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• Annegien Strijker, Zwartemeer, Emmen († 2022)
• Feikje Alkema († 2006)
• Elfriede August NEUMANN († 2020)
• David Leigh Duarte, Puerto Cortes, Honduras, C.A († 2004)
• Edmond Hendrik Vandercappellen, Hasselt, België († 1972)
• Geertruida Verheul, Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Bonne van den Bos, Hoornsterzwaag, Nederland († 2024)
• Bernard Duane de Jager, Maurice, Sioux County, Iowa († 2001)
• Bunyan Lorraine Whittaker, North Side, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands († 2016)
• Cornelis Jan van Maanen, Barneveld († 1998)

• arnoldus hubertus haenraets (85), helden
• Antje Jongsma (54), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Lambert (70), Boschkapelle
• Catharina Boon (7), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Leendert Kooijman (11), Papendrecht, Nederland
• Alice Georgina TANDY (63), Deal, Kent, England
• Anna Maria Jacoba van Opbergen (40), Gennep
• Antonius Henricus Kroes (60), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Houweling (272.5.2.5) (81), Leiden, Nederland
• Adrianus Hoeijmans (62), Rotterdam

• 1931 » John Baldessari, American painter and illustrator († 2020)
• 1932 » Derek Ibbotson, English runner († 2017)
• 1932 » John Murtha, American colonel and politician († 2010)
• 1933 » Christian Ferras, French violinist († 1982)
• 1933 » Harry Browne, American soldier and politician († 2006)
• 1933 » Maurice Stokes, American basketball player († 1970)
• 1936 » Ken Loach, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1936 » Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist († 2018)
• 1937 » Peter Fitzgerald, Irish footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1937 » Ted Nelson, American sociologist and philosopher

• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)

• 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.
• April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
• May 28 » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
• July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
• August 11 » The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
• October 16 » Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.

The temperature on June 17, 1934 was between 10.6 °C and 28.2 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.