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• Gerdina Bokkinga, Zutphen,Gemeente Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1989)
• Harold L. Kapp, Ogden (Weber County) (Utah) († 2015)
• Gerrigje (Gerda) van Dalen, Delft, Nederland († 2014)
• Elizabet van Beek, Opheusden († 2020)
• Hendrik Jan Schuttert († 2014)
• Eileen Ann Cress († 2023)
• Elizabeth Mae "Betty" Emmett ****, Lovell Big, Horn, Wyoming, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Agnes Elisabeth Theresia Pasmans, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Goverdina Maria Arrachart, Haarlemmermeer († 2017)
• Charles Paul MATTLINGER, Lille,59000,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE († 2018)

• Andreas DE NIL (76), Mazenzele,1745,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Amedee Joseph Lequeux (46), Lessines
• Adrian Verhage (77), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Nieboer (87), Veendam
• Abraham van Binnendijk (73), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje List (81), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Roos (79)
• Clarence Lee LINDSAY (24), Lovell, Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States
• Anna Maria Schoenmakers (91), Dongen
• Catharina Vruggink (71), Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1931 » Rosalie Gower, Canadian nurse and politician († 2013)
• 1932 » Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1932 » Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and police officer († 2006)
• 1932 » Neal Ascherson, Scottish journalist and author
• 1933 » Billy Lee Riley, American rockabilly musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer († 2009)
• 1933 » Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author († 2011)
• 1933 » Doug Bailey, American political consultant, founded The Hotline († 2013)
• 1934 » Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian businessman and diplomat († 2015)
• 1936 » Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic († 2011)
• 1937 » Carlo Mastrangelo, American doo-wop singer († 2016)

• 1929 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
• 1933 » Renée Adorée, French-American actress (b. 1898)
• 1936 » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)
• 1938 » Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (b. 1859)
• 1940 » Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)

• 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.
• April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
• 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.
• August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
• September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
• December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.

The temperature on October 5, 1934 was between 8.0 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.