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• Frits Salentijn, Amsterdam († 1934)
• Elisabeth adeltruda (lies) Runderkamp, Blokker († 2021)
• Edmond Petrus Johannes (Eddy) Geertse, Steenbergen, Nederland († 2006)
• Gladys Marcella Brandt, Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Godelieve Lauriks, Boom († 2017)
• Abraham Grootenboer, Willemstad
• Eldon Dean Veld, USA Conrad Grundy County Iowa († 2015)
• Adriaan Liza van den Berge († 1989)
• Gerardina Hendrika Maria La Feber, Hillegom († 1992)
• Jacob Hazeu, Pijnacker († 1934)

• Cornelia Stoepker (78), Hoorn,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelisje Stoepker (78), Hoorn
• Arnoldus Zwaan (0), Den Haag ('s Gravenhage), Zuid-Holland, Nederland (Netherlands)
• Adrianus Bakkers (65), Rotterdam
• Cornelis Dirk Van MOURIK (58), Rotterdam
• Barend Johannes Bouhuijs (70), Epse
• Alexander MacDonald (85), Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
• Cornelis Bontes (91), Den Helder
• Arie Engelbertus Streefkerk (73), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Barend Pieter ten Cate (56), Haarlem

• 1929 » Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish-Austrian actress († 1982)
• 1930 » Friedrich Achleitner, German poet and critic († 2019)
• 1931 » Barbara Barrie, American actress
• 1932 » Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author († 1998)
• 1933 » Joan Collins, English actress
• 1933 » Ove Fundin, Swedish motorcycle racer
• 1934 » Robert Moog, electronic engineer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer († 2005)
• 1935 » Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author († 2009)
• 1936 » Charles Kimbrough, American actor
• 1936 » Ingeborg Hallstein, German soprano and actress

• 1920 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
• 1921 » August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1937 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)
• 1938 » Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)

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. Geertruida
15. Helena
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 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
• March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
• June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
• July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
• July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
• August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.

The temperature on May 23, 1934 was between 5.9 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.