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• Everdina Mooij, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1934)
• Henricus Engelbertus Adri Abbeelen van den, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Struijke († 2013)
• Harry Sinclair, McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Christianus Cornelis Hendricus (Chrisj)e Peeters, Princenhage († 1936)
• Andries de Visser († 1995)
• Geertje Maria Van Hilten, Rhoon († 1999)
• Cornelia Catharina Maria van der Meijden, Maarheeze (Cranendonck), Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
• Gerarda Anne Harmina Ouwendijk, Rotterdam († 1939)
• Gerhardus Franciscus Huisman, Amsterdam († 2009)

• Catharina Johanna Bijsterbosch (90), Apeldoorn
• Anna Maria Theodora van 't Hoff (75), Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Benjamin de Vries (83), Groningen, Groningen, Nl
• Catharina Johanna Bijsterbosch (90), Apeldoorn
• Alida HORMAN (45)
• Adrianus van Leeuwen (63), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Theodora Friedhoff (75), Rotterdam
• Abraham Zijlstra (52), Groningen
• Aaftje Mars (80), Beemster
• Albertje de VRIES (55), Lippenhuizen (Friesland, The Netherlands)

• 1930 » Bill Brittain, American author († 2011)
• 1930 » Bill Young, American sergeant and politician († 2013)
• 1930 » Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist († 2013)
• 1932 » Grace Alele-Williams, Nigerian mathematician and academic
• 1932 » Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution († 1968)
• 1932 » Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator
• 1936 » Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center
• 1937 » Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer
• 1937 » Joyce Bulifant, American actress
• 1938 » Frank Deford, American journalist and author († 2017)

• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892)
• 1944 » Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)
• 1945 » Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat (b. 1866)

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.
• 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).
• June 26 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
• June 30 » The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
• August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
• September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.

The temperature on December 16, 1934 was between 3.7 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.