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• Catharina van der Poel, Rijpwetering († 2002)
• Grietje Bakker († 2014)
• Antonia Maria Murk, Schoonhoven,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Adrianus Lindner († 2002)
• Anna Maria Medrica Vlemmix († 2004)
• Geessienus Meijeringh, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland († 2008)
• Cornelia van Brakel, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1994)
• Geertruida Bakker, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1934)
• Elden (Al) Morren, Grand Rapids Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Benedito Alexandre Monteiro, Itaporanga, São Paulo, Brasil († 2018)

• Afijn Van Wijland (95), Siddeburen, Slochteren,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adolf Roelandt (49), Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Berend Cornelius Rozenbeek (26), Winschoten
• Berend Otten (80), Deventer
• Antje van Soll (77), Muiden
• Antje Prakken (60)
• Antje van SOLL (77), Muiden (N-H)
• Adriana Schellekens (69), Tilburg
• Adriana Schellekens (69), Tilburg, Nederland
• Antje Klazes Prakken (60), Tronde

• 1930 » Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer († 2015)
• 1931 » Tony Wrigley, English historian, demographer, and academic
• 1932 » Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer († 1980)
• 1932 » Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist
• 1932 » V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1933 » Mark Dinning, American pop singer († 1986)
• 1934 » João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer
• 1934 » Ron Henry, English footballer († 2014)
• 1936 » Margaret Heafield Hamilton, American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner.
• 1936 » Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)

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 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
• February 6 » Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
• August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.

The temperature on August 17, 1934 was between 9.5 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.