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• Egbert van der Scheer, Nieuw Buinen, Nederland († 2006)
• Emma Maria Suy, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 2003)
• Clara Helen Neal, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia
• Frida Maria Marguerite Blomme, Brugge († 2010)
• Doris L. Harwell Kittrell <?sK?sObSSDI>1, Missouri ql († 2009)
• Berendina Ensing, Barger-Compascuum Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 1934)
• Anna Mathilda Goedemondt, Tilburg
• Blagoja (Baggy) Janevski, Skopje Joegoslavie († 2010)
• Berend (Ben) Berendsz X Venema, Borger († 1983)
• Bernardus Johannes Franciscus RONDEEL, Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1991)

• adrianus den Braber (79), ouden bosch
• Arie Rietveld (69)
• Abraham Kruijt (72), Tiel (Gld.), Neth
• Bernardus Balthazar Drost (64), Amsterdam
• Carolina Elisabeth de Lannoy (55)
• Antje~Kornelisd Bak (86), Alkmaar
• Adrianus Goverde (69), Zevenbergen
• Arthur Charles Geach (43), Ironwood, Mi
• Adriaan Vleugel (81), Sliedrecht, Nederland
• Antje Bak (86), Alkmaar

• 1930 » Alejandro Rey, Argentinian-American actor and director († 1987)
• 1931 » James Dean, American actor († 1955)
• 1932 » Cliff Allison, English racing driver and businessman († 2005)
• 1932 » John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1933 » Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano
• 1937 » Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist († 2016)
• 1937 » Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1939 » Jose Maria Sison, Filipino activist and theorist
• 1940 » Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician († 1999)
• 1940 » Ted Koppel, English-American journalist

• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)

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 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.
• April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
• June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
• July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
• September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.
• October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.

The temperature on February 8, 1934 was between 3.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.