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• Jacobus Petrus den Ouden, Oosterhout
• Ida Helena Op den Camp, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 2001)
• Dorethea Johanna Barbara 'Dora' van der Kroft, Aarle-Rixtel († 2021)
• Isidoor LEZER, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1943)
• Henry Niemyer, Larchwood, Lyon, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Gerrit Schoemaker († 2011)
• Hermanus Winter, Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Jacoba Agnitha van der Willik, Boskoop († 1945)
• Hannie Kramer, Velsen († 1954)
• Antonius Johannes van Tuil, Arnhem († 1966)

• Anna Catharina Weijnschenk (79), ‘s-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Carlota Severina da Silva (72), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Carrie May Wardsworth (62), Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania
• Beertje Dekker (72), Hierden
• Anna Maria Willems (49), Berghem
• Adolphe Junghani Junghaeni Jungham (60), Paris-XIIème, 75112, Paris, ile-de-France (F)
• Anna Maria WILLEMS (49), Berghem,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Miller STAUFFER (72)
• Charles H Hammond (68), Caro, Tuscola, Michigan
• Anna Catharina Sanders (81), Sint-Michielsgestel

• 1933 » Ernest J. Gaines, American author and academic († 2019)
• 1933 » Frank Bough, English journalist and radio host
• 1933 » Peter Maitlis, English chemist and academic
• 1934 » V. S. Ramadevi, Indian civil servant and politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka († 2013)
• 1937 » Margaret O'Brien, American actress and singer
• 1938 » Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
• 1938 » Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer
• 1938 » Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler
• 1939 » Per Ahlmark, Swedish journalist and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden († 2018)
• 1939 » Tony Bullimore, British sailor

• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
• 1937 » Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Henry H. Arnold, American general (b. 1886)
• 1951 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Ned Hanlon, Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)

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

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

• 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
• March 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
• July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
• August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
• October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
• November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
• December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.

The temperature on January 15, 1936 was between -1.6 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.