About the day » Tuesday January 2, 1934Calender converter

• Bernardina van Hulst, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1934)
• Christina Willemina Kolkman, Diepenveen († 1986)
• Albert J Soles, Wrightsville,Johnson County,Georgia († 1995)
• Child van den Berg, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• Doodgeboren dochter den Biggelaar, Rotterdam († 1934)
• Christiaan van de Vijfeijke, Eindhoven († 1979)
• Christina Wilhelmina Kolkman († 1986)
• Denis Branckaerts († 2008)
• Carolina Helena Maria Dames, Ginneken (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2020)
• Elizabeth Jean Darst, Leitchfield,Grayson County,Kentucky,Verenigde Staten († 2018)

• Anthonie van Veen (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Hendriks Loonstra (76), Rottevalle, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Koldenhof 9 (69), Oene, Nederland
• Arie Jacobus Lisseveld (57), Groningen (stad), Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Verstraaten (73), Delft
• Charles Lougher Collings (58), Plymouth, Devon, England
• Alberta Marie José Morrhaye (0), Wellen, België
• Adriana Lucia van Stokkom (66), Zevenbergen
• Antje Hendriks LOONSTRA (76), Rottevalle, Friesland, Nederland
• Berend Jan Hulst (82)

• 1928 » Dan Rostenkowski, American politician († 2010)
• 1929 » Tellervo Koivisto, Finnish politician, former First Lady of Finland
• 1931 » Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1934 » John Hollowbread, English footballer, goalkeeper († 2007)
• 1936 » Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor († 1992)
• 1938 » David Bailey, English photographer and painter
• 1938 » Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer
• 1938 » Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer († 1973)
• 1940 » Jim Bakker, American televangelist
• 1940 » Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2015)

• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 1951 » William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)

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 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
• May 19 » Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
• June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
• July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
• October 22 » In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
• November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.

The temperature on January 2, 1934 was between -0.3 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.