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• Hendrikus Cornelis Elbertus Kinneging, Utrecht († 2002)
• Hendrikus Willem Boxma, Meedhuizen († 1997)
• Adella Joann Rademacher († 2010)
• Henk de Lange, Groningen († 1978)
• Francina Maria Wilhelmina Janssens, 's-Gravenhage den Haag Zuid-Holland Nederland († 2012)
• Ann Marie Gaule, Cooldorougha, Ballinahown, Co Offaly, Ireland († 1982)
• Aart Bos († 2019)
• Gerrit van Dijk († 2003)
• Faye LIKKEL, Grangeville, Idaho, Idaho († 1996)
• Dennis Eugene Hook, Grundy County, Iowa († 2011)

• Arie van der Velde (81), Dirksland
• albert Middelberg (48), zuidlaren
• - Crijns (0), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham Jordaans (77), Schiedam
• Antonia Adriana van de Ven, Tilburg, Nederland
• Antonius Rutten, Esch
• van Balen (0), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Albert Middelberg- (48), Zuidlaren, Nederland
• Anna Heigmans (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barendina Theodora Lucreatia WISDOM (71), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland), Nederland

• 1934 » Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
• 1934 » John Meillon, Australian actor († 1989)
• 1934 » Phillip King, Tunisian-English sculptor
• 1934 » Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist († 2005)
• 1934 » Tang Chang, Thai artist († 1990)
• 1936 » Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer († 2014)
• 1936 » Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker († 2006)
• 1937 » Una Stubbs, English actress and dancer
• 1939 » Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 » Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch model († 1980)

• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)

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 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
• June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
• September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
• November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
• November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
• December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

The temperature on May 1, 1936 was between 5.9 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.