, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 2015)
• Elfriede De Werd (Schmitt) († 2015)
• Hendrik Jan Berendsen, Borculo, Gelderland, Nederland († 2018)
• Curtis Albert White, Haralson Co († 1987)
• Imelda, Cornelia, Joanna Heemskerk, Nieuwer Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Carla Gresnich, ,, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2016)
• Grietje van der Van Der Stege, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2005)
• Imelda Cornelia Joanna Heemskerk, Nieuwer-Amstel († 2008)
• Gerardus majella (gerard) Van wijngaarden, zaandam († 2011)

• anthonia woutera christina cornelia cator (65), utrecht (utrecht)
• Dirk Schermerhorn (73), Oudorp
• Dirk Willemsz Schermerhorn (73), Oudorp, Alkmaar, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Dina van Hoeve (71)
• Dirk Muis (76), Bergentheim
• Dina van Hoeve (71), Schouwen-Duiveland (Oosterland) (Zeeland)
• Carolus van de Geer (72), Eindhoven
• Berend Fabrie (16), Deventer
• Dina Hoeve, van (71), Oosterland gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Anje Dohmeijer (0)

• 1932 » Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter († 2015)
• 1933 » Barry Norman, English author and critic († 2017)
• 1933 » Erik Paaske, Danish actor and singer († 1992)
• 1933 » Janet Baker, English soprano and educator
• 1933 » Michael Dacher, German mountaineer († 1994)
• 1934 » Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer († 2015)
• 1934 » Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra († 2001)
• 1936 » Radish Tordia, Georgian painter and educator
• 1936 » Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach († 1999)

• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)

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.
• January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
• February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
• April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
• July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
• September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
• September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.

The temperature on August 21, 1934 was between 11.4 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.