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• Hubertus Haasnoot, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Henderika Elisa Grietina Oldenkamp, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1976)
• Guenther Danelius, Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany († 1944)
• Anne Mahieu, de, Berchem, B
• Frans Catteeu, Noordschote († 2023)
• Bernard Thomas Joseph McSorley, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Arnold Dean Ennenga, Grundy County, Iowa († 2022)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina van der Burg († 2023)
• Adrianus Clemens maria van Hooijdonk, Princenhage, Nederland († 1939)
• Carolina Francisca Dingenen, Schilde († 1993)

• Antoinetta Bernardina Francisca van Eijl (77), Dongen
• Alida Nieuwpoort (86), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alexander Gaston Keisling (74), Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
• Anna van der Ploeg (48), Emmen
• Anna van der Ploeg- (48), De Maten, Nederland
• Baukjen Hamstra (88), Buitenpost
• Baukjen Minzes Hamstra (88), Buitenpost
• Arie Johan Schreuder (74), Schiedam
• Antonia Carolina Catherina Houtschilt (46), 's Gravenhage
• Abraham Hakkenberg (57), Rotterdam

• 1929 » Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic
• 1931 » Louis Gambaccini, American government official († 2018)
• 1931 » Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach
• 1932 » Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist († 1994)
• 1932 » Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, English lieutenant and politician († 2020)
• 1934 » Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician
• 1937 » Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer († 2014)
• 1938 » Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician († 2014)
• 1939 » Chet Allen, American child actor († 1984)
• 1939 » Eddie C. Campbell, American singer and guitarist († 2018)

• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1951 » Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
• 1959 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1961 » Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)

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. Aaltje
14. Margaretha
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.
• April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
• May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
• July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• 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 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
• December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.

The temperature on May 6, 1935 was between 8.8 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.