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• Geertje Ewouds († 1943)
• Aukje van Schepen, Achtkarspelen († 2011)
• Cornelis (kees) Plat, Volendam († 2016)
• Estella Waas, Amsterdam (NL) († 1942)
• Antonette T. van Loon, Tilburg († 1935)
• "Helga" Rosario Marie Elisabeth von Strachwitz und Gross-Zauche, Wroclaw, Pologne († 1984)
• Cornelia Makelaar, Den Helder († 2007)
• Geertje Meijering, Valthermond, Odoorn († 2018)
• Betty Jean Venable, Nashville, Tennessee († 2002)
• Benardus Philippus Maria Grobben, den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1976)

• Antonia van Haren (Verharen) (74), St. Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant Nederland
• Agatha Hillegonda de Jong (54), Hilversum
• Albert Tyink (67), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia van Haren (74), Sint-Oedenrode
• Anna Maria Verlegh (85), Breda,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Antje van den Berg (73), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Antonius Maria Minke (28), Zwolle
• Albert Kuipers (75), Westerbork,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Adrianus van Berkel (van Berckel) (69), Tilburg Nederland
• Anna Maria Verlegh (85), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1932 » Alexander MacAra, Scottish epidemiologist and academic († 2012)
• 1932 » Harlon Hill, American football player and coach († 2013)
• 1933 » J. Fred Duckett, American journalist and educator († 2007)
• 1936 » El Cordobés, Spanish bullfighter
• 1936 » Med Hondo, Mauritanian filmmaker and actor († 2019)
• 1937 » Dick Dale, American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter († 2019)
• 1937 » Ron Carter, American bassist and educator
• 1937 » Wim Verstappen, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1938 » Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican journalist, author, and critic († 2010)
• 1938 » Tyrone Davis, American blues and soul singer († 2005)

• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Wilhelmus
12. Jacob
13. Arie
14. Gerardus
15. Antonius
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Margaretha
14. Aaltje
15. Grietje
16. Helena

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
• January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
• February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
• March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
• June 12 » A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
• September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
• December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.

The temperature on May 4, 1935 was between 5.2 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.