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• Carl Eduard Hoogerbeets, Haarlem († 1994)
• Antoon Gerardus Theodorus Verhaar, Noorden, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Berend Folkerts, Stadskanaal († 1941)
• Gerardus Majella van Wijngaarden († 2011)
• Hendrik Jan Berendsen, Borculo, Gelderland, Nederland († 2018)
• Alida Schnitzler, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Gerardus majella (gerard) Van wijngaarden, zaandam († 2011)
• Booltink, Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Imelda Cornelia Joanna Heemskerk, Heemskerk,Heemskerk,Noord Holland,Nederland († 2008)
• Carolina Vonk, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)

• Dina van Hoeve (71), Schouwen-Duiveland (Oosterland) (Zeeland)
• Antonius Alders (68), Velsen
• Catharina Hendrica Maria van Paassen (6), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Hendrika Taentzer (51), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carel van de Geer (72), Eindhoven
• Della Elizabeth Fehrenkamp (49)
• David Pieter Kessler (77), Bandung, Java, Dutch East Indies
• Adriana den Hollander (2), Fijnaart en Heijnigen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Carolus van de Geer (72), Eindhoven
• Albert Horsler (58), Luton, Luton, Bedfordshire, Engeland

• 1932 » Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter († 2015)
• 1933 » Barry Norman, English author and critic († 2017)
• 1933 » Erik Paaske, Danish actor and singer († 1992)
• 1933 » Janet Baker, English soprano and educator
• 1933 » Michael Dacher, German mountaineer († 1994)
• 1934 » Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer († 2015)
• 1934 » Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra († 2001)
• 1936 » Radish Tordia, Georgian painter and educator
• 1936 » Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach († 1999)

• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)

• 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.
• March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
• 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 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
• September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
• September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
• December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.

The temperature on August 21, 1934 was between 11.4 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.