About the day » Thursday January 2, 1936Calender converter

• Hendrika G.C. Steeman, Castricum († 1976)
• Cornelis Simon (Kees) Portanger († 1978)
• Anna Maria Bloks, Oss, Nederland († 1991)
• Giancarlo Giorgio Iotti, Reggio Nell'Emilia,Provincia di Reggio Emilia,Emilia-Romagna,Italy († 2010)
• Greetje van Overbeek († 2014)
• Hendrika G.C. Steeman, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Ellen Stroink, Jakarta, Indonesië († 2008)
• Gerardus Overberg, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1936)
• Hendrika G.C. (Henny) Steeman, Castricum († 1976)
• Guttink († 2002)

• Adam Church (82), Willard
• Ariaantje Over (76), Alkmaar
• Albert Lenstra * (61), Blankenham
• Adriana Hendrika Verhoeven (77), Waalwijk
• Aafke de Groot (73), Dokkum(FR)
• Anna Margaretha Nelissen (81), Leende
• Anna Nelissen (81), Leende
• Adrianus Heeren (70), Breda
• (James) Francis Marion ' Frank' Clark (77), Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Carel Cornelis van den Ham (82), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1931 » Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1934 » John Hollowbread, English footballer, goalkeeper († 2007)
• 1936 » Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor († 1992)
• 1938 » David Bailey, English photographer and painter
• 1938 » Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer
• 1938 » Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer († 1973)
• 1940 » Jim Bakker, American televangelist
• 1940 » Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2015)
• 1942 » Dennis Hastert, American educator and politician, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1942 » Thomas Hammarberg, Swedish lawyer and diplomat

• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 1951 » William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)

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 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
• July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
• August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
• October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
• 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.

The temperature on January 2, 1936 was between 5.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.