About the day » Saturday November 17, 1934Calender converter

• Berendina Doortjes, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• Cornelia Langerwerf († 1955)
• Gerrit Willem van den Born, Rhenen († 1976)
• Adriana Johanna Hellegering, Wageningen († 1935)
• Anna Maria Kunst, Oudorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Beverley June SEWARD († 2021)
• Maas, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Everlina Johanna Wilhelmina Bakker, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 2020)
• Florent Gérard Antoine Marie (Flor) Aarts, Maastricht († 2021)
• Francis Nobbe, Nijverdal, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2019)

• Antonius Metaal (34), Wassenaar,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Robertson (75), Rotterdam
• Antonius Johannes Oolbekkink (13), Almelo
• Adriana Maria Peerden (69), Baarle-Nassau, Nederland
• Catharina Albertus Uitterdijk (89), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Kavelaars (75), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord Brabant
• Albert William Koenen (0)
• Antonio Hernandez (0), San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Augustinus Paulus van Gestel (88), Tilburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Dijkmans (73), Overasselt

• 1932 » Jeremy Black, English admiral († 2015)
• 1933 » Dan Osinski, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1933 » Orlando Peña, Cuban-American baseball player and scout
• 1934 » Anthony King, Canadian-English psephologist and academic († 2017)
• 1934 » Jim Inhofe, American soldier and politician, senior senator of Oklahoma
• 1934 » Terry Rand, American basketball player († 2014)
• 1935 » Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player
• 1935 » Toni Sailer, Austrian skier and actor († 2009)
• 1936 » Crispian Hollis, English Roman Catholic bishop
• 1937 » Peter Cook, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter († 1995)

• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Charles W. Chesnutt, American lawyer, author, and activist (b. 1858)
• 1936 » Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 1940 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)

• 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 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
• April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
• May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
• September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
• September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
• September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.

The temperature on November 17, 1934 was between 5.5 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.