About the day » Saturday October 20, 1934Calender converter

• Donald Marvin Van Ommeren, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Donald Marvin van Ommeren, Rock Valley, Iowa (USA) († 1997)
• ? Lukens, Onstwedde, Gemeente Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland († 1934)
• Artur Napoleão Macarthy, Camaquã, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil († 2017)
• Daniel Tijssen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Betty Jane Reed, East Peoria, Tazewell, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Adriana Maria van Paassen († 2015)
• Andreas Dumont, Bocholtz († 1935)
• Charles Charlot Nollet, Tourcoing, 59 (F) († 2005)
• Christiaan (Chris) Morren, Doornspijk, Nederland († 2010)

• Antje Been (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Wiersma Oldenburger (0)
• Antonius Johannes Lambertus Naus (18), Beesel
• Angeline Caroline Bartels (50), Bandjarnegara
• Carolina Margaretha Louisa Duykers (10), Soerabaja, Oost-Java, Ned. Indië
• Catharina Regina Bruning (78), Den Helder
• Anne Le Bœuf de Valdahon (58)
• (59), Zandvoorde, België
• Anna Dijkstra (55), 's-Hertogenbosch, NB, Nederland
• Adriana Damen (63), Loon op Zand

• 1931 » Ken Morrison, English businessman († 2017)
• 1931 » Mickey Mantle, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1995)
• 1931 » Richard Caliguiri, American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Pittsburgh († 1988)
• 1932 » Rokurō Naya, Japanese voice actor († 2014)
• 1932 » Rosey Brown, American football player and coach († 2004)
• 1932 » William Christopher, American actor and singer († 2016)
• 1933 » Barrie Chase, American actress and dancer
• 1934 » Bill Chase, American trumpet player († 1974)
• 1934 » Eddie Harris, American saxophonist († 1996)
• 1935 » Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer († 2004)

• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)

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 9 » The Balkan Entente is formed.
• 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.
• May 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
• 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 October 20, 1934 was between 6.5 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.