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• Grietje Dekker, Blokker,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Floris Olivier, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Frankie Lou GROTE, Clay Center Kansas U.S.A († 2009)
• H.A.M. Haverkort († 1995)
• Gerrit Johannes Pronk, Eindhoven († 1994)
• Hendrikus Johannes Maria Spierings, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2020)
• Francis Elisabeth (Meiske) Schmidt, Trawas, Java, Nederlands Oost Indië († 1959)
• Gerrit Nicolaas Otto Quak, Mamoedjoe (Indonesië) († 2016)
• Cornelius Anton Koenderink, The Hague
• Adrianus Jacobus Busio, Ginneken en Bavel († 2005)

• Anna Maria Elisabeth Dohmen (0), Stein (Urmond) (Limburg)
• Albert Ethelbert Terhune (83), Wells County, Indiana
• Beate Maria Francisca THEEWIS (73), Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie Vink (57), Giessen-Nieuwkerk
• Andreas den Dekker (67)
• Catherine Anna Gels (79), Jefferson City,, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Schrijvers (18), Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Callie Joann Cravens (80), Oklahoma, United States
• Bexie Feland Elliott (65), Kenesaw, Adams, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Daniel van Eenennaam (85), Arnemuiden

• 1930 » Booker Ervin, American saxophonist († 1970)
• 1930 » Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1931 » Dan Rather, American journalist
• 1933 » Iemasa Kayumi, Japanese voice actor († 2014)
• 1933 » Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1935 » Dale Brown, American basketball player and coach
• 1935 » David Harvey, English-American geographer and academic
• 1935 » Ronald Graham, American mathematician and theorist
• 1936 » Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1937 » Tom Paxton, American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1916 » Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
• 1920 » Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885)
• 1926 » Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
• 1929 » António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)

• 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.
• May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
• June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
• June 26 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
• September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
• October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
• December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.

The temperature on October 31, 1934 was between 2.0 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.