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• Antonius Martinus van Houtum, Boxtel († 1938)
• Elisabeth Rimini, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Cornelis Johannes Louwe, Schoorl,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Eveline Celestine Lammers van Toorenburg, Bandoeng
• Anthonius Martinus van Houtum, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Franciscus Wilhelmus Thomas Steenvoorden, Noordwijk († 2019)
• Alexander Alfons Leopold De Schryver, Bornem († 2012)
• Aleida Maria Koldeweij, Winterswijk-Meddo († 1996)
• Cornelis Nota, Texel († 2019)
• Cornelia Antonia van den Hoven, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1996)

• Aaltje Wielink (64), Hasselt, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ada JUCKETT (72), Fairview, Alberta, Alberta
• Anna Catharina Sickenga (80), Hilversum,Gemeente Hilversum,North Holland,Netherlands
• Anne Brink (35), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Wiegers, Hilversum
• Arie Kolman (69), Hilversum
• Arie Kolman (69), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Willems Baars (70), Krommenie, Nederland
• Antonetta Maria Janssens
• Arie Korvink (24), Rotterdam

• 1929 » Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1933 » Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2003)
• 1934 » Rue McClanahan, American actress († 2010)
• 1935 » Richard A. Lupoff, American author
• 1936 » Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician († 1996)
• 1937 » Harald V of Norway
• 1937 » Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast († 2015)
• 1938 » Bobby Charles, American singer-songwriter († 2020)
• 1938 » Kel Tremain, New Zealand rugby player († 1992)
• 1940 » Peter Gethin, English race car driver († 2011)

• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
• 1958 » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
• 1965 » Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925; assassinated)

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.
• 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.
• July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
• August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
• August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
• September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.

The temperature on February 21, 1934 was between 5.7 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.