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• Lambertus Louis de Crom, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Jan Evert Bert MIGCHELSEN, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Johanna Elisabeth Koehler († 2019)
• Catharina Adelaar, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1957)
• Arnoldus Marinus Maria Verschuuren, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1937)
• van Loon, Oirschot († 1985)
• Annie de Jong, Alblasserdam († 2010)
• Levenloos Don, Vlaardingen († 1936)
• Louis Hamme, 's-Gravenhage († 1942)
• Francesco GALASSO, Naples,,ITALIE († 2011)

• Antonia Strik (84), Bunnik
• Aafke Wybrandus (70), Velsen, North Holland, Netherlands
• Bernard Phillips Fowler (43), North Hertfordshire, England (UK)
• Antonia Strik (84), Bunnik
• Adam Frederik Grunewald (58), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Cornelis Schellekens (78), Vught
• Antonius Fredericus Johannes van Dartel (62), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Slingerland (69), Hekendorp, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arien Geert Pieters TENINGA (45), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Möller (62), Hengelo

• 1934 » Gerry Hitchens, English footballer and manager († 1983)
• 1934 » James Holshouser, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina († 2013)
• 1934 » Kader Asmal, South African academic and politician († 2011)
• 1935 » Albert Roux, French-English chef
• 1936 » Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman
• 1937 » Merle Park, British ballerina and educator
• 1937 » Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle († 2014)
• 1938 » Fred Stolle, Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1938 » Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author
• 1938 » William Corlett, English author and playwright († 2005)

• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)

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.
• April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
• April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
• July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
• September 7 » The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
• September 9 » The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRPAfonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
• November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.

The temperature on October 8, 1936 was between -1.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.