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• Bertus Thomassen († 2004)
• Gloria Fae VERWOLF, Hand, SD († 1964)
• Anny Hendrix, Tegelen, Limburg, Nederland
• Billie Virginia Nance († 2014)
• Gloria L Choates, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Gerritje Brouwer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Gerardus Johannes Maria Portegijs, Zijpe-'t Zand, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Cornelis Adrianus Campfens, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1980)
• Annie Vlemmings, Beek en Donk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Aart Johannes Verhoek († 2012)

• Aaltje Bok (53)
• Anna Ludovica BRANTS (68), Wommelgem
• Aalzen Postma (24), Drachten
• Anne Knutsen AKNU01.ANN01X (86), Brown County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Berendje Dorothea Sophie Margaretha Meyer (73), 49828, Lage, Deutschland
• catharina wilhelmina Falter (0), den haag
• Atze de Haan (64), Rottevalle, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aribo zu Ortenburg (26)
• Adriaan BEENAKKER (60), Schore, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alberdina Jantina Bos (23), (DR) Beilen

• 1931 » Don Martin, American cartoonist († 2000)
• 1931 » Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player († 1995)
• 1931 » Robert Morse, American actor
• 1933 » Bernadette Chirac, French politician, First Lady of France
• 1933 » Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer († 1985)
• 1933 » H. D. Deve Gowda, Indian farmer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of India
• 1934 » Dwayne Hickman, American actor and director
• 1936 » Leon Ashley, American singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1936 » Michael Sandle, English sculptor and academic
• 1936 » Türker İnanoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1941 » Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883)
• 1947 » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)
• 1956 » Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and critic (b. 1881)

• 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 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
• July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
• August 2 » Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
• 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.
• November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.

The temperature on May 18, 1934 was between 0.4 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.