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• Aaldert Hollander, Oranjedorp, Emmen († 1997)
• Cyriel De Meulenaere († 1945)
• David Howarth Reid, Daysland, Alberta, Canada († 1936)
• Albert de Graaf, Barger-Oosterveen, Emmen († 2020)
• Hendrika Johanna Dusseldorp, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1936)
• Christina Hubertina Noor, Grave, Nederland († 2007)
• Evertje (Evie) Kleine, Zuidwolde († 2008)
• Henk van Heerden, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Geert Rudolf Bok, Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• Hendrik van Heerden, Haarlem († 2011)

• Alfred Charles Philp (64), Collingwood, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
• Adriaantje Olijrhook (79), Pernis
• Aaltje Kamphuis (70), Gorssel
• Aaltje Gooitzen Lindeboom (71), Hasselt gem. Zwartewaterland Ov. NL
• Anna Melles de Boer (90), Makkum, gem. Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Berendina Johanna Maria Bronkhorst (32), Bergh
• Aaltje Andries Bergsma (81), Heerenveen, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham B. (Boyer) Landis (78), Goessel, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Schouten (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje (70), Epse, Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1933 » Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, and critic († 2004)
• 1934 » Bob Bogle, American rock guitarist and bass player († 2009)
• 1934 » Marilyn Horne, American soprano and actress
• 1935 » A. J. Foyt, American race car driver
• 1935 » Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1936 » Michael White, Scottish actor and producer († 2016)
• 1937 » Francis George, American cardinal († 2015)
• 1937 » Luiz Bueno, Brazilian race car driver († 2011)
• 1938 » Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic
• 1939 » Ralph Gibson, American photographer

• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)
• 1936 » Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
• 1942 » Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1850)
• 1942 » Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada (b. 1874)

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 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
• April 3 » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
• December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
• December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
• December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

The temperature on January 16, 1936 was between -1.6 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.