About the day » Sunday August 12, 1934Calender converter

• Gerrit Marinus van Ginkel, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1934)
• Ella Marie (Jo) FINDLAY († 1999)
• Eize Blom, Easternijtsjerk (Oosternijkerk),Dongeradiel,Fryslan,Nederland († 1997)
• Antonia Martina van Schaik († 2023)
• Allegondus Wilhelmus Maria van Vessum, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2014)
• David Lynwood Cox († 1979)
• Antje van der Weijden, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Albertus (Bertus) Bijker, Eesveen († 2012)
• hendrik bartel mulder († 1995)
• Gerrit van Leeuwen, Utrecht († 1991)

• Clement BYARD (82), Chudleigh, Tasmania, Australia
• Antoon Coenen (84), Groesbeek, NL
• Daniel Lawe (68), Traverse City, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Constantia Cornelia Theresia HENDRIKS (53), Borgerhout
• Catharina Jacoba Hamers (69), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antonia van Viegen (72), Alphen aan den Rijn, Nederland
• Arie Mes (63), Rotterdam
• Catharina Anna van Leeuwen (21), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bruno Saathof (68), Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Bertha Amelie Johanna Schulz (56), Ukta, Sensburg

• 1931 » William Goldman, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1932 » Charlie O'Donnell, American radio and television announcer († 2010)
• 1932 » Dallin H. Oaks, American lawyer, jurist, and religious leader
• 1932 » Sirikit, Queen mother of Thailand
• 1933 » Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author and educator († 2013)
• 1933 » Parnelli Jones, American race car driver and businessman
• 1934 » Robin Nicholson, English metallurgist and academic
• 1935 » John Cazale, American actor († 1978)
• 1936 » Kjell Grede, Swedish director and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1937 » Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet († 2014)

• 1922 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871)
• 1924 » Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1928 » Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856)
• 1935 » Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (b. 1851)
• 1940 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
• 1941 » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
• 1941 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)

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.
• January 15 » The 8.0 M_w  Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
• February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
• 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).
• 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.
• October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
• November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.

The temperature on August 12, 1934 was between 10.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 37.9 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.