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• Andreas Henri Maria Loete, Oostwinkel, Belgium († 2014)
• Dominicus Maria Damianus Simon van der Hulst († 1934)
• Antje de Vries, Urk († 2011)
• Doodgeboren kind de Kort, Tilburg († 1934)
• Gerrit Tamerus, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 1992)
• Alie Mulder († 2016)
• Carroll Small, Columbus County, North Carolina († 1938)
• Auke Attema, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2017)
• Fimme Jelte Dijkstra, Jorwert († 2017)
• Gerardus Wilhelmus (Gerard) Biesterbos, Wilpse Achterhoek († 2022)

• Bernard Nicolaas Lohues (0), Schuinesloot, Hardenberg
• Adriana Maria Catharina van Tilborg (55), Tilburg
• Alice Belle STANTON (61), Warrick, Indiana
• Andries Veenstra (68), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernard Nicolaas Lohues (0), Ambt Hardenberg
• Alida_Johanna Hupje (73), Den Haag
• Coenradina Hartogs (85), Stompwijk
• Adriaantje Millenaar (66)
• Adriaentje Millenaar (66), Charlois, Rotterdam
• Cornelis Leenderd Keus (87), Den Haag

• 1931 » Lise Payette, Canadian journalist and politician († 2018)
• 1931 » Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist († 2001)
• 1933 » Arnold Koller, Swiss politician
• 1933 » Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator († 2014)
• 1934 » Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director († 2004)
• 1935 » Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author († 2014)
• 1935 » László Garai, Hungarian psychologist and scholar
• 1935 » William Friedkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1936 » John McCain, American captain and politician († 2018)
• 1937 » James Florio, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th Governor of New Jersey

• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)

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.
• February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
• February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
• May 19 » Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
• September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
• September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.
• December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.

The temperature on August 29, 1934 was between 9.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.