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• Cornelis (Kees) Hamelink, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2009)
• Gerhardus Johannes Broekman, Heino († 1934)
• Arthur Saelen, Staden († 2020)
• Cornelia Aaltje de Bruin, Ommen († 2019)
• Cornelis Hamelink, Rotterdam († 2009)
• Albertina Dorothea van Mensch, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2022)
• Dirk de Leeuw, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Darlene Alice Lazar, Detroit, Michigan
• Cornelis Hamelink, Rotterdam († 2009)
• Charles-Henri de Clermont-Tonnerre, Paris († 1999)

• Aaltje Hendriks Atema (87), Opsterland Friesland Nederland
• Antje Wijnsma (73), Oldemarkt, Nederland
• Adrianus van Ewijk (77), Lienden
• Arie van der Weide (Weijden (86), Rotterdam
• Antonius Schuurmans (73), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van den Akker, Rosmalen
• Antonius Dekkers (74), Bergeyk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Arthur Black (65), Leoni, Jackson, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaantje STAM (47), Dordrecht
• Anna Maria de Jager (56), Bussum

• 1930 » Leon Cooper, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 » Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach († 2015)
• 1931 » Gavin MacLeod, American actor
• 1931 » Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and politician, 14th President of Bangladesh († 2012)
• 1931 » Len Newcombe, Welsh footballer, outside forward and scout († 1996)
• 1931 » Peter Alliss, English golfer and sportscaster
• 1932 » Don Francks, Canadian actor, singer, and jazz musician († 2016)
• 1933 » Rein Taagepera, Estonian political scientist and politician
• 1934 » Willie Bobo, American Latin Jazz/Afro-Cuban jazz percussionist († 1983)
• 1937 » Jeff Farrell, American swimmer

• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889)
• 1959 » Maxwell Anderson, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (b. 1884)

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.
• January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
• March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
• August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
• September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
• 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.
• December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.

The temperature on February 28, 1934 was between -1.2 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.