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• Franciscus Petrus Johannes (Frans) Olsthoorn, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Arie Stolk, Broek in Waterland N.H
• Cornelia Margaretha van den Braak, Amersfoort, UT Netherlands († 2015)
• Elsa Onderstal († 2018)
• Gerrit Lamers, Huissen († 2016)
• Frans Benedikt Carola Boeykens, Bornem († 2022)
• Grietje Jelles (Greetje) Jellema, Goingarijp, Skarsterl-N, Friesland, Netherlands († 1947)
• Denise BLAMPAIN, Landrecies, Nord-pas-de-Calais, Nord, Frankrijk († 2001)
• Albert Valeer Corneel Dewulf, Klerken († 2000)
• Byron Ray Hall, Venus, Knox County, Nebraska († 2016)

• Alphonsus Waltherus van Meerendonk (66), Maarheeze (Brabant)
• Albertje van Egteren (89), Epe,Epe,Gelderland,Nederland
• Anna Maria Vissenberg (60), Gilze en Rijen
• Adriana van der BEKE (0), Onkerzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Aaltje van Ingen (35), Kesteren
• Antoinette Jaqueline Maria van Motman (60), Batavia
• Anna Maria Vissenberg (60), Rijen,Gilze en Rijen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Agatha Beljaars (64), De Zilk
• Anna Maria Veldhuijzen (49), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Dorrestijn (67), Wadenoijen, Nederland

• 1932 » Angela Mortimer, English tennis player
• 1932 » Elaine May, American actress, comedian, director, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Slide Hampton, African-American trombonist and composer
• 1933 » Easley Blackwood, Jr., American pianist, composer, and educator
• 1933 » Edelmiro Amante, Filipino lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1933 » Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch († 2014)
• 1935 » Charles Grodin, American actor and talk show host
• 1935 » Thomas Kean, American academic and politician, 48th Governor of New Jersey
• 1936 » James Dobson, American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family
• 1936 » Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player († 2009)

• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Leslie Banks, American actor, director and producer (b. 1890)

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.
• July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
• 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 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
• November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
• 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 21, 1934 was between 1.4 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.