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• Franciscus Johannes Lamers, Nijmegen († 1944)
• Cornelis Jan Ras, Zaandam, Netherlands († 1936)
• Gerard Jacob Slager, Usquert, Groningen, Nederland († 2000)
• Arien Hamstra, Harderwijk († 1951)
• Gerritdina Hekhuis, Vriezenveen († 1985)
• Evert Hartgers, Leeuwarden († 2023)
• Francisca Henrica Wilhelmina Maria Nijkamp, Loon op Zand († 2005)
• Driesje Jager, Heerde († 2014)
• Geertruida maria (Gaartje) Zwarthoed, Edam Volendam († 2019)
• Charles Edward Vanderpool, Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1993)

• Canio Verrastro (3), Dunmore, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Johanna van Dijk (26), Purmerend
• Anna Johanna van Dijk (26), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van dijk (26), Purmerend
• Adrianus IPSKAMP (85), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Maria Bock (71), Bardenberg (DL
• Anna Maria Bock (71), bardenberg
• Adriana Gerarda Maria Martens (73), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Adolf Wessel (78), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Angelen (52), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland

• 1931 » Ernie Banks, American baseball player and coach († 2015)
• 1932 » Miron Babiak, Polish sea captain († 2013)
• 1933 » Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1997)
• 1933 » Morton Mower, American cardiologist and inventor
• 1934 » Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2005)
• 1934 » Ernesto Brambilla, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver
• 1934 » Gene DeWeese, American author († 2012)
• 1934 » James Franciscus, American actor and producer († 1991)
• 1935 » Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1936 » Can Bartu, Turkish former basketball and football player

• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)

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 15 » The 8.0 M_w  Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
• April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
• May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
• June 26 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
• July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
• August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.

The temperature on January 31, 1934 was between 0.4 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.