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• Elisabeth Hoekstra, Rijnsburg (Zuid-Holland) († 2013)
• Hendrikus Antonius (Henny, Henry) Hooch-Antink, Eibergen († 2016)
• Eloise Amburgey-Keck († 1998)
• Cornelis Petrus Jansen, Gilze en Rijen († 1995)
• Jean de Meran († 1978)
• Gezinus Gustaaf Brouwer, Groningen († 1986)
• Anna Huisjes, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2004)
• Carol Finn, Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States († 1934)
• Annechien Timmer († 2013)
• Jan Verkiel

• Antonia Wilhelmina Dietz (61)
• Amelie Louise den Bandt (90), Dordrecht
• Charles Eduard August Ferdinand Magniez (84), Kediri, Indonesië
• Cornelis Wind (59), Beerzerveld
• Cornelia Van Breukelen (64), Ksamerik
• Anthonia van de Bovenkamp (48), Ede
• Aukje Leystra (Leistra) (31), Sexbierum
• Aart van Soeren (79), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Andries Roozeboom (44), Rotterdam
• Alida van der Fits (78), Alkemade

• 1933 » Reginald Kray, English gangster († 2000)
• 1933 » Ronald Kray, English gangster († 1995)
• 1933 » Norman Rush, American author and educator
• 1934 » Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1934 » John G. Cramer, American physicist and author
• 1934 » Margie Masters, Australian golfer
• 1934 » Sammy Petrillo, American actor († 2009)
• 1934 » Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter
• 1935 » Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster († 2013)
• 1935 » Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator

• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
• 1948 » Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (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.
• February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
• June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
• September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
• November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
• December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
• December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.

The temperature on October 24, 1934 was between 7.6 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.