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• Arie Cornelis Griffioen, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)
• Betty Baaij, Amsterdam († 1968)
• David Krammer, Leeuwarden,Gemeente Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriana Jozina van de Wege, Breskens († 2014)
• Adriana Jozina van de Wege, Zuidzande († 2014)
• Elizabeth Harms, Emmen († 1936)
• Broer Jacob van Dijk, Harich, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1998)
• André Nelis, Genk, België († 2013)
• Gary August Schaldemose, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada († 1969)
• Geertruida Margaretha Koek, Aalsmeer († 1934)

• Antonius Boelens (78), Eindhoven
• Anna Catharina Lambermon (72), Susteren
• CAMIEL (CAMILIUS) (Camille) DE METS (DEMETS) (76), Berchem (O.-Vl.), 9690, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Catharina (Kaatje) Dekker (73), Hilversum, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Dekker (73), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barend Snellink (86), Hengelo (Hengel), Overijssel, Nederland
• Antony J. Maly (68)
• Atte Bruinsma (91), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• aartje GARDENIER (39), spijkenisse
• Aaltje Veenema (30), Valthe, Odoorn

• 1931 » Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach († 2004)
• 1931 » R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic († 2003)
• 1931 » Tommy Lewis, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1932 » Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop († 2013)
• 1933 » Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot († 2012)
• 1934 » Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic († 2014)
• 1934 » Julian Thompson, English general and historian
• 1934 » Ulrike Meinhof, German far-left terrorist, co-founder of the Red Army Faction, journalist († 1976)
• 1935 » Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist
• 1936 » Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)

• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1944 » Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1950 » Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)

• 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.
• March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
• 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).
• July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
• 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.
• September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
• October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.

The temperature on October 7, 1934 was between 10.2 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.