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• Gerardus Johannes Jozef Wouters, Bladel († 1980)
• Godefridus J Ven van de, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1994)
• Antonie Aart van Iterson, Rhenoy (Beesd) (GL) († 1988)
• Aart Rietveld, papendrecht (zuid holland) († 1994)
• Ernest Joseph Fulke FitzHerbert-Brockholes († 2010)
• Cornelis Hoogenes, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Fie Boshoven, Wageningen († 2007)
• Arnoldus Rutgerus (Ruth) Wennekes, Groesbeek († 2001)
• Abraham A. Coster, Hilversum († 1999)
• Elsie Gudrun Gudrun Bengtsson, Rolandstorp, Frostviken, Jämtlands län (Z) († 1996)

• Antonia Angenita de Ridder (68), Bunnik
• Adriana Van Der Heijden (78)
• August Emil Krukenburg (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Krap (53), Broek op L'dijk
• Abel Huls (77), Staphorst
• Antonetta Maria Dingemans (87), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Wevels (52), Geervliet
• Alida Maria Taljaard (79)
• Aart Johannes BOR (77), Utrecht (NL)
• Albert Sellies (47), Amsterdam

• 1931 » John Fraser, Scottish actor
• 1932 » John Updike, American novelist, short story writer, and critic († 2009)
• 1933 » Unita Blackwell, American civil rights activist and politician († 2019)
• 1934 » Charley Pride, American country music singer and musician
• 1934 » Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager († 1983)
• 1935 » Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author († 2016)
• 1935 » Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician and statistician
• 1936 » F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 » Mark Donohue, American race car driver († 1975)
• 1937 » Rudi Altig, German cyclist and sportscaster († 2016)

• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
• 1939 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)

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.
• February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
• March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
• June 30 » The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
• September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
• October 22 » In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
• November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.

The temperature on March 18, 1934 was between 1.5 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.