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• Eugene Olinger Owens, McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma († 2018)
• Cornelia van Beek, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Antonius Assman, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland (Nederland) († 1934)
• Cornelia (Corrie) van Diermen († 2021)
• Cornelis de Ruig, Voorburg († 2010)
• Cornelia van Stenis, Hillegersberg (NL) († 2016)
• Alberdina Beekman, Barger-Oosterveen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1969)
• Catharina Maria Cornelia Brabander, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Dirk Johan Braak, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Cornelis Hermanus Warmerdam, Noordwijkerhout († 2023)

• Ariaantje Hoogland (83), Spanbroek
• Antje Overweel (56), Gorinchem
• Antonius Kouw (63), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Aaltje BERGMAN (52), den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika van den Hout (60), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adeline WOLFF (76), Bourgaltroff (57), France
• Anna Klaassen (74), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Adriaan Franse (84), Hoedekenskerke
• Barend Hooijkaas (79)
• Anna Maria Catharina Geentjens (77), Turnhout

• 1930 » Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian author († 1996)
• 1931 » Jacques Demy, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 1990)
• 1931 » Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish anthropologist and philosopher
• 1931 » Yves Blais, Canadian businessman and politician († 1998)
• 1932 » Christy Brown, Irish painter and author († 1981)
• 1932 » Dave Gold, American businessman, founded the 99 Cents Only Stores († 2013)
• 1933 » Bata Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician († 2016)
• 1934 » Bill Moyers, American journalist, 13th White House Press Secretary
• 1934 » Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Icelandic triple jumper, painter, and educator († 2019)
• 1937 » Hélène Cixous, French author, poet, and critic

• 1913 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (b. 1880)
• 1930 » Pascin, Bulgarian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
• 1934 » Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (b. 1842)
• 1934 » William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish-American actor and director (b. 1884)

• 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 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
• June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
• June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
• September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.
• September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
• October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.

The temperature on June 5, 1934 was between 7.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.