About the day » Tuesday May 8, 1934Calender converter

• Betty J Berrey, Reed Point, Stillwater, Montana, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Hendricus Johannes Breuker, Nederland († 2001)
• Christianus Paulus Maria Brummelhuis, Hengelo († 2015)
• Ruiter, Kiel, Groningen, Nederland († 1934)
• Dirk van Dijk, Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Albertus van Beelen, Noordwijk († 2001)
• Francois Matthieu Joseph van der Leeuw, Tegelen († 1992)
• Arendina Kremer, Avereest († 1934)
• Barthelma J. Tasber McCrossen († 2008)
• Elizabeth Grace Todd ****, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1935)

• Anna Maria Vermeer (73), Tilburg
• Aagtje De Boer (66), Assendelft, Gemeente Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vermeer (73), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Barbera Rijntjes (54), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus de Koning (71), Schiedam,-
• Cornelia van Helvoort (83), Nederhemert
• Alida Johanna Stallinga (71), Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Carolus Ludovicus Baeyens (70), Willebroek, 2830, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Cornelia (Kee) van Helvoort (83), Nederhemert (GL)
• Aaltje Foekens (74), Oude Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1932 » Harry Wells, Australian rugby league player
• 1932 » Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican author and translator († 2007)
• 1932 » Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
• 1934 » David Williamson, Baron Williamson of Horton, English soldier and politician († 2015)
• 1934 » Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann, South African-English lawyer and judge
• 1934 » Maurice Norman, English footballer
• 1935 » Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager
• 1935 » Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland, Scottish politician
• 1935 » Princess Elisabeth of Denmark († 2018)
• 1936 » Kazuo Koike, Japanese author

• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)

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.
• April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
• May 19 » Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
• July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
• July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
• September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
• December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.

The temperature on May 8, 1934 was between 2.6 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 16.5 mm of rain during 9.7 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.