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• Jacob Wagelaar, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Wijk, Den Haag († 1936)
• Jan v Loo, Ermelo († 1936)
• ? Veldhuijzen, Rhoon († 1936)
• Arie Keur, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Hendrik Kreuze, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland († 1993)
• McDONNELL († 1936)
• Annie Te Baerts, Melderslo,Li.NL († 2008)
• Cornelis Boekestein († 2012)
• Cornelis Macdaniel, Goudenrak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Ageneta Gijsberta Plantagie (77), Ede
• Anna Maria Hom (87), Hilversum
• Adriaan de Jong (52), Rucphen
• Aleida Maria Cornelissen (72), Gendt
• Aloysius Naessens (64), South Bend, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Klazes Holman (74), Groningen
• Agie van Meningen (87), Heemstede
• * Hendrika Paulina Baum (23), 's Hertogenbosch
• ? Veldhuijzen (0), Rhoon
• Aagje van Meeningen (87), Heemstede,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1931 » Isabel Martínez de Perón, Argentinian dancer and politician, 41st President of Argentina
• 1935 » Collin Wilcox, American actress († 2009)
• 1935 » Martti Talvela, Finnish opera singer († 1989)
• 1935 » Wallis Mathias, Pakistani cricketer († 1994)
• 1936 » Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival († 2013)
• 1936 » David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author († 2014)
• 1937 » David Newman, American director and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1938 » Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate († 2010)
• 1939 » Stan Lundine, American lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New York
• 1940 » George A. Romero, American director and producer († 2017)

• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)

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.
• May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
• August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
• September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
• October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
• 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 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

The temperature on February 4, 1936 was between -2.2 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.