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• Brechtje Hogewerf, Aduard († 1993)
• Arnold Le Grelle, Schoten, 2900, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1961)
• Elisa Hendrika Lucia van Raak, Hilvarenbeek († 1985)
• Clara Adriana KRES, Haarlem, Noord Holland, Netherlands 2011 († 2012)
• Erik Joris GEERAERT, Aalbeke († 2012)
• Ariana Cornelia Douwens, Arnhem, Provincie Gelderland († 2020)
• Bernardus Hendrikus Weekamp, Slagharen († 1996)
• Edouard Turksma, Schaerbeek, Brussel († 1934)
• Cornelis Gerardus (Broeder Kees) Buitenhof, Haarlem († 2018)
• Arnold Le Grelle, Schoten, 11040, Belgique († 1961)

• Andreas van Gurp (79), Breda
• Antonius KOSTER (74), Franeker, FR. NL
• Arie Hogervorst (68), Rheden
• Annigje Stuij (84), Krimpen aan de IJssel
• Adriana Elizabeth Bruijnzeel (Bruynzeel) (71), nieuwerkerk
• Anna Arends Bruinsma (57), Idaard, gem. Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Pater (69), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Colijn (54), Bleskensgraaf
• Albert Dopheide (73), Assen
• Antje Pater (69), Purmerend,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1931 » John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician
• 1931 » Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby, English lieutenant and politician († 2014)
• 1932 » Myriam Bru, French actress
• 1933 » Kristaq Dhamo, Albanian actor and film director
• 1936 » Christopher Robinson, English organist and conductor
• 1936 » Lisa Davis, English and American former child and adult actress
• 1936 » Pat Roberts, American captain, journalist, and politician
• 1936 » Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese technician, surveyor, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 2012)
• 1937 » Antonios Kounadis, Greek discus thrower
• 1937 » Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2011)

• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1935 » John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)
• 1945 » Erwin Bumke, Polish-German jurist and politician (b. 1874)
• 1946 » Mae Busch, Australian actress (b. 1891)

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.
• February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
• 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).
• July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
• September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
• 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 April 20, 1934 was between 1.4 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.