About the day » Thursday February 1, 1934Calender converter

• Annette Henderica Wiersum, Garmerwolde ( Ten Boer ) († 2013)
• Anna Christina EYZENGA, Akkrum (Boarnsterhim) Friesland Netherlands († 2014)
• Engelbertus Gezienus Nieland, Weerselo († 1960)
• Aafke Sietsma, Suawoude († 2017)
• Everdina Blaauw, Doornspijk († 2021)
• Anna Christine Eijzenga, C273 (or B14), Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• Barend Haks, Soestdijk († 1993)
• Annette Henderica (Netty) Wiersum, Thesinge gem. Ten Boer († 2013)
• Allen Lloyd Waasdorp, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Annie van den Oetelaar, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)

• Abraham 'tMannetje (84), Rockanje, 3235, Nederland
• Anna Willems van der Veer (27), Leeuwarden
• Antje van Steen (79), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albartus Jacobus van Beek (67), Zutphen
• Alida Antoinetta Johanna Hoek (51), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria VAN DEN BOSCH, Oirschot, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Iperen (36), Rotterdam
• Anna van der Veer (27), Drachtstercompagnie, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Amzi Waddell Hooker (68)
• Abraham (Bram) 't Mannetje (84), Rockanje

• 1930 » Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Indian-Bangladeshi general and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh († 2019)
• 1930 » Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi judge and politician, 12th President of Bangladesh
• 1931 » Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia († 2007)
• 1932 » Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician († 2016)
• 1934 » Nicolae Breban, Romanian author, poet, and playwright
• 1936 » Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States († 2003)
• 1936 » Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, playwright, and director († 2013)
• 1937 » Don Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 » Garrett Morris, American actor and comedian
• 1938 » Jimmy Carl Black, American drummer and singer († 2008)

• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1936 » Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)
• 1940 » Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist and critic (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (b. 1872)
• 1949 » Herbert Stothart, American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)

• 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.
• January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
• February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
• February 9 » The Balkan Entente is formed.
• October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
• November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
• November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.

The temperature on February 1, 1934 was between -3.2 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.